BBC brings classic Oppenheimer series to iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is now streaming the full Oppenheimer boxset, starring Sam Waterston as the father of the atomic bomb.
Released to great acclaim 43 years ago, this BAFTA-winning seven-part TV series reappears hot on the heels of Christopher Nolan's big screen breath-taker, while it's also scheduled to air weekly via BBC Four from August 12.
As is Cillian Murphy's incarnation of J Robert Oppenheimer, Waterston's is placed at the high table of the Manhattan Project during World War II, where his association with the Communist party puts him in the firing line of the FBI before being stripped of his security clearance by the US Atomic Energy Commission.
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Meanwhile, the aforementioned Irishman (whose latest job marked his sixth collaboration with Nolan) recently defended the movie's various sex scenes involving the character Jean Tatlock.
"I think [the sequences] were vital in this movie. I think the relationship that he has with Jean Tatlock is one of the most crucial [and] emotional parts of the film," Murphy began while speaking to GQ.
"I think if they're key to the story then they're worthwhile. They're the most awkward possible part of our job, but sometimes you have to get on with it."
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He also spoke about the scenes to The Sydney Morning Herald, explaining: "[Nolan] knew that those scenes would get the movie the rating that it got. And I think when you see it, it's so f**king powerful. And they're not gratuitous. They're perfect. And Florence [Pugh] is just amazing.
"I have loved Florence's work since Lady Macbeth and I think she's f**king phenomenal. She has this presence as a person and on screen that is staggering. The impact she has [in Oppenheimer] for the size of the role, it's quite devastating."
The Oppenheimer boxset is now streaming on BBC iPlayer, while Christopher Nolan's movie is playing in cinemas now.
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