Christopher Nolan wrote and directed the 2023 epic biographical thriller film Oppenheimer (/pnhamr/ OP-n-hy mr). It stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" for his participation in the Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin's 2005 biography American Prometheus, the film follows Oppenheimer's career, focusing on his studies, his leadership of the Manhattan Project during WWII, and his eventual fall from grace as a result of his 1954 security hearing. The film also includes Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer's wife "Kitty," Matt Damon as Manhattan Project director Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and Florence Pugh plays Oppenheimer's communist lover Jean Tatlock. Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh are among the supporting actors.
Storyline : J. Robert Oppenheimer, a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is best known for creating the atomic bomb during WWII as the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory. He famously witnessed the first atomic bomb detonation in New Mexico in 1945 and later quoted the Bhagavad Gita saying "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This documentary examines Oppenheimer's life, from his early years to his involvement with nuclear physics and his later advocacy for nuclear weapons controls, featuring brand new interviews and insights from those who knew him and those impacted by his legacy.
