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Oppenheimer

Because you're not just self-important, you're actually important

J. Robert Oppenheimer:Why would they care what I do?Ernest Lawrence:Because you're not just self-important, you're actually important

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Why would they care what I do
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scoffs Because you're not just self important
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you're actually important
Available in 9 languages
Duration
8 seconds
Views
288
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:23
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.
I filled out my first security questionnaire - Oppenheimer 00:12
I filled out my first security questionnaire
Why were his communist associations - Oppenheimer 00:08
Why were his communist associations
Senator, I can't possibly answer for security clearance - Oppenheimer 00:07
Senator, I can't possibly answer for security clearance
After the war, - Oppenheimer 00:08
After the war,
That's why he advised the Atomic Energy Commission. - Oppenheimer 00:05
That's why he advised the Atomic Energy Commission.
I think they just wanna know what happened between 1947 and 1954 - Oppenheimer 00:09
I think they just wanna know what happened between 1947 and ...
I was chair of the AEC, - Oppenheimer 00:07
I was chair of the AEC,
He was a rabid anti-communist named Borden. - Oppenheimer 00:05
He was a rabid anti-communist named Borden.
People hounded out of jobs for any hint of red. - Oppenheimer 00:05
People hounded out of jobs for any hint of red.
And then, reading Oppenheimer's security file, - Oppenheimer 00:10
And then, reading Oppenheimer's security file,
But how would Borden have access to Oppenheimer's security file? - Oppenheimer 00:06
But how would Borden have access to Oppenheimer's secur...
Robert didn't take care not to upset the power brokers in Washington. - Oppenheimer 00:07
Robert didn't take care not to upset the power brokers ...
His opinions on the atom became definitive - Oppenheimer 00:08
His opinions on the atom became definitive
There was an AEC vote - Oppenheimer 00:11
There was an AEC vote
But, Dr. Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer 00:10
But, Dr. Oppenheimer,
I say isotopes are less useful than electronic components, - Oppenheimer 00:09
I say isotopes are less useful than electronic components,
STRAUSS Genius is no guarantee of wisdomHow could this man who saw so much be so blind - Oppenheimer 00:08
STRAUSS Genius is no guarantee of wisdomHow could this man...
Kitty? Kitty, the project... I'm in. I'm in. Let's celebrate. Shouldn't you go to him? - Oppenheimer 00:22
Kitty? Kitty, the project... I'm in. I'm in....
I have been going to him all fucking day. - Oppenheimer 00:06
I have been going to him all fucking day.
BARBARA: Come here, darling. - Oppenheimer 00:53
BARBARA: Come here, darling.