The Bomb (1989)
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German title | The bomb |
Original title | Day One |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1989 |
length | 145 minutes |
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Director | Joseph Sargent |
script | David W. Rintels |
production |
Aaron Spelling , E. Duke Vincent |
music | Mason Daring |
camera | Kees Van Oostrum |
cut | Debra Karen |
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The Bomb is an American television film from 1989. It deals with the Manhattan Project , the secret development of the first atomic bomb by the Allies in World War II. Directed by Joseph Sargent , Brian Dennehy as General Leslie Groves , David Strathairn as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Michael Tucker as Dr. To see Leo Szilard .
action
The film is first told from the perspective of Leo Szilard , who emigrated from Hungary and who fled Europe to the United States, where he is involved in the Manhattan project , the development of an atomic bomb . It also shows how scientists, the military and politicians feel about whether and how the new, devastating technology should be used. The film ends with President Harry S. Truman deciding to use the bomb in the war against Japan and to drop it on the city of Hiroshima .
background
In the same year came with Fat Man and Little Boy (dt .: Fat Man and Little Boy ), a film on the same subject in the cinemas. Paul Newman as General Groves and Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer starred in the lead roles .
The Bomb premiered on March 5, 1989 on CBS Television .
Awards
- 1989: Emmy Primetime Award for best TV film
Web links
- The bomb in the Internet Movie Database (English)