Day One
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
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Drama, History
1989
141 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Day One
- Duration : 141 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Peter Wyden (book), David W. Rintels (teleplay)
- Directors : Joseph Sargent min
- Imdb : 7.7 (309 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.5 (81 votes)
- Actors : Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn
Movie Storyline
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.