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Podcast: The MadHouse
Episode: Oppenheimer (2023)
Description: Christopher Nolan writes, directs and produces this thriller of a biopic that is based on the 2005 novel, âAmerican Prometheusâ by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin. The film has a stacked cast that include Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Casey Afleck, Rami Malek, Josh Harnett & Gary Oldman. In this film, Oppenheimer is chosen to lead the âManhattan Projectâ in 1942 during WWII, which results in the creation of the first Hydrogen Bomb but the outcome of this project doesnât have the effect on the world that Oppenheimer had imagined. This film exceeded all expectatio...