The complicated relationship between physicist Leo Szilard, scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves. Assigned to oversee the project, Groves chooses Oppenheimer to build ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Brian Dennehy | ... | Gen. Leslie Groves | |
| David Strathairn | ... | J. Robert Oppenheimer | |
| Michael Tucker | ... | Leo Szilard | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | James F. Byrnes | |
| Richard Dysart | ... | President Harry S. Truman | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Gen. George Marshall | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Secretary of War Henry Stimson | |
| John McMartin | ... | Dr. Arthur Compton | |
| David Ogden Stiers | ... | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
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Anne Twomey | ... | Kitty Oppenheimer |
| Lawrence Dane | |||
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Ron Frazier | ... | Colonel Pash |
| Olek Krupa | ... | Edward Teller | |
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Bernie McInerney | ||
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John Pielmeier | ... | Seth |
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The complicated relationship between physicist Leo Szilard, scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves. Assigned to oversee the project, Groves chooses Oppenheimer to build the historic bomb. However, when World War II inspires the government to use the weapon, Szilard reconsiders his opinions about atomic warfare. Written by Jwelch5742
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Leo Szilard: The world is headed for trouble. The world is headed for grief.
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John Houseman was originally cast to play Dr Compton but had to back out because of illness and died a few months later. See more »Goofs
A recording was being listened to of Dr. Leo Szilard in Chicago at Los Alamos by General Groves. The wide plastic reels are reel-to-reel audio. Tape recordings were a product of BASF and other wartime German developers but tapes and did not exist prior to the technology being brought here as captured alien property in 1946. Prior to this in the United States, technology was so far behind, recordings were made on wire or the usual acetate disk. See more »Quotes
[after an experiment proving the feasibility of a chain reaction in uranium]Leo Szilard: The world is headed for trouble. The world is headed for grief.
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This is the best of the atomic-bomb movies, and unfortunately still only available in VHS. Dennehy's performance as General Groves and Strathairn (of Good Night and Good Luck) does an amazing job as Oppenheimer. The characterizations are not the usual Hollywood clichés of professional people and their behavior. Real scientists and generals do not stop to have melodramatic arguments with stilted language, as in "Fat Man and Little Boy".
It is also just an excellent job of portraying the history and science, but still remains a gripping human drama. We see the origins of the project in Europe, getting Einstein to write to the president, the issue of Soviet spies and Germany's failed efforts are described accurately, and the technical issues in building the bomb are accurate and interesting.