Read, Watch, Play Podcast
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Episode #7: Oppenheimer
1 hour 45 minutes Posted Jan 30, 2024 at 5:00 am.
) Introduction
) Synopsis and Overall Thoughts
) Background on Oppenheimer movie and American Prometheus book
) Rapid Fire Questions & Categories
) Closing and Ranking
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Randy and Nick head to Los Alamos this week as they cover the 2024 Best Picture nominee Oppenheimer the 2023 movie adaptation by Christopher Nolan starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and Emily Blunt. They cover the movie and its source text American Prometheus the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer written by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.
To start the episode Nick and Randy cover their experience with the Barbenheimer phenomenon, discuss their overall thoughts on the book and movie, and then discuss in depth their thoughts about the adaptation in terms of casting, scenes, adaptation choices, etc.
Head into the desert with us for this seventh installment of Read, Watch, Play covering Oppenheimer.
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Original Story: American Prometheus | written by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin published in 2005
Adaptation: Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan, released in 2023, produced by Syncopy and Atlas Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures
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