Day One

Scott Thompson

Year: 1989
Character: Unknown

Other cast: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard A. Dysart, Hal Holbrook, Barnard Hughes, John McMartin, David Ogden Stiers, Anne Twomey
Producer: David W. Rintels
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: David W. Rintels
141 minutes

-Plot summary-

A physicist leaves Europe for the US. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppen-heimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. As World War II draws to a close, there are second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.

-Production Notes-

Won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special.
Filmed in Montreal, Quebec. Based on the novel "Day One."

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