Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.
The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.
Oppenheimer won seven Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director (Christopher Nolan)
Acting in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy)
Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Downey Jr.)
Best Cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema)
Best Film Editing (Jennifer Lame)
Best Original Score (Ludwig Göransson)
Presented in 35mm!