Paul Newman Is the Standout in This Other Oppenheimer Movie

The highly anticipated summer blockbuster Oppenheimer is almost here, and we can’t wait to see what Christopher Nolan will bring to the screen on July 21.

His retelling of how the first atomic bomb came to be is sure to be filled with mind-blowing cinematography and terrifically acted scenes from a great ensemble cast including Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Jack Quaid, and Matt Damon.

The photography will surely have elements of our favorite Nolan films like The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Inception, and Memento.

One thing it won’t be, however, is the first film to explore the Manhattan Project and the relationship between J.

Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves.

In 1989, Paul Newman starred in director Roland Jaffe’s film, Fat Man and Little Boy.

Unlike Oppenheimer, it focuses primarily on the day-to-day operations of the secretive mission commissioned by the United States government in Los Alamos,…

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