New ‘Oppenheimer’ Trailer: Cillian Murphy Races to Create the Atomic Bomb in Star-Studded Thriller (Video)
thewrap.com“Oppenheimer,” the highly anticipated new film from Christopher Nolan that finds the “Inception” and “Dark Knight” filmmaker blending his penchant for large-scale thrillers with one of the most significant events in world history (much like his 2017 WWII thriller “Dunkirk”).Based on the book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J.
Sherwin, “Oppenheimer” is told through the eyes of J. Robert Oppenheimer (as played by Cillian Murphy) as he contributes to the creation of the atomic bomb.
The story vacillates between the operation to assemble scientists to create the bomb before the Nazis and his interactions with congress after the successful test.Described as an “epic thriller,” the film charts Oppenheimer’s life and Nolan says it’s “one of the most challenging projects” he’s ever taken on, previously explaining how the film aims to encompass the man’s life story.“We’re trying to tell the story of somebody’s life, and their journey through personal history and larger-scale history.
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