The Day After Trinity

January. 20,1981 NR

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

1940s Atomic Bomb Atomic Bomb Test

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This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.

Paul Frees as Narrator (voice)

Jon Else as Interviewer

J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage)

Hans Bethe as Self

Frank Oppenheimer as Self

Haakon Chevalier as Self

Robert Serber as Self

Freeman Dyson as Self

Leslie Groves as Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

SunnyHello

1981/01/20

Nice effects though.

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Acensbart

1981/01/21

Excellent but underrated film

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StyleSk8r

1981/01/22

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Usamah Harvey

1981/01/23

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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