Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
- atomic bomb
- new mexico
- world war ii
- atomic bomb test
- biography
- based on true story
- 1940s
- manhattan project
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Paul Newman
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Dwight Schultz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia
Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack
Michael Merriman
- Laura Dern — Kathleen Robinson
- Ron Frazier — Peter de Silva
- John C. McGinley — Richard Schoenfield
- Natasha Richardson — Jean Tatlock
- Ron Vawter — Jamie Latrobe
- Michael Brockman — William "Deke" Parsons
- Del Close — Dr. Kenneth Whiteside
- John Considine — Robert Tuckson
- Allan Corduner — Franz Goethe
- Joe D'Angerio — Seth Neddermeyer
- Jon DeVries — Johnny Mount
- Directed
- Roland Joffé
- Written
- Roland Joffé, Bruce Robinson
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 168 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Lightmotive
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