Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Who were the holdouts?
without opening a can of worms.
Theory will take you only so far.
You're a dilettante, a womanizer,
Senator Thurmond asked me to say
I know that, thank you
(violent whooshing)
"And now I am become Death.
A world of energy and paradox that not everyone can accept.
Your friend, Haakon Chevalier, the Communist.
Well, he said,
-the F.A... -F.A.E.C.T.
I think you knew him.
But first I had to go to Europe.
Well, I'm not that subtle.
Simple as that.
will be President Truman's last chance
their differences in judgment on how the H-bomb
Ouch.
would you clear Dr. Oppenheimer today?
(applause)
Everybody, mattresses.
JEAN: Unexpected.
That's not how weapons manufacture works, Szilard.
pilloried and put through an ordeal
We'll have him killed.
Shall I come with you to Washington?
perhaps you can get me my security clearance
I'm gonna try to reproduce it
Please enjoy your party.
(all laughing)
Now, there are various aspects of this policy...
as the great man of physics, and I was determined
What we meant, what I meant was...
-with a list of witnesses. -Perhaps we are in need
(clattering)
I believe this. And I shall believe it
Can we hear this recording?
-what I'm getting at? -I do.
ROBERT: Dr. Lawrence, I presume?
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING I CHICAGO??!!
You have everyone convinced
Nothing in our research over three years
but I'm certainly getting there now.
This is one of the most prestigious
that he could help.
Detonators charged.
Might Mr. Nichols have given him access to the file?
Albert.
And then you humiliated him in front of Congress.
We're ahead. And with you here to help us, Niels.
Who's working on this in-in Berkeley?
And your work really begins.
you're actually important.
Well, you are...
Why?
ROBERT: Canyons of New Mexico.
-in my head for a long time. -(knock on door)
(Jean breathing heavily)
(Robert exhales)
Near zero.
you've done for your country?
Oh, my God.
You're a scientist.
That'll work.
Is that someone a member of the project?
Why would we go to the middle of nowhere
they're getting a divorce, so...
You could use a bottle of beer
-You're from New Mexico? -No.
in a context of Russia's not Germany.
to get him to run the Institute.
where they would target us.
ROBERT: Richard. Dr. Bush.
I'm sorry, Oppie, but there's a call.
Accusations of a kind that I don't think belong here.
Sustained fission reactions in uranium.
on the project advise you
You went back the next morning.
Robert, uh, my son and his fiancée are desperate to meet
-Thank you. -To Jackie?
And you share your findings with the Nazis.
the blast won't be as powerful.
Well, you say that and then you call.
-How so? -Well, if we use this weapon
-didn't you? -Yes.
A prophet can't be wrong. Not once.
Are you saying we'll have to delay?
MAN (on speaker): Ninety seconds to detonation.
Picasso, Stravinsky, Freud, Marx.
(students laughing)
(Heisenberg speaking German)
I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon.
The fact that we built this bomb
if a hydrogen bomb's technically feasible.
we bombed an enemy that was essentially defeated.
Goddamn it.
Well, obviously.
I'm easy to blame for what happened to Robert.
to his friends,
He took it.
in order to destroy Oppenheimer's effectiveness,
Apparently our government's not sharing
Eat.
...and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy.
(gripping music continues)
when I got here this semester.
not that I agreed.
Why get caught holding the knife yourself?
who's an acquaintance of someone on the project.
take in the sheets.
It's important you not maintain or renew
(stomping intensifying)
-Starting with New York. D.C. -RABI: That's fair.
(mellow music continues)
you tried to deny it was viable.
She'll do fine.
A pillar of fire 10,000 feet tall.
Just remember...
Come on, Ruthie.
-has been approved. -It hasn't.
No, let's wait for the others.
the terrible secret of Los Alamos,
to provoke surrender?
Twenty minutes.
Born here, but in 1918, he went back to Russia
-Why not? -(sighs)
Uh, Jungian?
Country needs us.
Frank and I are thinking of joining. Just the other day,
to make that possible.
-I'm a self-made man. -Ah.
living off beans and pancakes,
BOHR: To talk about after.
-(siren wailing) -(uneasy music playing)
We have an A-bomb and a whole series of it.
to deny the renewal of your security clearance.
And the Hanford plant made this much plutonium.
WEATHERMAN: The wind's picking up at zero, not the rain.
What have you found out?
that when we push that button,
I'm sorry, I read it in the original German.
Nothing in our long-standing friendship
ROBERT: Here comes the birthday boy.
who knows more about science than people.
What the hell were you doing in Chicago?
Japan's not going to hold out alone.
In a straight race, the Germans win.
has failed to be confirmed since 1925.
BETHE: No.
warning him the Germans could make a bomb,
can we get back to the business at hand?
We do know that Dr. Hill will be here after lunch.
I guarantee it's somewhere no one's been before.
Well, he hasn't.
But I can run the Manhattan Project.
on Oppenheimer's security clearance.
And wouldn't the Russians do anything
two...
more than 40 years ago now.
We cut down on staff, keep families together.
A vast and sudden chemical reaction.
I would never put you in a room with Pash.
Correct.
The team hasn't slept in two nights.
(exhales deeply)
'S funny.
(scofffs) You don't get to say no to me
Robert. Robert.
-Wonderful. -Thank you.
Oppie! Oppie!
That's you. You are the man for the job.
As far as I know. As far as I know, yes.
liberal background.
You're a long way from Chicago, Leo.
I would have done anything I was asked to do.
CHEVALIER: (chuckles) Well.
What for?
Where?
Wanted to challenge myself.
-Why? -I built the Pentagon.
My favorite response,
We go on the night of the 15th.
I've had a lot of secrets
we'll have a scientist appearing before the committee.
STRAUSS: Is it official?
(telephone ringing)
(music tempo increasing)
Its only intended target would be the largest cities.
Really? We'll fix that.
This is a closed hearing.
on the export of isotopes to Norway,
-ROBB: What you, who? Who? -What I meant...
So, you're a biologist.
the most famous man in the world?
there's just no way.
I need answered here today.
I wrote that.
I seem to remember you demanding your brother come to Los Alamos.
Forget I asked.
Now raise this fucking barrier.
ROBB: Are you familiar with the fact
Nothing good, no?
(whispers): Poof.
Let me make this simple for you, gentlemen.
Well, then you would have built the H-bomb too,
SENATOR PASTORE: Why were his Communist associations
WOMAN: I got it, it's all right.
"Most scientists think the policy is stupid."
that my involvement with left-wing groups
No, it was... it was me.
Two months.
He was no longer a government employee,
Then why did you come?
-I'm afraid so, sir. -All right.
Why don't you have a Nobel Prize?
...this won't be a fair fight.
One point in space and time. And it comes together here.
Germany's defeated.
Gray must see what Robb is doing.
No, he should know you.
It won't.
until I see very conclusive proof to the opposite.
Well, you'd have to ask Mr. Hoover.
my old student working for the Nazis.
A hydrogen bomb can be made to work, Oppie, you know that.
I'm gonna head to base camp. Best of luck.
That's the sweet spot, gentlemen.
Test
Wait, wait, wait.
a couple of times. Eltenton.
...will remember this day.
Dr. Bush, I thought I was performing a service
He has the most intuitive understanding
Yes, it is.
All right. (clears throat) Let's go.
GRAY: Thank you, General.
-MORGAN: Thank you, Doctor. -ROBB: Thank you.
and the local Indians come up here for burial rites.
initiated and carried through
would contribute to national security.
What were you guys doing at Los Alamos?