The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Direction
Nolan's first sex scene and it's... actually about power?
Acting
Murphy's eyes carry three hours of guilt without blinking.
Sound
The Trinity test: 25 seconds of silence, then your soul leaves.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cillian Murphy
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Emily Blunt
Kitty Oppenheimer
Matt Damon
Leslie Groves
Robert Downey Jr.
Lewis Strauss
Florence Pugh
Jean Tatlock
Josh Hartnett
Ernest Lawrence
Casey Affleck
Boris Pash
Rami Malek
David Hill
Kenneth Branagh
Niels Bohr
Benny Safdie
Edward Teller
Jason Clarke
Roger Robb
Dylan Arnold
Frank Oppenheimer
Tom Conti
Albert Einstein
James D'Arcy
Patrick Blackett
David Dastmalchian
William Borden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nolan recreated the Trinity test without CGI, using gasoline, magnesium, and black powder. The first nuclear explosion was essentially a practical effect.
The 'now I am become Death' quote Oppenheimer references? He probably never said it aloud during the test — it's likely a constructed memory, which Nolan weaponizes as the film's thematic core.
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