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Oppenheimer

Let him go. He's a prima donna

Hans Bethe: Let him go. He's a prima donna

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Let him go He's a prima donna
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:29:15
Uploaded
Feb 12, 2026
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Syncopy,Universal Pictures,Atlas Entertainment,Breakheart Films,Peters Creek Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Stay here, research what you want. - Oppenheimer 00:05
Stay here, research what you want.
-They won't let me leave. - Oppenheimer 00:27
-They won't let me leave.
So the Super was under development on your watch at Los Alamos? - Oppenheimer 00:06
So the Super was under development on your watch at Los Alam...
And yet, after the war, you tried to deny it was viable. - Oppenheimer 00:05
And yet, after the war, you tried to deny it was viable.
No, no, no. I-I pointed out technical difficulties with it. - Oppenheimer 00:05
No, no, no. I-I pointed out technical difficulties with it.
Didn't you try to kill it at the AEC meeting - Oppenheimer 00:06
Didn't you try to kill it at the AEC meeting
After hours of discussion about the best response. - Oppenheimer 00:05
After hours of discussion about the best response.
An H-bomb is 1,000 times the power of an A-bomb. - Oppenheimer 00:07
An H-bomb is 1,000 times the power of an A-bomb.
Its only intended target would be the largest cities. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Its only intended target would be the largest cities.
Izzy, draw some circles on this side of the map where they would target us. - Oppenheimer 00:06
Izzy, draw some circles on this side of the map where they w...
Do we really need more deterrence than our current arsenal of atomic bombs? - Oppenheimer 00:06
Do we really need more deterrence than our current arsenal o...
Y-You drown in ten feet of water or 10,000, what's the difference? - Oppenheimer 00:06
Y-You drown in ten feet of water or 10,000, what's the ...
As I said, Teller's designs - Oppenheimer 00:07
As I said, Teller's designs
Then how would you have Truman reassure the American people? - Oppenheimer 00:05
Then how would you have Truman reassure the American people?
Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons - Oppenheimer 00:08
Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons
It's not fascism but communism that now threatens our survival. - Oppenheimer 00:05
It's not fascism but communism that now threatens our s...
Lewis, do you understand, - Oppenheimer 00:08
Lewis, do you understand,
Could they be working on one already, - Oppenheimer 00:07
Could they be working on one already,
I say we use this moment to gain concessions from the Russians - Oppenheimer 00:09
I say we use this moment to gain concessions from the Russia...
All right. At this point, I'd like the committee members - Oppenheimer 00:10
All right. At this point, I'd like the committee member...