Oppenheimer | Trinity Test
Oppenheimer | Trinity Test
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00:00 [BEEPING]
00:01 The world will remember this day.
00:03 [CROWD CHEERING]
00:07 The Trinity Test and the revelation
00:09 of the first atomic explosion to the world
00:12 was one of the most important moments in the 20th century.
00:15 The Trinity Test and the development and the race
00:18 and the fact that it was all intending to save
00:21 kind of humanity from fascism.
00:23 World War II would be over.
00:25 Our boys would come home.
00:27 This is a matter of life and death.
00:29 I can perform this miracle.
00:31 What was really interesting was going back and trying
00:33 to understand what these guys were thinking
00:35 and the terrible decisions that were placed in front of them.
00:38 I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon,
00:41 but I know the Nazis can.
00:43 We live in the world that we live in because of what
00:45 happened at Los Alamos.
00:47 This is the most important thing to ever happen
00:49 in the history of the world.
00:50 All through humanity, we've been blinded
00:52 by ambition and pursuit, and then the ramifications
00:55 of something else.
00:56 That's happening, isn't it?
00:58 I think that's why it's so bizarre and amazing that Chris
01:01 is making this movie now.
01:02 We're seeing parallels.
01:04 It's a profoundly overwhelming experience watching it.
01:08 Oppenheimer's story is just one of the greatest stories
01:11 that there is.
01:12 The president needs to know what's next.
01:15 What's next?
01:16 When they were doing the Trinity Test,
01:18 they were asked, what are the chances of this going wrong?
01:21 And they're blowing up the entire world.
01:23 Chances are near zero.
01:25 Near zero.
01:26 What do you want for the theory of loneliness?
01:28 Zero would be nice.
01:30 Detonator charge.
01:31 What is that decision to just still go ahead and do it?
01:36 It's an extraordinary moment in human history,
01:38 and I wanted to take the audience into that room
01:41 and be there when that button is pushed
01:43 and really fully bring the audience to this moment in time.
01:47 Three, two, one.
01:56 Oppenheimer in theaters Friday. Rated R.