On this episode of The Cine-Files, hosts Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of Christopher Nolan with Part 2 of their discussion on 'OPPENHEIMER', one of the greatest films of the 21st century. It won Best Picture for 2023 and it follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. It stars Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss.and Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. It was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture, Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Murphy), and Best Supporting Actor (Downey). It was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. Steve and John go scene by scene thru the movie to talk its themes, meanings, filmmaking, direction, action and more.
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