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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

59 %|Mar 24, 2008|Documentary, History

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?"

Featured Crew

David Grubin
Director
David Grubin
Writer
Charles Olivier
Writer
James Callanan
Director of Photography
Deborah Peretz
Editor
Kate Taverna
Editor
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer

Cast

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Campbell Scott
Narrator (voice)
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Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
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Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
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Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
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Ellen Katz
The Stenographer
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Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage/photos)
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David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Harry S. Truman
Self (Archive Footage)
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J. Edgar Hoover
Self (Archive Footage/Photos)
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Lewis Strauss
Self (Archive Photos)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (Archive Photos)
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (Archive Footage)
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Edward Teller
Self (Archive Footage/Photos)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (Archive Footage)
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Zoë Wanamaker
Self- Narrator