The US Army hires Oppenheimer to build the A-Bomb | Oppenheimer | CLIP

we've got one hope which is anti-Semitism well if that's how you treat Lieutenant Kel I'd hate to see how you treat a humble this is his oh if I ever meet one I'll let you know ouch theaters of combat all over the world but I have to stay in Washington why I built the Pentagon thebrass likes it so much they made me take over the Manhattan engineer District which is don't be a smartass know damn well what it is you and half of every physics department across the country that's problem number one I thought problem number one would be securing enough uranium or 1,200 tons bought the day I took charge processing just broke ground at Oak Ridge Tennessee now I'm looking for a project director and my name came up nope even though you brought quantum physics to America which made me curious what have you found out you're a diletant a woman womanizer suspected communist I'm a New Deal Democrat I said suspected unstable theatrical egotistical neurotic nothing good no not even he's brilliant but well Brilliance is taken for granted in your circle so no now the only person who had anything good to say was Richard Tolman Tolman thinks you have integrity but he also strikes me as a guy who knows more about science than people get here you are you don't take much in Trust I don't take anything on trust why don't you have a Nobel Prize why aren't you a general they're making me one for this perhaps I'll have the same luck a Nobel Prize for making a bomb Alfred Nobel invented dynamite so how would you proceed you're talking about turning Theory into a practical weapon system faster than the Nazis who have a 12-month Head Start 18 how could you you possibly know that our fast Neutron research took 6 months the man they've undoubtedly put in charge will have made that leap instantly who do you think they put in charge ver Heisenberg he is the most intuitive understanding of atomic structure I've ever seen you know his work I know him just like I know Walter both of on vacer debner in his straight race the Germans win we've got one hope which is anti-Semitism what Hitler called quantum physics Jewish science C right to Einstein's face our one hope is that Hitler is so so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources because it'll take vast resources our nation's best SCI is working together right now they're scattered which gives us compartmentalization all mins have to see the whole task to contribute efficiently poor security May cost us the race inefficiency will the Germans know more than us anyway the Russians don't remind me who are we at war with somebody with your past doesn't want to be seen downplaying the importance of security from our communist allies F takeen but no you don't get to say no to me it's my job to say no to you when you're wrong so you have the job now uh I'm considering it I'm starting to see where you got your reputation my favorite response Oppenheimer couldn't run a hamburger stand and I couldn't but I can run the Manhattan Project there's a way to balance these things keep the rad lab here at Berkeley under Lawrence met lab in Chicago under Zill large scale of finding where did you say Tennessee and Hanford and Hanford all America's industrial might and scientific innovation connected by rail focused on one goal one point in space of time and it comes together here the secret laborat in the middle of nowhere secure self-sufficient equipment housing The Works keep everyone there until it's done you'll need a school stores a church why if we don't let scientists bring their families we'll never get the best you want security build a town build it fast [Music] where welcome to Los alos if there's a boy school we'll have to Commander and the local Indians come up here for burial rights but apart from that nothing 40 Mi any direction I have to find the perfect spot for Success build him a town fast let's go recruit some scientists why would I leave my family I told you you you can bring your family I'm not a soldier OPI a soldier he's a general I've got all the soldier I need what can I tell them Heisenberg deer both are boore what do these men have in common uh the greatest Minds on atomic theory

Channel: Boxoffice Movie Scenes

Views: 390,252

Keywords: Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Id: 7F115HyusBc

Length: 5min 18sec (318 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 08 2023