How long is ‘Oppenheimer’?
nme.comChristopher Nolan delivers his first biographical epic in Oppenheimer.Based on the book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J.
Sherwin, the film follows theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) who was instrumental in the creation of the first nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project.Alongside Murphy as the title character, Oppenheimer stars Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.The film spans 180 minutes in total.
It’s Nolan’s longest film to date, surpassing Interstellar’s running time of two hours and 49 minutes.The director’s third longest film is The Dark Knight Rises, which clocks in at two hours and 44 minutes.
You can check out a breakdown of the length of his past movies below.A trailer was released back in May – check it out above.Speaking to Wired magazine, Nolan said Oppenheimer was “kind of a horror movie”, which left some people “absolutely devastated” in early screenings.“They can’t speak,” the director said. “I mean, there’s an element of fear that’s there in the history and there in the underpinnings.
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