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A história do físico americano J. Robert Oppenheimer, seu papel no Projeto Manhattan e no desenvolvimento da bomba atômica durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, e o quanto isso mudaria a história do mundo para sempre.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"