| | Fat Man and Little Boy (1989): Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack, Laura Dern - PopMatters Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The philosophical dilemma inherent in the construction of the bomb is almost entirely confined to a battle of wills between Robert Oppenheimer (Dwight Schultz), head scientist on the Project, and General Leslie Groves (Paul Newman), his military overseer. |
 | | The real-life Oppenheimer was a privileged bohemian with imperious airs and pretentious tastes, and Schultz manages to show this without painting it too broadly -- the way he holds his cigarettes and his mannered speech are enough. |
 | | If the screenplay is to be believed, the scientists of the Manhattan Project must have divided their time equally between splitting the atom and having cocktail parties. |
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