Afternoon Cinema: Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer tells the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. (Matt Damon) appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

The world will never be the same again…