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| Director: | David Grubin | 
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| Writer: | David Grubin, Charles Olivier | 
| Staring: | 
| 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?" | |
| Release Date: | Mar 24, 2008 | 
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| Director: | David Grubin | 
| Writer: | David Grubin, Charles Olivier | 
| Genres: | History, Documentary | 
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | GBH | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Campbell Scott | Self - Narrator (voice) | 
| Boyd Gaines | Chairman Gray (voice) | 
| Daniel Gerroll | Colonel Pash | 
| Michael Stuhlbarg | Edward Teller | 
| Ellen Katz | The Stenographer | 
| Michael Cumpsty | |
| Harold Agnew | Self | 
| Jeremy Bernstein | Self | 
| Freeman Dyson | Self | 
| Richard Rhodes | Self | 
| Martin J. Sherwin | Self | 
| Joseph McCarthy | Self (archive footage) | 
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Self (archive footage) | 
| David Strathairn | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 
| Herbert York | Self | 
| Marvin L. Goldberger | Self | 
| Priscilla McMillan | Self | 
| Robert Christy | Self | 
| Roy Glauber | Self | 
| Harry S. Truman | Self (Archive Footage) | 
| J. Edgar Hoover | Self (archive footage) | 
| Lewis Strauss | Self (archive footage) | 
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self (archive footage) | 
| Eleanor Roosevelt | Self (archive footage) | 
| Edward Teller | Self (archive footage) | 
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Self (archive footage) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Kate Taverna | Editor | 
| David Grubin | Writer, Director | 
| Charles Olivier | Writer | 
| James Callanan | Director of Photography | 
| Deborah Peretz | Editor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Nick Fraser | Executive Producer | 
| David Grubin | Producer | 
| Tania Castellanos | Co-Producer | 
| Mark Samels | Executive Producer | 
| Dan Cogan | Co-Producer | 
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