The Manhattan Project in Oppenheimer with Alice Lovejoy

Based on a True Story by Dan LeFebvre

Feb 17, 202600:55:12TV & Film

BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 383) — Did the Oppenheimer movie get the Manhattan Project right? Today, we'll dig into the film's portrayal of the project. From the Los Alamos we see in the movie to what we don't see i...

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