The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Name: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2008-03-24
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Campbell Scott, Boyd Gaines, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ellen Katz

March 24, 2008
Directed by
David Grubin

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"