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Oppenheimer is already on paper – an unprecedented historical blockbuster.

We are here, Oppenheimer finally out, or almost. New movie about Christopher Nolan, in fact, one of the names of the year, both in terms of signature and theme. For fans of the director Origin and The Dark Knight trilogy (to name a few), Oppenheimer represents a milestone in the director’s filmography: after Tenet (2020), Nolan effectively split from Warner Bros., so the new title is the first one distributed by Universal. . Always after the keeperthe director returns to the big story (as Dunkirk2017): Oppenheimer in fact it is defined as “historical thriller“, a biopic about the figure of Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb”. The film is based on the award-winning 2006 book. The Pulitzer American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Byrd and Martin J. Sherwin, whose new edition is available in bookstores June 20 with Garzanti titled Robert Oppenheimer – father of the atomic bomb.

The project was announced in September 2021, along with the name of the main character, Cillian Murphy (one of Nolan’s fetish actors), and other details have become known over time, from the cast (who takes the definition of “star”) to the soundtrack to the technique created by By Ludwig Göransson: The film was shot on both IMAX 65mm film and 65mm large format film, which for the first time includes sections of black-and-white IMAX analog photography.
It goes without saying that once again Christopher Nolan himself has written, directed and produced a film that is thus poised to challenge other directorial titles: films like Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Beginning

and The Dark Knight trilogy grossed over $5 billion worldwide and received 11 Oscars and 36 nominations, including two for Best Picture.

When will he come out Oppenheimer

This time the release in Italian theaters will be delayed compared to US theaters, where the film is released on July 21st. The Italian public, on the other hand, must wait August 23 to see Oppenheimer. Thus, the terms of the “challenge” issued by Nolan himself to see both his film and Barbie Greta Gerwig, which are simultaneously running in American theaters.

First reactions

Judging by the enthusiasm with which he was greeted by critics, even with Oppenheimer, Nolan would hit the bull’s-eye. According to heated comments from the American press, the film will be one of the best in the director’s history, also due to the film’s epic nature and Cillian Murphy’s interpretation of the protagonist.

Steve Weintraub, Editor-in-Chief Colliders: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is incredible. Every aspect of the film deserves to be talked about. From a brilliant performance to Hoitevan’s incredible work behind the camera and the way Nolan tells the story. Three hours fly by. Check it out in IMAX 70mm if you can.”

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Lindsey Bar,Associated Press: “Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a truly remarkable achievement. Truth be told, the brief adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances by Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and all the many, many others involved, some for just one scene.”

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Bilge Ebiri, critic Vultures: “OPPENGEIMER… is incredible. The word that constantly comes to mind is “horror”. A fast-paced historical drama, insanely detailed and intricate, that grows and grows and grows until Nolan strikes the ax in the most startling and shocking way.

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Matt Maytum from Total Film: “Oppenheimer stunned me: a massive character study with a great central performance by Cillian Murphy. An epic historical drama, but with Nolan’s signature sensibility: tension, structure, sense of grandeur, sound design… wow.”

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Scenario

The film chronicles the life of physicist Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the first atomic bomb, showing the adrenaline-inducing paradox of a mysterious man forced to clean up. to save the world risk.

Trailer

Oppenheimer’s story is undeniably a tragedy, a terrible chapter in human history, but also a story of a man realizing the dire consequences of his project, as he admits in the first trailer, which sums up all the drama to come. : “They will not be afraid until they understand. And they won’t understand it until they use it.

actors

Since this is a Nolan film, it’s almost useless to point out that the cast is stellar, but it really is, between Oscar winners and nominees – and then there’s Jack Quaid from boys! If you have doubts about this, here are all the translators in a beautiful explanatory list:

Cillian Murphy J. Robert Oppenheimer
Emily Blunt his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer
Matt Damon this is General Leslie Groves, Jr., director of the Manhattan Project.
Robert Downey Jr. this is Lewis Strauss, founding member of the US Atomic Energy Commission.
Florence Pugh This is psychiatrist Jean Tatlock.
Benny Safdie theoretical physicist Edward Teller
Michael Angarano This is Robert Serber
Josh Hartnett American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.
Rami Malek experimental physicist David Hill
Kenneth Branagh this is the Nobel Prize winner in physics Niels Bohr;
Casey Affleck this is Boris Pash, commander of the military counterintelligence of the San Francisco Presidio;
Benny Safdie this is theoretical physicist Edward Teller;
Dylan Arnold this is Frank Oppenheimer, Robert’s younger brother;
Gustav Skarsgård this is Hans Bethe, a member of the Manhattan Project;
David Kramholtz this is physicist Isidor Rabi, Nobel laureate;
Matthew Modine they are Vannevar Bush, head of the US Office of Research and Development;
David Dastmalchyan it is William Borden, a zealous supporter of US nuclear superiority;
Tom Conti

this is Albert Einstein;
Jack Quaid Richard Feynman (member of the Manhattan Project);
Michael Angarano Robert Serber (member of the Manhattan Project);
Dane DeHaan Kenneth Nichols (member of the Manhattan Project);
Josh Peck Kenneth Bainbridge (member of the Manhattan Project);
Olivia Thirlby Lilly Hornig (member of the Manhattan Project);
Danny Deferrari Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi;
Alden Ehrenreich is a member of the Senate apparatus;
Jefferson Hall this is Haakon Chevalier, Oppenheimer’s friend;
Jason Clark special adviser Roger Robb;
James D’Arcy this is Patrick Blackett, Oppenheimer’s tutor at Cambridge;
Tony Goldwyn this is Gordon Gray, the former secretary of the army, who in 1954 presided over the committee hearings on Oppenheimer’s security clearance.