Oppenheimer
(DVD)
Contributors
Prince, Peter, 1942- author of screenplay.
Davis, Barry, 1936-1990 director.
Goodchild, Peter, 1947- producer.
Carson, John, 1927-2016
Waterston, Sam, actor.
Davis, Barry, 1936-1990 director.
Goodchild, Peter, 1947- producer.
Carson, John, 1927-2016
Waterston, Sam, actor.
Published
[England] : British Broadcasting Corp. ;, [2008].
ISBN
1419867563, 9781419867569
Status
Description
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | TV-DVD OPP (Set) | On Shelf |
| Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | DVD TV-SHOW OPP | On Shelf |
| Hinsdale Public Library - Stacks | TV OPPENHEIMER | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- Drama.
Biographical television programs.
Drama.
Historical television programs.
Los Alamos (N.M.)
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, -- 1904-1967 -- Drama.
Physicists -- United States -- Drama.
Science -- Experiments -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical television programs.
Drama.
Historical television programs.
Los Alamos (N.M.)
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, -- 1904-1967 -- Drama.
Physicists -- United States -- Drama.
Science -- Experiments -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
More Details
Published
[England] : British Broadcasting Corp. ;, [2008].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 420 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1419867563, 9781419867569
UPC
883929017904
Notes
General Note
Bonus features: Edward R. Murrow's historic 1955 interview with J. Robert Oppenheimer from the CBS newsmagazine "See it Now".
Creation/Production Credits
Technical advisors, John Charap, R.G. Hewlett, J. Rotblat, W.G. Marley, Ernest Titterton ; cameramen, Rodney Taylor, Peter Hall ; editors, Ron Bowman, Tariq Anwar ; costume designer, Caroline Maxwell ; music composed by Carl Davis ; research, Katharine Everett, Angela Clarke, Caroline Davidson ; production designers, Ray London, Austen Spriggs, Carol Golder.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, John Carson; Episode 1: Sam Waterston (Robert Oppenheimer), Anthony Forrest (Rossi Lomanitz), John Morton (Robert Wilson), Peter Whitman (Robert Serber), Daniel Foley (Joseph Weinberg), Kate Harper (Jean Tatlock), Peter Marinker (Haakon Chevalier), Garrick Hagon (Frank Oppenheimer), Liza Ross (Jacky Oppenheimer), Bob Sherman (Ernest Lawrence), Christopher Malcolm (Steve Nelson), Jana Sheldon (Kitty Harrison-Oppenheimer), James Smith (Dr. Harrison), Erica Stevens (Charlotte Serber); Episode 2: Manning Redwood (General Leslie Groves), Ed Devereaux (General Wilhelm Styer), Edward Hardwicke (Enrico Fermi), Matthew Guinness (Hans Bethe), David Oliver (Emil Konopinski), David Suchet (Edward Teller), Christopher Muncke (Colonel Kenneth Nichols), Alex Davion (Arthur Compton), Gabor Vernon (Leo Szilard), Colette Hiller (Barbara Chevalier); Episode 3: David Baxt (Colonel John Lansdale), Ron Berglas (John Manley), Barry Dennen (Isidor Rabi), Shane Rimmer (Ed Condon), Rosemary Faith (Mitzi Teller), Pat Starr (Alice Smith), Sarah Brackett (Priscilla Duffield), Billy J. Mitchell (Captain "Deke" Parsons), Colin Bennett (Seth Neddermeyer), Marc Smith (Lt. Colonel Boris Pash); Episode 4: Blain Fairman (Robert Bacher), Dave Hill (James Tuck), Milton Johns (George Kistiakowsky), Albert Welling (Klaus Fuchs), Douglas Lambert (Kenneth Bainbridge); Episode 5: Alexander Knox (Henry Stimson), Ed Bishop (General Tom Farrell), Michael John Paliotti (Sam Allison); Episode 6: Peter Banks (Joseph Volpe), Phil Brown (Lewis Strauss), Bob Sessions (Thomas Finletter), Robert Robinson (Senator Knowland), Stephen Turner (David Griggs), Ray Charleson (William Borden), Raymond Thompson (Francis Colter), James Waterston (Peter Oppenheimer), Elizabeth Giles (Toni Oppenheimer), Audrey Hamilton (Carol Chevalier); Episode 7: George Gabriel (Harold Green), Stuart Milligan (Herbert Marks), James Maxwell (Lloyd Garrison), Philip O'Brien (Roger Robb), Seymour Green (Gordon Gray), Robert Arden (John McCloy).
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as a seven part mini-series by BBC television on October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26, and December 3, 1980.
Description
This miniseries opens in Berkeley, California in 1938, where pampered, tenured professors, safe on the shores of peaceful America, dabble in radical politics as the world heads inevitably towards war. J. Robert Oppenheimer is such a one. Two events--one personal, one scientific--combine to change Oppy's life forever and catapult him from a moderately successful theoretician to a world famous figure. First, news of successful fission experiments in Europe spurs him to pursue a role in the government's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. Second, new wife Kitty is pushing him to advance his career during the coming war years. Oppenheimer wanted to be both a radical and a member of the establishment; was paradoxically both a tortured socialist and a hardened realist. He appreciated the opportunity the military gave him to develop a project he would never have realized in his university career, despite believing that scientists aren't the only ones to pass moral judgments on the results of their experiments. Moreover, although some of the more unsavory aspects of Oppenheimer's career seem to have been deliberately elided, on balance, the portrayal of Oppenheimer is dramatically inclusive, and avoids the pitfalls of portraying him as a tragically heroic figure. After being shown in Britain in 1980, Oppenheimer aired in the US on PBS's American Playhouse in 1982.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; full screen presentation, aspect ratio 4:3.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Language
In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Local note
DVD
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Prince, P., Davis, B., Goodchild, P., Carson, J., Waterston, S., Muncke, C., Suchet, D., Hardwicke, E., Shelden, J., Redwood, M., Guinness, M., Whitman, P., Dennen, B., Sherman, B., Hagon, G., Morton, J., Fairman, B., Harper, K., Ross, L., Marinker, P., Forrest, A., Foley, D., Marinker, P., Malcolm, C., Smith, J., Stevens, E., Devereaux, E., Oliver, D., Davion, A., Vernon, G., Hiller, C., Baxt, D., Berglas, R., Dennen, B., Rimmer, S., Faith, R., Starr, P., Brackett, S., Mitchell, B. J., Bennett, C., Smith, M., Hill, D., Welling, A., Lambert, D., Knox, A., Bishop, E., Paliotti, M. J., Banks, P., Brown, P., Sessions, B., Robinson, R., Turner, S., Charleson, R., Thompson, R., Waterston, J., Giles, E., Hamilton, A., Gabriel, G., Milligan, S., Maxwell, J., O'Brien, P. J., Green, S., Arden, R., Charap, J., Hewlett, R. G., Rotblat, J., Marley, W. G., Titterton, E., Taylor, R., Hall, P., Bowman, R., Anwar, T., Maxwell, C., Davis, C., Everett, K., Clarke, A., Davidson, C., London, R., Spriggs, A., & Golder, C. (2008). Oppenheimer (Full screen.). British Broadcasting Corp. ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peter Prince et al.. 2008. Oppenheimer. [England]: British Broadcasting Corp..
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peter Prince et al.. Oppenheimer [England]: British Broadcasting Corp., 2008.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Prince, P., Davis, B., Goodchild, P., Carson, J., Waterston, S., Muncke, C. and Suchet, D. et al (2008). Oppenheimer. Full screen. [England]: British Broadcasting Corp..
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Prince, Peter, et al. Oppenheimer Full screen., British Broadcasting Corp. ;, 2008.
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