

- Documentary, History
- 88 min
- R
IMDb7.4
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- J. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage)
- Ellen Bradbury ReidSelf - Daughter of Los Alamos Scientist
- Christopher NolanSelf - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer"
- Jon ElseSelf - Filmmaker, "The Day After Trinity"
- Kai BirdSelf - Co-Author, "American Prometheus"
- Bill NyeSelf - Science Educator
- Richard RhodesSelf - Author, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb"
- Mareena Robinson SnowdenSelf - Nuclear Security Expert
- Alan B. CarrSelf - Senior Historian, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Gregg HerkenSelf - Author, "Brotherhood of the Bomb"
Crew
- Christopher CasselDirector
- Tim MetzgerDirector of Photography
- Anna DrubichOriginal Music Composer
- Barry BlaschkeEditor
- Rosie WalunasEditor
- Joel SchneiderProducer
- Thaddeus BouskaProducer
- Katie JanseProducer
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