The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total
J. Winston Carroll
- Chief Justice Stone
- (as J.W. Carroll)
Tedd Dillon
- John Kuharek
- (as Teddy Lee Dillon)
Strahil Goodman
- Stalin's Interpreter
- (as Strahil Dobrev)
Domenico Fiore
- Harold Urey
- (as Dom Fiore)
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- TriviaSpottiswoode commented to the pilot about what a shame it was that of the thousands of the magnificent machines built, that only the B-29 one was still flying. The pilot (a World War Two veteran) was not so nostalgic, and replied "This thing was designed and built for just one purpose; to kill thousands of people at a time. One is more than enough."
- GoofsA comment was made in a conference with Col. Tibbets that changing course over the target from going upwind to downwind; "lowering the airspeed over the target" was not recommended. Airspeed is not a function of prevailing winds even if 1 to 3 times or more than that of the aircraft's speed. Groundspeed is the accurate term. Wind direction and speed has no effect on airspeed which is solely a function of aircraft attitude and power settings only.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1996)
- SoundtracksCantus in Memoriam for Benjamin Britten
Composed by Arvo Pärt
Featured review
A Very Candid Look at the Monumental Decision
First of all, it would have been absolutely impossible to find a actor who looked and acted more like Harry Truman that Kenneth Walsh. Second, the most fascinating aspects of this movie relate to what was happening in Japan at the closing of the war. The idea that a majority of the military officers would have rather seen Japan cease to exist as a people than to surrender really provides some counter-balance to all of the recent revisionist history that claims that Japan was in the process of surrendering and that the U.S. used the A-bomb simply to avenge earlier Japanese treachery. "Hiroshima" is historical film-making at its best.
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- pmcmurry
- Oct 6, 2003
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- Runtime3 hours 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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