Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer (2023)

Timing: 3:1 (181 min)

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Release date

2023-07-19

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Syncopy, Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Breakheart Films, Peters Creek Entertainment

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$100 000 000

Revenue

$952 000 000

Website

https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/oppenheimer

Director

Christopher Nolan

Actors

Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie
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Scenario

Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan

Producer

Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, James Woods, J. David Wargo, Thomas Hayslip

Operator

Hoyte van Hoytema

Composer

Ludwig Göransson

Artist

Robert Aguirre, Jake Cavallo, Roxy Hua

Audition

John Papsidera

Editing

Jennifer Lame
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• For the first time, black and white film was used with IMAX motion picture cameras.
• According to Christopher Nolan, the idea to cast Cillian Murphy in the lead role came to him when he was looking at a photograph of Oppenheimer on the cover of Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s book “Oppenheimer: Triumph and Tragedy” (2005), which served as the basis for the screenplay. In an effort to achieve a greater resemblance to the historical figure, Murphy lost weight and followed a strict diet during filming.
• Matt Damon took a break from acting for his wife, but with the condition that the break would end if Christopher Nolan called him with an offer to star in a film. Nolan called and offered the actor the role of Leslie Groves.
• Producer Charles Roven suggested the film idea to Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas, telling them about Bird and Sherwin’s book “Oppenheimer: Triumph and Tragedy.” Nolan was interested and asked to be given the book to read. He was finally convinced by a gift from actor Robert Pattinson at a party celebrating the completion of the action film “Tenet.” Pattinson gave him a collection of Oppenheimer’s speeches.
• Matt Damon received the script, which was printed on red paper and written in the first person.
• The footage of the nuclear bomb test used a combination of real explosions and computer technology. The real explosions used a mixture of gasoline, propane, aluminum, and magnesium – and mock-ups. They were filmed at high speed from different angles, and then the images were layered on top of each other to create the mushroom cloud.