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Day One is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Sargent released in USA on 5 march 1989 with Brian Dennehy

Day One (1989)

Day One
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Day One is a made-for-TV documentary-drama movie about The Manhattan Project, the research and development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It is based on the book by Peter Wyden. The movie was written by David W. Rintels and directed by Joseph Sargent. It starred Brian Dennehy as General Leslie Groves, David Strathairn as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Michael Tucker as Dr. Leo Szilard. It premiered in the United States on March 5, 1989 on the CBS network. It won the 1989 Emmy award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special. The movie received critical acclaim for its historical accuracy despite being a drama.

Synopsis

When Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe he eventually arrives in the United States where, with the help of Albert Einstein, he persuades the Federal government to build an atomic bomb. General Leslie Groves selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard (whose idea was responsible for the progress made) has second thoughts about atomic weapons and debates how and when to use the bomb.

Actors

Brian Dennehy

(Gen. Leslie Groves)
David Strathairn

(J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Michael Tucker

(Leo Szilard)
Hume Cronyn

(James F. Byrnes)
Richard A. Dysart

(President Harry S. Truman)
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