Christopher Nolan is the writer and director of Oppenheimer, a 2023 epic biographical thriller movie.(7) As J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who is recognized as the “father of the atomic bomb” for his work on the Manhattan Project, the World War II initiative that produced the first nuclear weapons, Cillian Murphy plays Oppenheimer. Based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s 2005 biography American Prometheus,
The film follows Oppenheimer’s career, primarily emphasizing his academic pursuits, his leadership of the Manhattan Project during World War II, and his eventual downfall following his 1954 security hearing.
Moreover, Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; Florence Pugh plays Oppenheimer’s communist lover Jean Tatlock; Emily Blunt plays his wife “Kitty”; and Matt Damon plays Leslie Groves, the commander of the Manhattan Project. Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, and Casey Affleck make up the ensemble supporting cast.