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Known as: Science and Technology
1 title in the archive · first depicted 1926
Lived1904 – 1967
American theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during its work on the Manhattan Project at the end of the Second World War. Commonly credited as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb".
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8 years of a 63 year life depicted onscreen
Distinct years the archive depicts, against J. Robert Oppenheimer’s lifetime (1904 – 1967) — 12.7% of it.
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What the record holds of J. Robert Oppenheimer, beside the one screen depiction the archive holds. See how their depictions have been reinterpreted over time and across adaptations.
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Project
The secret World War II project to create the world's first nuclear weapons. After years of development and billions of dollars spent, the project culminated in 1945 with the Trinity Test detonation conducted in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945 and the Atomic Bombings of Japan the following month.
filed under 1945
Runs throughCold WarWorld War II
What the films portraying J. Robert Oppenheimer cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.
| Film | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|
| Oppenheimer | $100,000,000 | $952,000,000 |
US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 1 film of the 1 portraying them carries either sum.
