• 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 7h
Oppenheimer

Summary Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s. View more details

  • 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 7h

Oppenheimer

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Sam Waterston John Carson Christopher Muncke Jana Shelden

All cast & crew

8.1

Details

Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : Oct 28, 1980

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WGBH

Summary Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : Oct 28, 1980

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WGBH

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Sam Waterston in Oppenheimer (1980)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 28, 1980
Episode #1.1
Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.
Episode 2 • Nov 04, 1980
Episode #1.2
Oppenheimer is now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, but his left-wing politics mean that he is constantly watched by the FBI and others.
Episode 3 • Nov 11, 1980
Episode #1.3
Oppenheimer's extra-marital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.
Episode 4 • Nov 18, 1980
Episode #1.4
With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.
Episode 5 • Nov 25, 1980
Episode #1.5
The dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring the war to an end, but Oppenheimer's new status as a national hero is short-lived.
Episode 6 • Dec 02, 1980
Episode #1.6
A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face a committee.
Episode 7 • Dec 09, 1980
Episode #1.7
Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the A.E.C. is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.
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