| OppenheimerReleased: July 11, 2023 Studio: Universal Pictures Genre: drama/biopic Box Office (numbers in millions):Domestic: 329.86 Worldwide: 976.80 Adjusted for Inflation:Domestic: -- Worldwide: -- |
Directing: Christopher Nolan Screenwriting: Christopher Nolan Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. Review:Oppenheimer is a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who led the research effort to develop the first atomic bomb. It is based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus. Even at a three-hour running time, director Christopher Nolan’s “skill in telling the story is such that it never seems to drag.” AT “Nolan has gifted us a truly unique, unflinching, nuanced portrait of the enigmatic, complicated man who spearheaded the Manhattan Project.” AT The bombs developed by the project and dropped on Japan “killed between 100,000 and 200,000 people,” AT an act for which “Oppenheimer never publicly expressed regret for.” AT “As he says in the film, his thinking was that it would be better to make dropping the first nuclear weapon so horrifying that nobody would ever want to use them again.” AT The movie shows Oppenheimer’s early years as a graduate student and college professor and his subsequent role in leading the Manhattan project. However, the movie also shows his downfall when his early Communist connections make him a victim of the McCarthy era. Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss who, as the former chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, was instrumental in stripping Oppenheimer of his security clearance. His controversial role in taking down Oppenheimer led to the Senate rejected his nomination for Secretary of Commerce under Eisenhower. Emily Blunt “shines in a relatively small role as Kitty Oppenheimer, who suffered from depression and had a volatile relationship with her philandering husband, but remained fiercely loyal to him.” AT It became both the highest-grossing World War II-related film and highest-grossing biographical film of all time. WK It garnered thirteen Oscar nominations (winning 7), won five Golden Globe Awards, and seven British Academy Film Awards. Sources:
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Oscars:Wins: 7: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Downey Jr.), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score Nominations: 13: Best Supporting Actress (Blunt), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound |
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