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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
109 min
5.9
59.0%
User Score
(8 votes)
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
DIRECTED BY
David Grubin
STARRING
Campbell Scott, Boyd Gaines, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ellen Katz
Videos & Trailers
1080p
Clip
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer FULL SPECIAL | American Experience | PBS America
Cast
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
Michael Cumpsty
Freeman Dyson
Self
Martin J. Sherwin
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
