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87-413: Vellaripravinte Changathi ( The Dove's Friend ) is a 2011 Malayalam period drama film film directed by Akku Akbar , starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles. The film is loosely based on the famous Sulekha murder case. Vellaripravinte Changathi is based on the story of film-maker Augustine Joseph who made a Malayalam film in 1966. However, due to some reasons, the film did not make it to

174-606: A camera across the river ". Filming wrapped in May 2022. Editing was completed by Jennifer Lame , who had previously edited Tenet . While inspecting the footage during editing, Nolan and Lame performed "character passes" to ensure all the characters were properly displayed on screen, due to the film having a faster pace than most traditional blockbusters. Visual effects were handled by DNEG , which produced more than 100 VFX shots from more than 400 practically shot elements, marking their eighth collaboration with Nolan. Andrew Jackson

261-541: A genre directed towards women. Historical dramas have also been described as a conservative genre, glorifying an imagined past that never existed. Historical drama may include mostly fictionalized narratives based on actual people or historical events, such as the history plays of Shakespeare , Apollo 13 , The Tudors , Braveheart , Chernobyl , Enemy at the Gates , Les Misérables , and Titanic . Works may include references to real-life people or events from

348-413: A graduate student, Thorne had attended some of Oppenheimer's seminars, and explained to Murphy his experience with Oppenheimer's gift for facilitating group discussions of difficult scientific concepts. The casting process was so secretive that some cast members did not know which role they would be playing until they signed on. Robert Downey Jr. , Matt Damon , and Emily Blunt took pay cuts to work on

435-450: A lead role in a Nolan film. Afterward, Nolan flew to Dublin to meet with Murphy, who read the script in Nolan's hotel room. Murphy lost an undisclosed amount of weight for the role in order to better match the real-life Oppenheimer's gaunt appearance. Nolan also set up a phone call between Murphy and Nobel laureate Kip Thorne , who had previously worked with Nolan on Interstellar (2014). As

522-644: A poisoned apple, but he later retrieves it. Visiting scientist Niels Bohr advises Oppenheimer to study theoretical physics at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Oppenheimer completes his PhD and meets scientist Isidor Isaac Rabi . They later meet theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in Switzerland. Wanting to expand quantum physics research in the US, Oppenheimer teaches at the University of California, Berkeley and

609-505: A potential weapon of mass destruction . In December 2020, Warner Bros. Pictures announced plans to give its 2021 films simultaneous releases in theaters and on HBO Max , citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry . Nolan, who had partnered with Warner Bros. on each of his films since Insomnia (2002), was outraged, as he was a staunch supporter of traditional film exhibition. In January 2021, media reports mentioned

696-471: A private security hearing before a Personnel Security Board concerning the renewal of Oppenheimer's Q clearance , during which his loyalty to the United States is questioned. However, the hearing is a kangaroo court . Oppenheimer's past communist ties are raised and his associates' testimony is twisted against him, with Teller's being the most damaging. After Kitty vigorously defends herself and her husband,

783-603: A risk to the film's commercial success and awards campaign. Nolan had long desired to make a film about Oppenheimer, even prior to reading American Prometheus . In 2019, towards the end of production on Nolan's science-fiction film Tenet (2020), star Robert Pattinson gave him a book of Oppenheimer's speeches. According to Nolan, the speeches showed Oppenheimer "wrestling with the implications ... of what's happened and what [he's] done". Nolan wanted to depict "what it would have been like to be Oppenheimer in those moments", in contrast to Tenet , which employs time travel to curb

870-469: A role in a film. Nolan cast writer-director Benny Safdie as physicist Edward Teller after asking director Paul Thomas Anderson about his experience directing Safdie in Licorice Pizza (2021). Safdie had worked alongside a nuclear physicist at Columbia University while in high school. It is Nolan's first film since Insomnia (2002) to not feature Michael Caine . Glen Powell auditioned and

957-650: A specific period such as the Roaring Twenties , or the recent past. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The costume drama is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, contrasting them with other historical dramas believed to have more serious themes. Other critics have defended costume dramas, and argued that they are disparaged because they are

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1044-434: A thriller, while also remarking that Nolan had " Trojan-Horsed a biopic into a thriller". By September 2021, both Roven and Nolan had begun contacting Bird and Sherwin to discuss the script. During Bird's first meeting with Nolan, he had already written a spec script while they discussed the script's content, although Nolan did not disclose the script to them yet. Oppenheimer is the first screenplay written by Nolan in

1131-759: A two-day casting call took place in Santa Fe and Los Alamos for people to audition to play local residents, military personnel, and scientists. Another casting call was held in February. Principal photography began on February 28, 2022, at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, and lasted for 57 days with Hoyte van Hoytema serving as cinematographer. The original shooting schedule had set aside approximately 85 days for filming. However, during pre-production, it had become clear that principal photography could not be completed within $ 100 million over that many days on location all over

1218-568: A verse from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita , "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds", remained intact. As NDTV reported, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur questioned how the CBFC certified the film with the verse heard during such circumstance in the first place, and asked the scene to be deleted. Hindu nationalists were angered by the scene and demanded its removal. Among them

1305-468: A version of 1940s-era Los Alamos on top of a similar plateau at Ghost Ranch. It took three months to build the set, which was used for only six shooting days. The general plan was to shoot only exterior shots on the set at Ghost Ranch, then shoot interior shots on location inside various historic buildings in the real town of Los Alamos. Interior shooting in Los Alamos began on March 8, 2022. Many scenes in

1392-502: A version of the film with Florence Pugh's nude body covered by a computer-generated black dress. In India, Oppenheimer was released with all scenes depicting nudity, sex and cigarette smoking being censored, earning the U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) while retaining the running time. The audio of the scene in which Tatlock directs Oppenheimer to read

1479-546: A youth, after hearing the lyric "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" in the Sting song " Russians " (1985). He was also inspired by his fears of nuclear holocaust throughout childhood, as he lived during the era of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the anti-nuclear protests in RAF Greenham Common . He felt that "while our relationship with that [nuclear] fear has ebbed and flowed with time,

1566-454: Is Oppenheimer's response to the long-term consequences of his actions. Nolan wished to explore the phenomenon of delayed reactions, as he felt people are not "necessarily confronted with the strongest or worst elements of [their actions] in the moment". He also chose to alternate between scenes in color and black-and-white to convey the story from both subjective and objective perspectives, respectively, with most of Oppenheimer's view shown via

1653-645: Is a 2023 biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan . It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer , the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II . Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin , the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing . Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as

1740-498: Is by far the most ambiguous and paradoxical. Which, given that I've made three Batman films , is saying a lot. Nolan began by trying to find the "thread that connected the quantum realm, the vibration of energy, and Oppenheimer's own personal journey" and sought to portray the difficulties in his life, particularly regarding his sex life. As such, Nolan wanted to candidly portray his affair with Jean Tatlock . He also wanted to explore Tatlock's influence on Oppenheimer's life, since she

1827-415: Is doing. His mind space is consumed fully of his creation & the physical act is just a natural mechanical act." Oppenheimer was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray , regular Blu-ray and DVD formats including digital on November 21, 2023. As the former two releases sold out days after release, Universal worked on restocking before the holiday season. Nolan was vocal during the home release campaign of

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1914-510: The Best actor for the year 2011 All lyrics are written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma ; all music is composed by Mohan Sithara Period drama film Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction , which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages , or

2001-558: The California Institute of Technology . He marries Katherine "Kitty" Puening , a biologist and ex- communist , and has an intermittent affair with Jean Tatlock , a troubled communist psychiatrist who later dies in an apparent suicide. When nuclear fission is discovered in 1938, after the Germans succeed in splitting the atom, Oppenheimer realizes it can be weaponized. In 1942, during World War II , US Army Colonel Leslie Groves ,

2088-537: The Enrico Fermi Award . Director Sam Mendes was interested in adapting the 2005 Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin . After that project failed to materialize, the book was optioned by various filmmakers over the next fifteen years. The authors became pessimistic about a film adaptation. Oliver Stone declined an opportunity to direct, saying he "couldn't find my way to its essence". In 2015, J. David Wargo optioned

2175-599: The Nixon Presidential Library fell through a week before filming, and since Oldman's dates were unmovable, the production design team redressed the Oval Office set from the HBO series Veep (2012–2019), which according to Ruth De Jong had fallen into "nightmarish" disrepair. Nolan filmed his eldest child, his daughter Flora, in a scene in which she played a young woman disintegrated in a nuclear explosion. It appears in

2262-513: The Soviet Union after the Soviets successfully detonate their own bomb . Strauss also believes that Oppenheimer denigrated him during a conversation Oppenheimer had with Einstein in 1947, though he had in fact expressed his belief that he had caused a chain reaction that would one day destroy the world . In 1954, wanting to eliminate Oppenheimer's political influence, Strauss secretly orchestrates

2349-566: The Trinity nuclear test, forgoing the use of computer-generated graphics . When this news first broke online, many fans (aware of Nolan's famous preference for in-camera practical effects) thought it meant he had set off a real atomic bomb. Nolan later remarked that it was both "flattering" and "scary" that his fans would think that of him. The production team was able to obtain government permission to film at White Sands Missile Range , but only at highly inconvenient hours, and therefore chose to film

2436-558: The United States . To efficiently use the budget for location shooting in California and New Jersey and constructing high-quality historically accurate sets in New Mexico, Nolan compressed the shooting schedule from 85 to 57 days. Murphy, who appears in nearly every scene, described the pace as "insane". Oldman said he would be on set for a day in May for "one scene, a page and a half". The original choice for Oval Office location in

2523-532: The United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss . The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt , Matt Damon , Florence Pugh , Josh Hartnett , Casey Affleck , Rami Malek , and Kenneth Branagh . Oppenheimer was announced in September 2021. It was Nolan's first film not distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures since Memento (2000), due to his conflicts regarding

2610-455: The University of Chicago . Teller's calculations reveal an atomic detonation could destroy the world ; after consulting with Albert Einstein and having Bethe do his own calculations on the matter, Oppenheimer concludes the chances are "near zero". Teller attempts to leave the project after his proposal to construct a hydrogen bomb is rejected, but Oppenheimer convinces him to stay. After Germany's surrender in 1945, some scientists question

2697-481: The boycott against the country following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 . Oppenheimer had also been banned by Russia's Ministry of Culture , which had refused to license screenings of the film, stating that it did not meet their goals of "preserving and strengthening traditional Russian spiritual values". The film was not released in Japan until eight months after its initial global release. Variety noted

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2784-563: The campus of the University of California, Berkeley . Scenes set in the city of Berkeley itself were filmed in Pasadena . During a 2021 research trip, Nolan discovered that Los Alamos had drastically changed from its 1940s appearance and could not be used for exterior shots of the town; for example, the town's equivalent of a Main Street has a Starbucks . Instead, the production team constructed

2871-465: The first person , as he wanted the narrative to be conveyed from Oppenheimer's perspective. He described the "texture" of the film being "how the personal interacts with the historic and the geopolitical" with the intention of making it a cautionary tale . He began developing the script after he completed Tenet and wrote it in only a few months; he had already been thinking about making a film about Oppenheimer for over 20 years. A major plot element

2958-502: The miniature effects . Miniatures were filmed with IMAX cameras at 48 frames per second, while miniatures needing higher speed were shot on 35 mm film with an Arriflex 435 ES camera at 150 frames per second. In the second week of April, filming took place on location at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey . Filming also occurred in California, primarily around

3045-708: The American premiere at AMC Lincoln Square 13 in New York City on July 17. Both the London and the New York premieres were affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike , as some actors left the London premiere early, and Universal Pictures canceled the red carpet event for the New York premiere. SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher later claimed the studios "duped" the guild into accepting a twelve-day-extension for negotiations to continue promoting summer films like Oppenheimer . Oppenheimer

3132-465: The United States and Canada and $ 647.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 977 million; $ 190 million of which came from IMAX alone. It is the third-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time behind Joker (2019) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). In September 2023, Oppenheimer became the highest-grossing biographical film of all time, surpassing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). By August 2023, Oppenheimer had become

3219-579: The Washington, D.C. scenes were shot in state government buildings in the state capital of Santa Fe. Although the news coverage surrounding the film's release implied that most of the film was shot in New Mexico, the official making-of book Unleashing Oppenheimer revealed that many of the film's most important scenes were shot within the studio zone in Los Angeles County . Early on, three days were set aside for filming at UCLA 's Kerckhoff Hall, which

3306-406: The best opening weekends ever for an R-rated drama. 64% of the audience was male, with 33% being 18–34 years old. The Barbenheimer phenomenon was credited with boosting interest in the film, with a total of 79% of tickets sold over the weekend being for the two films (27% for Oppenheimer ), a combined total of 18.5 million people. The opening weekend was Nolan's best for an original film, being

3393-490: The board no longer suspects Oppenheimer of disloyalty but still revokes his clearance, thereby damaging his public image and limiting his influence on American nuclear policy. In 1959, during Strauss's Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce , Hill unexpectedly testifies about Strauss's personal motives for engineering Oppenheimer's downfall. Strauss's nomination is narrowly voted down, enraging him. In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson presents Oppenheimer with

3480-501: The bomb on Japan. Oppenheimer's security hearing was shot in Alhambra, California , in a "disused office building in the former manufacturing headquarters for the petrochemical company C.F. Braun & Co." The scene in which Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked was shot on May 19, 2022, the production's last day in Alhambra. Filming involved the use of real explosives to recreate

3567-458: The bomb's relevance. Oppenheimer believes it would end the ongoing Pacific War and save lives. The Trinity test is successful, and President Harry S. Truman orders the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , resulting in Japan 's surrender . Though publicly praised, Oppenheimer is guilt-ridden and haunted by the destruction and mass fatalities. After Oppenheimer expresses his remorse to Truman,

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3654-496: The book, then commissioned and rejected several scripts. During the COVID-19 pandemic , Wargo flew to Hollywood to meet with actor James Woods , who set up a meeting with Charles Roven , a producer for various Christopher Nolan films, and in turn, Roven gave a copy of the book to Nolan. Both Wargo and Woods are executive producers of the film. Woods said he was asked not to promote the film because his outspoken political views posed

3741-548: The controversial reputation in Japan due to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . A Universal spokesperson said that "plans have not been finalized in all markets". American films are often released in Japan a few months after the initial theatrical release. In December 2023, the independent Japanese film distributor Bitters End announced that it would theatrically release the film in 2024, as Universal's distributor in Japan Toho-Towa opted not to release it. The film

3828-424: The decision by Warner Bros. to release Barbie on the same day as Oppenheimer was made in order to deplete ticket sales of Oppenheimer as retaliation for Nolan releasing the film with Universal. Due to the tonal and genre dissonance between the two films, many social media users created memes about how the two films appealed to different audiences, and how they should be viewed as a double feature . The trend

3915-597: The director of the Manhattan Project , recruits Oppenheimer as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory to develop an atomic bomb . Oppenheimer fears the German nuclear research program , led by Heisenberg, might yield a fission bomb for the Nazis sooner. Oppenheimer assembles a team consisting of Rabi, Hans Bethe , and Edward Teller , and collaborates with the scientists Enrico Fermi , Leo Szilard , and David L. Hill at

4002-578: The film about the importance of physical media libraries, stating that letting films only exist digitally or on streaming services allows companies to have too much control and creates a danger for film preservation. The film was released for streaming in the US exclusively on Peacock and in Canada on Amazon Prime Video on February 16, 2024. Additionally, it began streaming on Jio Cinema in India from March 21, 2024. Oppenheimer grossed $ 329.9 million in

4089-426: The film as one of Oppenheimer's visions, in which Nolan intended to show "that if you create the ultimate destructive power, it will also destroy those who are near and dear to you". The film used a combination of IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film. It is also the first film to shoot sections on IMAX black-and-white photographic film , which Kodak created and FotoKem developed specifically for

4176-415: The film contains no computer-generated effects, and used practical effects to achieve "real-world imagery". The last portion of principal photography was for Nolan and van Hoytema to travel to Europe to obtain establishing shots for the early European phase of Oppenheimer's life. For example, they did not bother with shooting on the actual campus of the University of Cambridge; "van Hoytema simply set up

4263-679: The film received an MA 15+ rating from the Australian Classification Board board for "strong sex and a suicide scene". In the United Kingdom, the film received a 15 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification for "strong language and sex", meaning anyone under the age of 15 cannot be admitted to view the film. In some countries, including those in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia, Universal distributed

4350-609: The film take place in academic lecture halls; to save time and money, the production team decided against attempting to reconstruct those halls as sets at Ghost Ranch, and shot them inside a historic Women's Army Corps dormitory in Los Alamos. Scenes were also filmed in Oppenheimer's original cabin in Los Alamos, which had been restored. Kai Bird visited the set and was impressed by Murphy's performance. The New York hotel scenes were shot in Albuquerque's Old Post Office building , while

4437-405: The film was the meeting in which President Harry S. Truman called Oppenheimer a "crybaby". Nolan wanted to convey the scene from Oppenheimer's perspective and felt it was a "massive moment of disillusion, a huge turning point [for Oppenheimer] in his approach to trying to deal with the consequences of what he'd been involved with", while also underscoring that it is a "huge shift in perception about

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4524-490: The film, with each earning $ 4 million in lieu of their usual $ 10–20 million upfront salary. Downey went to Nolan's house to read the script, which was printed in black on red paper. Downey would later describe Oppenheimer as "the best film" in which he has appeared to date. Downey previously met with Nolan for the role of Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005), but Nolan felt Downey wasn't right for

4611-565: The film. Van Hoytema used 50 mm and 80 mm Hasselblad lenses when filming on the IMAX MKIV or IMAX MSM 9802 cameras, while scenes shot on the Panavision Panaflex System 65 Studio cameras were shot using Panavision Sphero 65 and Panavision System 65 lenses. Additionally, the production had Panavision construct a custom probe lens to allow the filmmakers to use IMAX cameras for macro photography and microphotography to record

4698-410: The first person to see the final cut, in a private screening of its first 70mm print. Nolan said: "He said some very kind things, but really just to watch him watch ... I wasn't even supposed to watch it with him, but seeing the great master watching? It was sort of irresistible." Ludwig Göransson composed the score for the film, after doing so for Nolan's previous film, Tenet . Göransson's score

4785-410: The first quarter of 2022. Universal also agreed to Nolan's terms, which included a production budget of $ 100 million, an equal marketing budget, an exclusive theatrical window ranging from 90 to 120 days, 20 percent of the film's first-dollar gross , and a three-week period both before and after the opening, in which Universal could not release another new film. Nolan became aware of Oppenheimer as

4872-595: The former, while the latter depicts a "more objective view of his story from a different character's point of view". Wanting to make the film as subjective as possible, the production team decided to include visions of Oppenheimer's conceptions of the quantum world and waves of energy. Nolan noted that while Oppenheimer never publicly apologized for his role in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , he still believed Oppenheimer had felt genuine guilt for his actions and thus portrayed him as exhibiting those feelings. I think of any character I've dealt with, Oppenheimer

4959-514: The highest-grossing biographical film and the second-highest-grossing R-rated film at the time of its release . The recipient of many accolades , Oppenheimer was nominated for leading thirteen categories at 96th Academy Awards , and won leading seven, including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor (Murphy), and Best Supporting Actor (Downey). It also won five Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Drama ) and seven British Academy Film Awards (including Best Film ), and

5046-508: The highest-grossing film ever to not reach the top spot at the domestic box office, although in its sixth weekend it topped the worldwide box office with a total of $ 38.12 million, surpassing Barbie for the first time. It is also the highest grossing World War II-related film, surpassing Dunkirk (2017), also a Nolan film. Additionally, Oppenheimer became one of the top five highest-grossing IMAX releases, earning $ 183 million (approximately 20% of its total gross), over $ 17 million of which

5133-449: The intention to present a "strong set of troubling reverberations at the end". Oppenheimer marks the sixth collaboration between Nolan and Cillian Murphy, and the first starring Murphy as the lead. To prepare for the role, Murphy read extensively on Oppenheimer's life and was inspired by David Bowie 's appearance in the 1970s. Nolan called Murphy one day to ask him to play the part, and Murphy enthusiastically accepted, excited to play

5220-627: The other being shown in all other formats. The latter was eventually released online. In May 2023, an official main trailer debuted during preview screenings of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 . It was subsequently released to the public on May 8, 2023, alongside a theatrical release poster. Oppenheimer had its world premiere at Le Grand Rex in Paris on July 11, 2023, followed by the British premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on July 13, and

5307-446: The possibility that Nolan's next film could be the first not to be financed or distributed by Warner Bros. By mid-2021, Nolan had left Warner Bros. and was meeting with other studios to develop his new project. Nolan had previously supported Warner Bros.' decision to give Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) a simultaneous release, saying he felt that situation had been handled properly, but said he had been excluded from any discussions regarding

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5394-421: The postponed release of Tenet . In September 2021, it was announced that Nolan would write and direct a biographical film about Oppenheimer and his contributions to the Manhattan Project , with Cillian Murphy in negotiations to star. Due to his strained relationship with Warner Bros., Nolan approached multiple studios, including Sony , Universal , Paramount , and Apple . According to insiders, Paramount

5481-502: The practical effect, the special effects supervisor, Scott R. Fisher, referred to them as "big-atures", since the special effects team had tried to build the models as physically large as possible. To make the models look closer to their intended real-life size, the team used forced perspective . Visualizations of the interactions between atoms, molecules and energy waves, as well as the depiction of stars, black holes and supernovas, were also achieved through practical methods. Nolan claimed

5568-459: The president berates him and dismisses his plea to cease further atomic development. As an advisor to the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Oppenheimer's stance generates controversy, while Teller's hydrogen bomb receives renewed interest amidst the burgeoning Cold War . AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss resents Oppenheimer for publicly dismissing Strauss's concerns about exporting radioactive isotopes and for recommending negotiations with

5655-456: The reality of Oppenheimer's perception". He wanted to execute a quick tonal shift after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, desiring to go from the "highest triumphalism, the highest high, to the lowest low in the shortest amount of screen time possible". For the ending, Nolan chose to make it intentionally vague to be open to interpretation and refrained from being didactic or conveying specific messages in his work. However, he did have

5742-548: The relevant time period or contain factually accurate representations of the time period. Works that focus on accurately portraying specific historical events or persons are instead known as docudrama , such as The Report . Where a person's life is central to the story, such a work is known as biographical drama , with notable examples being films such as Alexander , Frida , House of Saddam , Lincoln , Lust for Life , Raging Bull , Stalin , and Oppenheimer . Oppenheimer (film) Oppenheimer

5829-583: The role, which went to Murphy. Blunt met Nolan in Los Angeles and, when she was offered the role of Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer , she enthusiastically accepted; she also contacted Murphy to get an expectation of what working with Nolan would be like. Asked to play the part of Leslie Groves , Damon—who had appeared in Nolan's Interstellar —was taking a break from acting as a result of negotiations with his wife in couples therapy , but signed on to Oppenheimer as he had reserved one exception: if Nolan offered him

5916-567: The scene elsewhere in the New Mexico desert. The production filmed the Trinity test scenes in Belen, New Mexico , with Murphy climbing a 100-foot steel tower, a replica of the original site used in the Manhattan Project, in rough weather. A special set was built in which gasoline, propane , aluminum powder , and magnesium were used to create the explosive effect. Although they used miniatures for

6003-682: The studio's simultaneous theatrical and HBO Max release schedule. Murphy was the first cast member to join, with the rest joining between November 2021 and April 2022. Pre-production began by January 2022, and filming took place from February to May. The cinematographer, Hoyte van Hoytema , used a combination of IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film , including, for the first time, scenes in IMAX black-and-white film photography . As with many of his previous films, Nolan used extensive practical effects, with minimal compositing . Oppenheimer premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris on July 11, 2023, and

6090-420: The theatres. The 1960s-70s was a period dominated by Prem Nazir , Sathyan , Sheela , and others. Augustine Joseph was not able to get the film released. Later, he committed suicide owing to the debts from its production. After years, his son reveals the original prints of the film from Gemini Lab. He goes on to release the film and tries to find the people who did the characters. The movie is well appreciated for

6177-563: The threat itself never actually went away", and felt the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine had caused a resurgence of nuclear anxiety. Nolan had also penned a script for a biopic of Howard Hughes approximately during the time of production of Martin Scorsese 's The Aviator (2004), which had given him insight on how to write a script regarding a person's life. Emily Blunt described the Oppenheimer script as "emotional" and resembling that of

6264-467: The way of narration and picturisation which makes the viewer feel that they are indeed watching an old black and white movie of the 60-70s. The film was earlier titled Ithaano Valiya Karyam but was later renamed to the present title. It was shot in locations at Thodupuzha , Ernakulam , Pollachi , and Kanyakumari . Dileep 's role as Mukkom Shajahan / Ravi in this film won the Kerala state film award for

6351-531: Was a Communist, which had "enormous ramifications for [Oppenheimer's] later life and his ultimate fate". Nolan also sought to explore the relationship between Oppenheimer and Admiral Lewis Strauss , former chair of the US Atomic Energy Commission , having been inspired by the relationship between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri as depicted in Amadeus (1984). Another critical moment of

6438-473: Was dubbed " Barbenheimer ", and was described as counterprogramming during a summer of "entertainment industry meltdown". Cillian Murphy had endorsed the phenomenon, saying "My advice would be for people to go see both, on the same day. If they are good films, then that's cinema's gain." In March 2022, Universal Pictures halted the release of its titles in Russia, joining other major American film distributors in

6525-428: Was earned from the 30 screens showing IMAX 70 mm prints. The film was booked to be rereleased in IMAX theaters on November 3, including six IMAX 70 mm prints, as these theaters reported selling out during the initial release. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $ 201.9   million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. In the United States and Canada, Oppenheimer

6612-506: Was featured in a trailer for the film on May 8, 2023. It was also featured in the Universal Pictures exclusive five-minute Opening Look on July 13. Nolan had advised him to use a solo violin for Oppenheimer's central theme in the film, with Göransson remarking that he had felt that it could go from "the most romantic, beautiful tone in a split second to neurotic and heart wrenching, horror sounds". Oppenheimer ' s teaser trailer

6699-488: Was journalist Uday Mahurkar , who wrote an open letter to Nolan calling the scene a "direct assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant Hindus", and demanded its removal from all releases of Oppenheimer across the world. On the other hand, actor Nitish Bharadwaj told The Times of India that "The use of this verse in the film should also be understood from Oppenheimer's emotional state of mind. A scientist thinks of his creation 24x7x365 days, irrespective of what he

6786-512: Was later released by Bitters End in Japan on March 29, and during its first three days, it was ranked as the country's highest grossing foreign film after making 379.3 million yen ($ 2.5 million) at the box office. In the United States, the film received an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association for "some sexuality, nudity, and language". It is Nolan's first film to receive that rating since Insomnia (2002). In Australia,

6873-627: Was named one of the top ten films of 2023 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute . It has been named one of the greatest films of the 2020s and the 21st century. In 1926, 22-year-old doctoral student J. Robert Oppenheimer grapples with anxiety and homesickness while studying experimental quantum physics under Patrick Blackett at the University of Cambridge in England. Oppenheimer clashes with Blackett, leaving him

6960-533: Was rejected for the role that went to Josh Hartnett . For Harry S. Truman's appearance, Nolan sought his collaborator Gary Oldman , who was on a break from filming the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses (2022–present); Oldman told Nolan that he was contractually obliged to not cut his hair, so either he could play Truman with a prosthetic cap and a wig or get someone else to play the part, which Nolan agreed. Pre-production had begun by January 2022 in New Mexico, where

7047-429: Was released alongside Barbie , in what became known as ' Barbenheimer '. The week of their releases, AMC Theatres announced that over 40,000 AMC Stubs members had already pre-booked tickets to both films on the same day. After grossing $ 33 million on its first day (including $ 10.5 million from Thursday night previews), it went on to debut to $ 82.5 million, finishing second behind Barbie and marking one of

7134-517: Was released on July 28, 2022, featuring a live countdown to 5:29 a.m. (MDT) on July 16, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the first detonation of an atomic weapon ; it premiered in screenings of Nope before being posted online on Universal's social media profiles. Empire commented that it is exemplary of Nolan's style: "heady, brooding stuff with a real sense of weight". In December 2022, two trailers premiered in front of Avatar: The Way of Water , with one being exclusive to IMAX theaters and

7221-488: Was released theatrically on July 21, 2023, by Universal Pictures. In addition to standard digital cinemas , it was also released in various film formats including IMAX 70 mm (30 prints), standard 70 mm (113 prints) and 35 mm (around 80 prints). The film was released on the same day as Barbie , a fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig based on Mattel 's Barbie fashion dolls and media franchise, and distributed by Warner Bros. Many speculated that

7308-737: Was ruled out early in the process due to the replacement of the CEO and chairman, Jim Gianopulos , with Brian Robbins , an advocate for increased streaming-service releases. Nolan signed with Universal because he had previously worked with Donna Langley , chairwoman and chief content officer of the NBCUniversal studio group, on an unsuccessful attempt to make a film version of the UK television series The Prisoner . Langley agreed with Nolan's stance on traditional film exhibition and Universal agreed to finance and distribute Oppenheimer , with production set to begin in

7395-400: Was the visual effects supervisor, who stated that the film used mostly "invisible" visual effects through "'in-camera' special effects created on set". Digital compositing was used for the Trinity scene to add multi-layers to the explosion which was shot in a multifaceted viewpoint. There were 160 VFX artists who worked on the film, 134 of whom were left uncredited. Steven Spielberg was

7482-426: Was theatrically released in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 21 by Universal Pictures . Its concurrent release with Warner Bros.'s Barbie was the catalyst of the " Barbenheimer " phenomenon, encouraging audiences to see both films as a double feature . Oppenheimer grossed over $ 976 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 2023 , the highest-grossing World War II-related film,

7569-630: Was used for both the Cambridge and Göttingen scenes. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles stood in for the Mark Hopkins Hotel for one of Oppenheimer's encounters with Tatlock, for the Plaza Hotel for Strauss's 1949 birthday celebration, and for an unnamed Washington, D.C. hotel for the scene where Szilard and Hill try to get Oppenheimer to sign a petition against dropping

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