The film follows the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Thanks for convening on short notice.
00:20 I can't believe it.
00:22 Here we are.
00:23 This is atomic test.
00:25 The Russians have a bomb.
00:29 We're supposed to be years ahead of them, but--
00:33 What were you guys doing in Los Alamos?
00:35 And how many people were in these open discussions?
00:45 Too many compartmentalization was
00:47 supposed to be the protocol.
00:48 We were in a race against the Nazis.
00:49 So now the race is against the Soviets.
00:56 Not unless we start it.
00:57 Robert.
00:58 We just fired a starting gun.
01:01 What's the nature of the device they detonated?
01:12 Data indicates it may have been a plutonium implosion device.
01:15 Like the one you built at Los Alamos?
01:18 A secret laboratory.
01:24 In the middle of nowhere.
01:25 Keep everyone there until it's done.
01:27 Why?
01:28 Don't let scientists bring their families.
01:29 We'll never get the best.
01:31 Build them a town.
01:32 Why would I leave my family?
01:33 I told you, you can bring your family.
01:35 I'm not a soldier, Abhi.
01:36 A soldier?
01:38 He's a general.
01:39 I've got all the soldier I need.
01:40 What can I tell them?
01:41 As much as you like, until you feel my boot on your balls.
01:44 You know isotopes, and you know explosives.
01:46 But you can't tell us what you're doing.
01:47 Why would we go to the middle of nowhere for who knows how long?
01:54 A year, or two, or three.
01:56 It's out unleashing.
01:57 A strong force.
01:58 Before the Nazis do.
02:04 Oh my god.
02:05 How about because this is the most important thing to ever
02:07 happen in the history of the world?
02:09 Here you got a little town.
02:14 Everybody will go crazy.
02:27 They won't let me leave.
02:28 I won't let you leave.
02:28 It's happening, isn't it?
02:38 I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon.
02:52 But I know the Nazis can't.
02:56 You can convince anyone of anything, even yourself.
03:00 Hitler's dead.
03:01 With a Japanese fighter.
03:05 Nobody knows what you believe.
03:07 Do you?
03:08 There were rumors of espionage.
03:10 Unsubstantiated.
03:11 Los Alamos.
03:12 There's no proof there was a spy at Los Alamos.
03:13 You felt your judgment was sound on the one
03:24 the team could be trusted.
03:26 No one is leaving Los Alamos.
03:28 What are you doing?
03:29 We had a moment where it looked like the chain reaction
03:47 from an atomic device might never stop.
03:49 Are we saying there's a chance that when we push that button,
03:54 we destroy the world?
03:55 Chances are near zero.
03:56 Near zero?
03:58 What do you want for theory alone?
04:00 Zero.
04:01 Would be nice.
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04:24 Put the Japanese surrender if they knew what was coming.
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