"Oppenheimer" clip: Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy

In this scene, Lewis Strauss (Academy Award-nominee Robert Downey Jr.), head of the Atomic Energy Commission, is pulled into an emergency meeting when it's learned that radiation - sign of a nuclear test by the Soviet Union - has been detected over the North Pacific.
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[@MegaSoapsFan-fe1ul]

Who's here after Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr both won Oscar (best actor and best supporting actor)?

[@shillabarquet]

me lol

[@Hiprockdiva1]

me

[@tcolemanracing]

Here!

[@tony4534]

We didn’t need the parentheses.

[@marcojoserevilla7600]

Me

[@coloneljason9094]

The soundtrack.. ,the way they talk... this scene is absolute perfection.

[@Psyfi85]

The implications.

[@MetalOverlord01]

Music is so important in a movie it built the tension so much this soundtrack is gold

[@thyagtubes]

The music builds up nicely into the next scene where they walk on the football field to meet Fermi & Szilard. Unfortunately cut short.

[@souvikmondal6161]

From losing a oscar to a nolan film to winning a oscar in a nolan film! RDJ has come full circle.

[@alejandrocastro4631]

In which movie he was nominated to?

[@souvikmondal6161]

@@alejandrocastro4631 tropic thunder (2008)

[@RainFall800]

@@alejandrocastro4631 tropic thunder as Kark Lazaras

[@velocity790]

or Sgt Lincoin Osirius 🤣@@RainFall800

[@margarethmichelina5146]

​@@alejandrocastro4631He lost to Heath Ledger for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight at Oscar 2009.

[@josep4259]

The way Oppenheimer is in denial and strauss just shows him the piece of data and it cuts to the next scene is pure bliss for me!

[@lw3646]

In fairness to Oppenheimer the Soviets tested their first bomb in August 1949, so about 4 years after Trinity. The US took about 3 years to build their first bomb, about June 1942 to July 1945. So based on that alone its not like the USSR acquired one suspiciously fast. Though you would say i suppose the US had better sciemtists, including German exiles, British help, plus probably better facilities and money.

[@col.nugget1524]

the video ends at the best part. the hard cut to chicago with the INSANE score. this is what movies are all about.

[@DukeBluedevil70]

Is that cut on youtube?

[@lawrencedockery9032]

You wouldn't happen to know the name for this particular section of the score would you?

[@VV-js4vd]

​@@lawrencedockery9032 I believe it's "Fusion"

[@c.c.s.1102]

This movie makes me feel alive!!!

[@LeeRenthlei]

As a history buff and a Nolan's fan, this is my favourite Nolan's movie.

[@yazancallas]

I absolutely loved it. It was a Masterpiece. My favorites are Inception and interstellar

[@yazancallas]

@@tokingmaddyeah those are good too

[@declansmyth1973]

For me it's 3. Oppenheimer 2. Interstellar 1. The Dark Knight And the gap between 2 and 1 is still massive.

[@carlosatausupa8429]

The Dark Knight X Inception x Oppenheimer is my favorite movies by Christopher Nolan

[@squamish4244]

I'd have to say it's either Oppenheimer or The Prestige. But Oppenheimer was astonishing in how three hours of mostly people talking just blew by. And as a history buff myself, watching all these luminaries I'd until then mostly only read about come alive onscreen was amazing - Oppie of course, but also Teller, Feynam, Godel, Heisenberg, Rabi, Bohr, Tolman, Fermi, Szilard...and of course Einstein.

[@david.cutipa]

These both just won 2 oscars. These scenes would likely become masterclasses in acting schools.

[@darkglobe406]

NAH it was a weak year for movies overall . oppenheimer is good but it had no real competition . they are both good acting performances but not exeptional ... if you want masterclass of acting watch nick cage in leaving las vegas , de niro in taxi driver , neeson in schindlers list , brando and al pacino in godfather part I and II , penn in 21 grams ...

[@randehmarshgames4608]

⁠@@darkglobe406Oppenheimer was great, dont try to bring it down by saying there was no competition. And these are absoLUTELY exceptional performances and youre just trying to be different if you think or say otherwise

[@darkglobe406]

@@randehmarshgames4608 no , im just trying to be objective . last few years have been really weak in terms of big movies . oppenheimer is good and murphy was also very good , but nowhere near best performances of all time or "art school teaching material" .

[@haot2041]

​@@darkglobe406 u dont seems to understand what objective mean

[@darkglobe406]

@@haot2041 it is you who seem to not grasp this concept .

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

1:12 - A rare moment where Oppenheimer just flat out loses it in the movie! 😄

[@TedShatner10]

Nearly loses it, actually.

[@olgil]

Tbf he loses it both times he meets Dr Hill too.

[@nelsonhamilton8262]

Also one of the few times he’s absolutely wrong.

[@lw3646]

​@nelsonhamilton8262 he's wrong about the spying but he's probably right about the H bomb and the arms race. If both sides had committed to arms control talks and non proliferation instead of an arms race it would have been far better. Acquiring the H bomb didn't really make the US any safer. Also it wouldn't matter really if a large city was destroyed by three fission bombs or one hydrogen bomb. The result would be basically the same.

[@olgil]

@@lw3646 I think the point is that both sides couldn't have ever committed to arms limitations and it was naive of Oppie to suggest it. If the US decided to stick to A bombs while Russia secretly developed H bombs it would leave the US at an insane disadvantage if they were to ever engage in war. It ties back to the idea of the inevitable chain reaction started at Los Alomos that leads to the mutually assured destruction standoff we still find ourselves in today.

[@4747da]

The great thing about Murphy's acting is that he never broke from the phrasing and tone of voice he adopted, and even where his lines call for an arrogant demeanor, like when he downplays Thaler's designs , you can still sense the self doubt he has, knowing that there's another reason why he chose not to support the development of the H bomb

[@chriswhited]

who did?

[@freddygaulman5493]

"I dont read the script, script reads me"

[@andrewolejarz5293]

Great reference 😂

[@margarethmichelina5146]

This scene really proof that RDJ isn't always being Tony Stark all the time and also the scene on his office where he rants about Oppenheimer and Einstein

[@Psyfi85]

Imo he proved himself decades ago. Less Than Zero, Chaplin, Gothika, Zodiac. But yes, Oppenheimer kind of felt like his magnum opus.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

@@Psyfi85 Nowadays, people know him as Tony Stark more than his previous roles.

[@twilightcyber4543]

​@@Psyfi85don't forget Sherlock Holmes

[@RaffyDGoat]

The soundtrack made the movie for me, so much tension throughout the entire film

[@rishabhpatel263]

No VFX, no out of the world action, nothing, Simply dialogues, fantastic acting and intense BGM. In the era of MCU movies, surely this movie is a masterpiece.

[@lw3646]

Yep, another director would cut to a CGI spy plane or the mushroom cloud but Nolan trusts his audience in this film to follow things from the characters' perspective, that the words alone are powerful enough. It's not just about America v Russia in this scene, its one man v another.

[@ranelgallardo7031]

I had a feeling these guys were gonna win their Oscar trophies from the moment I saw this movie.

[@billviolino]

I didn’t recognize it’s Robert until after 2 mins film playing. By the time I realized it is him. I’m pretty sure he should be winning Oscar, or at least nominated again this year.

[@kurtkurman604]

Opening night, this is the exact scene where i knew this movie was gonna win everything

[@MaximumBob]

Same. Elite

[@kylera2190]

Absolutely LOVE the sneer RDJ does at 1:07. This, and him ranting in the senate office about how he let Oppenheimer be the hero, is the only time his veneer as an upstanding person breaks. I do wonder if that was in the script, or RDJ improvised it

[@longochu8588]

Excellent music in the background - unstable, unresolved and repetitive (escalating).

[@chrisvilla2416]

THAT music its exactly what give us the vibe, the feels. Watching the scene without score would be a grouo of people discussing, but instead you can feel the tension. Love it

[@longochu8588]

I tried playing this kind of sound in live theater, but it turned out to be a distraction to the actors, messing up their cadence of dialogue.

[@bluemoony102]

And the Oscar goes to Robert Downey Jr ♥️

[@carlosatausupa8429]

I'am Iron Man I'AM FIRST OSCAR

[@mackblack5153]

I love this scene soooooo much! It feels like I'm watching a fencing match with words.

[@S6OOL]

Superb acting and cinematography in that scene. What a fantastic movie.

[@miriammerritt3438]

Cillian and Robert Downey are FANTASTIC.....need we say.morexxxxx

[@carlosatausupa8429]

120% CILLIAN MURPHY 🤝RDJ VS JOAQUIN PHOENIX.

[@carlosatausupa8429]

RDJ:I DID IT.

[@splinter360]

No one does tension like Nolan. Constant goosebumps.

[@Fred-nx7nh]

The best movie all over the history of the cinema. Really a masterpiece! And the soudtrack as well.

[@sakshamrao6581]

no ,but yeah best of 2023

[@Maxime_G]

I wouldn't say of all the history, because it is simply impossible to define one specific movie for that rank.... But the best of 2023, definitely

[@Lemmestarve]

That little detail Robert added to his character is perfect 1:07

[@lw3646]

Yep, neither a laugh nor a smile exactly and definitely not a friendly gesture.....

[@dantastic7]

@@lw3646 I thought it was a scoff at Oppenheimer's naivety, like "Do I really have to tell you this?"

[@ernstthalmann4306]

Truly insane how excellent EVERY part of this film was. The score, taut dialogue, intense historical commentary.... wow i need to watch this again!

[@user-pq3rr1yr4g]

How fortunate to see a cool rivalry between two acting legends.

[@iPerryL]

love this scene .... the dialogue , the music , the acting... love all these tensions DAMN

[@MrTsiolkovsky]

Nolan's films are like a violin string, and he plays the hell out of it.

[@ezequielperez2224]

Congrats Robert Downey Jr ❤

[@georgeofhamilton]

Now, this is a great scene.

[@user-bg8tg8hu6x]

Congratulations Cillian Murphy!

[@NiVi192]

Managed to watch it 2 hours before the Oscars started! Very last minute, but I always watch the smaller indies before the big studio hits, because you never lnow how long the low-cost productions are gonna be in theaters. This was very last minute even for me though 😅 But damn it, I got why RDJ should yake hone the trophy three hours later.

[@Glitcher2000]

It's a three hour movie. So if you watched it two hours before the Oscars, it means you missed half the ceremony. o_O

[@NiVi192]

@@Glitcher2000 No, I meant the movie was over 2 hours before the start of the ceremony. 😄

[@donmeisner4438]

A great actor can go a lifetime without an oscar. It's not enough just to be an amazing actor, you also need the right film. I am happy that Robert Downey jr. finally found his.

[@shamwow416]

OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE, CONGRATS RDJ

[@dnice374]

Two of the very, very best to ever do it, and good humans too. Very happy for them.

[@Angyali]

Downey Jr.: "I need a new way to be cool again." Nolan: "Let me transform you, and you'll be cool."

[@carlosatausupa8429]

Joker/Joaquin Phoenix: After all, what would you be without me Tony.💚👿🤡 *RDJ/Iron Man/Lewiss Strauss:Time to find out* ☠🔥❤

[@Angyali]

@@carlosatausupa8429 I don't think at this point RDJ will ever play Iron Man again. He moved on from that role. Even Hugh Jackman would not have reprized his role as Logan if it wasn't for Reynolds' very unique project Deadpool 3.

[@carlosatausupa8429]

@@Angyaliyou can say that RDJ doesn't know how to interpret well after Endgame & Dolittle💀😤

[@Sebas07756]

Robert saying “Robert” multiple times in this film must’ve been a weird feeling

[@tony4534]

I’m sure he’s known people named Robert in his life.

[@Glitcher2000]

In every class I've been in, there's always another student with my name. It makes things confusing. -_-

[@saintniccage2818]

Wtf is this

[@joedotphp]

I remember reading something long before this film came out that someone involved with the film said that RDJ was going to shock everyone and I never doubted it. He was incredible. Also, that stupid plant in the center lmao.

[@ahill4642]

They’re both so damn cool and good.

[@user-nu5gc6gt5k]

0:14 Is that RDJ? It's kinda hard to tell.

[@yazancallas]

Yes

[@rdvgrd6]

2 oscars are dueling in this scene boys

[@YunimePH]

Congrats!! Mr. Stark 😊🍺🍻🍻🍻

[@shashavengesayi6055]

This movie is one of the best history lessons I've ever seen. I didn't realize how tense the Cold War politics were during this time. Ofcourse the Soviets were against the Nazis too and helped the Allies, but WW2 has ultimately contributed to the tension between the US & Russia today

[@danielmorgan235]

There is also the problem that the Soviets were taking over more and more territory and trying to steal US secrets. Stalin had murdered and enslaved many in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Stalin also had many of his own camps like the nazis, but not as harsh though still plenty evil. Stalin and the Soviets also bullied and starved and murdered millions in the Ukraine known as the Holodomor. Look all this up and you can see why so many such as Strauss were concerned about Oppenheimer's security clearance when he had some sympathies to the Russians in this critical time. Why give Stalin the bomb after all this evidence? We shouldn't want anyone evil with any of these weapons.

[@DjmadnassScrewed]

For some reason half way through this clip i see Iron man steping in like were gonna stop this nuclear theart even if we gotta call in the hulk

[@johnathonlivingston7573]

Amazing performances!

[@11Khalid11]

RDJ was phenomenal!!

[@edwinriverasalazar6034]

Por favor, en qué minuto de la película está esta discusión ?

[@caroarce4095]

En una escena de 1 minuto: Ironman,Thomas Shelby,Dr Brenner y Ethan Chandler!NOLAN ES INCREÍBLE, SUPERLATIVO

[@squamish4244]

RDJ's barely contained rage throughout most of the film until he explodes at the end...it's like he's just about to snarl in most of his scenes.

[@thiggs93]

Clips from this film were available to watch back in November. Now they're all gone. Why?

[@dr.loomis4221]

Why would they mix the music so loud

[@joktaoanghmoi4322]

Wtf, I never notice that was Robert Downey Jr 😅

[@afwanyashfi9153]

Whats the Soundtrack called?

[@sreeganesh47]

whats the name of the music played here?

[@emmanuelepunzo9264]

Fusion Oppenheimer by Ludwig Goransson

[@jeremiahweed5755]

Everytime he says “Oxcart” I feel as if he is talking about the SR-71.

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

David Dastmalchian is like the Forrest Gump of cinema he appears almost everywhere.

[@choicemeatrandy6572]

Then we gotta get going

[@ingamedetails]

The dialogue in this film is crazy. Cause the film simultaneously happens across multiple timelines and at different points in Oppenheimer's life and the way it all connects and how the dialogue interweves across multiple points in time was like watching Inception again, but it's inception for something that actually happened.

[@emilywalker3352]

❤

[@adrianaburga2380]

por eso se llevaron los oscars BRILLANTES LOS DOS

[@Prakzking]

Twist is this character by RD jr

[@nateborie6329]

I could never figure out what Strauss was trying to prove by repeating the words "Los Alamos", but looking at it from the perspective of a war-monger and someone who is insanely invested in making sure the United States had the upper hand in a race for a super weapon to avert another world war, I can understand he was trying to point out that Robert made a mistake.

[@crimsonpearl4686]

I hear this is a good movie. I may get the DVD and watch it.

[@Maxime_G]

It's a masterpiece

[@crimsonpearl4686]

@@Maxime_G VERY good movie, not a masterpiece, we all have our own opinions.

[@Maxime_G]

@@crimsonpearl4686 either way, it's not crap as some stupids who think it's cool to be nonconformist like to say

[@crimsonpearl4686]

@@Maxime_G True, definitely NOT crap.

[@chilbertpapicocoa]

Let's talk about how the scientific community shunted Robert Oppenheimer and black balled him now his story has the attention of the world thank you Christopher Nolan and let's pray for peace for real before we destroy ourselves with the idea of one complete God given genius!!!

[@bernardduo462]

does anybody know the song name?

[@Daiin0]

Fusion by Ludwig Goransson

[@CPC36]

An amazing scene from film that asks of its antagonist: was he a spy or did he just negligently eff up?

[@norichracks6051]

That indeed… that’s peak acting

[@gc99289]

Downey got inspiration from Steven Cuckbert.

[@PiesForLife2]

Hey, Downey...Go grab your Oscar🎉💃🙏❤️😀 Looking forward to hearing your acceptance speech. A few minutes worth seeing ya lately. Holla🎉

[@FlowerTrollSan]

I didn't recognize Robert Downey Jr. at first, thought it was Jeremy Irons lmao 💀

[@oattyeah]

that exhale at 1:06

[@idreamofgenie2599]

Lewis: "Robert...I've got your proof right here!"

[@radekseky4571]

What is this ost track caaalled pleasee

[@Daiin0]

Fusion

[@radekseky4571]

@@Daiin0 Yesssssss. Thank you

[@lindsey-yr7tj]

Ok why does Robert Downey jr sound like in beginning of his lines sound like Nicholas cage

[@imsamtw]

席尼堅定維持他的理念

[@didierrenemathon3869]

oh wow, I didn't even recognize it was Robert Downey Jr. Well. time does not spare, they would say. Gone are the days of the crew cut.

[@classicaltroy]

This is the moment Oppenheimer becomes Werner Heisenberg

[@martintapia4060]

Strauss looks the other people, as if he doesnt want to talk to Oppenheimer

[@cinematic.fandom1221]

Tony Stark and Oppenheimer talks about Ultron

[@ohwell94]

if RDJ loses the Oscar it's proof positive the Oscars are a joke

[@yazancallas]

And he won!

[@milkmanmichael5955]

DeNiro was better

[@CHLee-dm1kg]

??: When ironman died RDJ is finished. RDJ: fuxk you.

[@jimjason5146]

He said, "It couldn't be delivered by airplane." Little did he know we would soon be using missiles that can cross the Atlantic in like 30 minutes. Russia's are even faster.

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

Private Joker has come a long way.

[@drsolo7]

So this is tony stark's back up plan after his "death"

[@callumbarrington898]

Cillian Murphy, RDJ, Gary Oldman, Rami Malek, Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh. All Oscar winners. Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt may well win in the future. What a cast this film has. And what a brilliant film it is.

[@amonrodriguez3518]

Why are they posting these clips?

[@kmartin5174]

The Oscars are on Sunday.

[@amonrodriguez3518]

@@kmartin5174 mannn why they even have those.

[@vp_wrld]

@@amonrodriguez3518to celebrate achievements in film? What do you mean?

[@amonrodriguez3518]

@@vp_wrld 🙄lol wow.

[@douglastrazzare3298]

the movie is too long to watch in one sitting

[@ayatahmed880]

And the Oscar deserves to Robert Downey Jr

[@qqp7547]

A man’s country is his life Mr.Scientist man.

[@rakeemGTR]

Tbf, Strauss was definitely being reasonable

[@SPQSpartacus]

The obvious answer is: Yes we did in 1942 support the leading party of a nation USA was allied with in fighting the nazies. In 1936 we also supported the forces fighting the Nazies. Is it Wrong to oppose the Nazies?

[@milkmanmichael5955]

What are you talking about?

[@dougm659]

I really, really looked forward to watching this movie but…..the fuc*ing music was so incessant and intrusive I had to stop watching it….wtf was Nolan thinking letting the music drown out the dialogue?

[@Maxime_G]

Cry harder

[@KevinJardine]

I saw Oppenheimer in IMAX and the sound was great. I heard every word and I don't remember that the music was too loud at any time. I think the sound complaints come from people who saw the movie at a regular theatre with a badly remixed soundtrack.

[@Ghosthound_X]

The PRESIDENT needs to know

[@novemberalpha6023]

Heyday of Stark Industries, when he wanted to privatize the World Peace.

[@user-uz6ih2oz3t]

How many people were in these open discussions too many comportzailetion was supposed to be the protocol. We’ re race against the Nazis and now the race is against the Soviets. Not unless we started. They just fired a starting gun what’ the nature of the device they detected. Date indicates it, may have been a plutonium implosion device like the one you built at los alamos the Russians have a bomb Trumann needs to know what’s next. what’s next arms talks obviously. What about the super does Truman even know about it did we brief him on that not specifically? We still don’t know if a hydrogen bomb is technically feasible. Right, my understandings is that teller proposed him at los alamos? Yes, teller’s design has always been wildly Impractical. You’d have to deliver by Oxcart not airplane Dr Lawrence you want comment. If it can put us ahead again the president of the United States needs to know about it and if Russians know about it already from a spy at los Alamos, then we got to get going there’s no proof there was a spier.

[@user-px3hx9kj2z]

Chrońmy dzieci, młodzież❗ Oppenheimer to film, który powinien być od 18 lat ❗ Niepotrzebnie dali tam taką scenę seksualną ❗

[@PinkNinjaKick]

God that music is way too loud and imo shouldn’t be there

[@souvikmondal6161]

It sounded alright to me . Maybe its time for you to invest in a hearing aid?

[@sarahinsf]

@@souvikmondal6161 Maybe ear plugs instead...

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

This bit was cut from a scene where tension is building and the music gets ever so slightly louder and dramatic while it does. It’s brilliantly done, but comes across differently when you drop into the middle of it.

[@lw3646]

Thats how Nolan likes his movies. He doesn't like using ADR either to re-record the lines.

[@petesorganicmarket]

Re writing his.story through fantasy..on and on "Hollyweird " Trueman..one of the worst ever..

[@milkmanmichael5955]

What are you referring to baby boy?

[@fish4096]

I fell asleep watching the movie except for the love scene.

[@Maxime_G]

Ok edgelord.

[@C.ODoherty]

Yawn.

[@Rosiedelaroux]

Downey - anything for a dollar !

[@olyokie]

This movie was okay….and thats it, okay. The oscars have their tiny stupid heads up their backsides.

[@Maxime_G]

The movie was amazing.

[@olyokie]

@@Maxime_G Raise your standards.

[@denniszenanywhere]

yup, it was just ok, not really that great

[@simonrooney2272]

@@olyokiewhat would you consider a great movie to be?

[@olyokie]

@@simonrooney2272 Citizen Kane, Spotlight come to mind…..