OPPENHEIMER

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DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan

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COUNTRY: USA

YEAR/DURATION: 2023. • 180′

GENRE: biography, drama, history

Info

SCREENPLAY: Christopher Nolan, prema knjizi American Prometheus K. Birda i M. J. Sherwina • based on book American Prometheus by K. Bird and M. J. Sherwin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hoyte van Hoytema
EDITOR: Jennifer Lame
SCORE: Ludwig Göransson
CAST: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh
PRODUCERS: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Universal Pictures, Syncopy Inc., Atlas Entertainment

Synopsis

Oppenheimer is a biopic about American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb”. Oppenheimer headed the Manhattan Project, the US government’s effort to create a nuclear bomb and get the upper hand in World War II, and the film shows the process from enthusiasm and joy over the success to concerns over the results.

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About the director

Christopher Nolan (1970) is an award-winning filmmaker who has been recognised for his work as a director, writer and producer. After making his feature film debut with Following (1999), Nolan wrote and directed Memento (2001), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Original Screenplay. Nolan directed Al Pacino in his next film, Insomnia (2002), and then began working on the acclaimed Dark Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Nolan`s other credits as a producer, writer and director include The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), for which he received nominations for Original Screenplay and Best Picture, Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020). His 2017 film, Dunkirk, was nominated for eight academy awards, including a nomination for Nolan and Thomas for Best Film and a nomination for Nolan for Best Directing.