"Oppenheimer" clip: Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- 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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Who's here after Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr both won Oscar (best actor and best supporting actor)?
me lol
me
Here!
We didn’t need the parentheses.
Me
The soundtrack..
,the way they talk... this scene is absolute perfection.
The implications.
Music is so important in a movie it built the tension so much this soundtrack is gold
The music builds up nicely into the next scene where they walk on the football field to meet Fermi & Szilard. Unfortunately cut short.
The music is too loud, like every other Nolan movie. He can make great visuals but can't mix audio to save his life.
@@cable7763 ^ yes this - soundtrack was way ott
From losing a oscar to a nolan film to winning a oscar in a nolan film! RDJ has come full circle.
In which movie he was nominated to?
@@alejandrocastro4631 tropic thunder (2008)
@@alejandrocastro4631 tropic thunder as Kark Lazaras
or Sgt Lincoin Osirius 🤣@@RainFall800
@@alejandrocastro4631He lost to Heath Ledger for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight at Oscar 2009.
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!
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.
@@lw3646Having the USSR leap from a barely industrialized agrarian country pre-WWII to a nuclear superpower just a few years afterwards is a tad suspicious imo. Not saying there weren’t other factors at play, but espionage seems a pretty likely one.
"facts" can be used against "facts".... grow up .
@@mottebailley4122Barely industrialized isn’t quite fair. Not to mention the fact that Stalin had the country industrialized even more during the war and basically never stopped because he intended to go toe to toe with the US and the UK after the war was over in 1945. He had planned on increasing Soviet power during the war by taking over Poland with the Nazis and intended on doing the same afterwards because that’s just who he was. It wasn’t insane that they had their bomb in that time frame.
@@fruitbythefoote I should have been more clear. By “barely industrialized,” I didn’t mean to suggest that the USSR wasn’t an industrialized country in 1949, but that they only just recently industrialized. The first 5 year plan happened in 1928, and the Soviet Union was definitely an agrarian country, especially compared to the UK and US. So, in 21 years, going from just starting the process to having the technical know-how to produce atomic weapons seems…fast. Not impossible, but it’s fair to be suspicious that they may have been helped by spies.
the video ends at the best part. the hard cut to chicago with the INSANE score. this is what movies are all about.
Is that cut on youtube?
You wouldn't happen to know the name for this particular section of the score would you?
@@lawrencedockery9032 I believe it's "Fusion"
This movie makes me feel alive!!!
@@VV-js4vd Thanks I was having trouble finding it and I’m pretty sure it was this comment that helped me.
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
Imo he proved himself decades ago. Less Than Zero, Chaplin, Gothika, Zodiac. But yes, Oppenheimer kind of felt like his magnum opus.
@@Psyfi85 Nowadays, people know him as Tony Stark more than his previous roles.
@@Psyfi85don't forget Sherlock Holmes
Whilst there are actors who truly disappear into their characters, RDJ for me is in many flicks more "RDJ in disguise".
Surely many will disagree, yet in my opinion his range is quite limited.
@@margarethmichelina5146soon…Once a hero, now become the villain…
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
who did?
Yeah that was really good. He truly doesn't support it as its only use is as a genocidal weapon, but he can't tell Strauss that, as Strauss doesn't care and neither does Teller. Brilliant.
These both just won 2 oscars.
These scenes would likely become masterclasses in acting schools.
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 ...
@@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
@@randehmarsh40689 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" .
@@darkglobe406 u dont seems to understand what objective mean
@@haot2041 it is you who seem to not grasp this concept .
As a history buff and a Nolan's fan, this is my favourite Nolan's movie.
I absolutely loved it. It was a Masterpiece. My favorites are Inception and interstellar
@@tokingmaddyeah those are good too
For me it's
3. Oppenheimer
2. Interstellar
1. The Dark Knight
And the gap between 2 and 1 is still massive.
The Dark Knight X Inception x Oppenheimer is my favorite movies by Christopher Nolan
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.
Truly insane how excellent EVERY part of this film was. The score, taut dialogue, intense historical commentary.... wow i need to watch this again!
Opening night, this is the exact scene where i knew this movie was gonna win everything
Same. Elite
The soundtrack made the movie for me, so much tension throughout the entire film
"I dont read the script, script reads me"
Great reference 😂
"That's the theme song from the Jeffersons."
😂
This scene is perfect: the stress, the anxiety, the questioning, the doubts, this music, the acting, the gravity of the situation. Will trade to have scenes like this over some Starwars/transformers or action movie anyday. This was the real filmmaking and the important topics.
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.
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.
@@lw3646 Nolan had many such cuts in this movie.
@@johnnymittlethey were not CGI though
I think the BGM is too obnoxious in this scene. It would have been better if the intensity of the subject matter were contrasted against elegant dining music.
This movie is good but not as good as Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
1:12 - A rare moment where Oppenheimer just flat out loses it in the movie! 😄
Nearly loses it, actually.
Tbf he loses it both times he meets Dr Hill too.
Also one of the few times he’s absolutely wrong.
@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.
@@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.
I had a feeling these guys were gonna win their Oscar trophies from the moment I saw this movie.
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.
Same. Especially RDJ. Flawless acting.
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
He does it again when Robert says "Which you seem convinced they already know about" later
No one does tension like Nolan. Constant goosebumps.
How fortunate to see a cool rivalry between two acting legends.
When the Villian and the Hero both win Oscars, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN EPIC MOVIE. 🎉
Now, this is a great scene.
That little detail Robert added to his character is perfect 1:07
Yep, neither a laugh nor a smile exactly and definitely not a friendly gesture.....
@@lw3646 I thought it was a scoff at Oppenheimer's naivety, like "Do I really have to tell you this?"
Excellent music in the background - unstable, unresolved and repetitive (escalating).
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
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.
Yeah, I find it really disappointing that everyone talks about “Can you hear the music" or "Destroyer of worlds" but no one talks about "Fusion". I think this is the best soundtrack in movie
Superb acting and cinematography in that scene. What a fantastic movie.
I love this scene soooooo much! It feels like I'm watching a fencing match with words.
love this scene .... the dialogue , the music , the acting... love all these tensions DAMN
Every scene captured the weight and gravity of this entire story and how it genuinely changed the world. The music, the tone, the pacing. It had such... weight to it.
Robert saying “Robert” multiple times in this film must’ve been a weird feeling
I’m sure he’s known people named Robert in his life.
In every class I've been in, there's always another student with my name. It makes things confusing. -_-
Wtf is this
Cillian and Robert Downey are FANTASTIC.....need we say.morexxxxx
120%
CILLIAN MURPHY 🤝RDJ VS JOAQUIN PHOENIX.
RDJ:I DID IT.
And the Oscar goes to Robert Downey Jr ♥️
I'am Iron Man
I'AM FIRST OSCAR
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 know how long the low-cost productions are gonna be in theaters. This was late even for me though. 😅 But damn it, I got why RDJ took home the trophy three hours later.
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
@@Glitcher2000 No, I meant the movie was over 2 hours before the start of the ceremony. 😄 Should have put it in another way.
The little snear RDJ does at 1:06 is an unbelievable acting choice.
Watched the Film with my parents, my sister who has been trying to watch it, and my 12 year old Little Brother.
They truly love it.
Congratulations Cillian Murphy!
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.
Congrats Robert Downey Jr ❤
Ladies and Gentlemen, RDJs audition tape for Doctor Doom.
Two of the very, very best to ever do it, and good humans too. Very happy for them.
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.
Only *Christopher Nolan* knows how to make a seemingly mundane scene look and feel cinematic and thrilling.
I love Nolan but come on. You have no faith that other filmmaker can't also bring thrill to what seems mundane? Mann. Boyle. Fincher. Scorsese. Even Ron Howard. There's plenty of amazing works from all these people doing procedural dialogue sequences.
@@karmicbreath Who are Man, Boyle, and the other nobodies you listed?
@@timothymatthews6458look at the films they directed. They are far from nobodies. Ridiculous comment…
1:07
That smirk single-handedly got him the Oscar. F*cking masterclass of acting right there from RDJ. Peak cinema.
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
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.
I really love it that there's the subtle farce of the overly large table decoration that needs to be moved all the time. It's too crazy for it NOT to have happen IRL
In fact, this is a preview of RDJ as Doctor Doom. 😮
The soundtrack, Fusion is now officially a soundtrack for serious meeting
Anyone notice the continuity error with RDJ's tie? Brilliant editing doesnt care about continuity, but emotion
Maybe he's so mad he redid it up offscreen 😜
Now i cant unsee it
OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE, CONGRATS RDJ
Honestly I hope Dr Doom is like this and not an evil comedic version of Tony Stark
What's amazing is that in the movie itself, Cillian and RDJ only share 2 scenes together in the whole film. But yet their encounters stay with them and reverberate throughout the film.
RDJ was phenomenal!!
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.
2 oscars are dueling in this scene boys
this flower on table is underrated.. helped to capture great shots
He’ll make a great Doctor Doom🤝
Indeed. RDJ needs to take this and dial up the narcissistic arrogance to 100! Not to mention figure out the right accent to use since people have interpreted Doom's accent as being implied to be based on a Romani accent.
In fact, this is a preview of RDJ as Doctor Doom.
one of the best scenes in the movie
Oppie and Strauss are having a tense and important conversation involving national security but the guy next to Oppie looks like he's about to fall asleep LOL
They’re both so damn cool and good.
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
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.
Downey Jr.: "I need a new way to be cool again."
Nolan: "Let me transform you, and you'll be cool."
Joker/Joaquin Phoenix: After all, what would you be without me Tony.💚👿🤡
*RDJ/Iron Man/Lewiss Strauss:Time to find out* ☠🔥❤
@@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.
@@Angyaliyou can say that RDJ doesn't know how to interpret well after Endgame & Dolittle💀😤
Congrats!! Mr. Stark 😊🍺🍻🍻🍻
0:14 Is that RDJ? It's kinda hard to tell.
Yes
Tony has come a long way
This is called Genius level film making.. 👌👌👌
Amazing performances!
1:00 Dr. Doom after he goes to the TVA and inserts himself on a timeline as a Stark Variant. He will be Cillian Murphy before he changes though.
I was really impressed with RDJ, I knew he could pull off a role like this but we never got to see it until now
Why am I not seeing the greatness everyone seems to be talking about in this scene? I’m probably missing something
Moving right along
David Dastmalchian is like the Forrest Gump of cinema he appears almost everywhere.
Then we gotta get going
Everytime he says “Oxcart” I feel as if he is talking about the SR-71.
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!!!
I didn't recognize Robert Downey Jr. at first, thought it was Jeremy Irons lmao 💀
*OMG TONY STARK LIVES*
Who tf decided on the giant vase for the center of the table in this roundtable meeting?
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.
RDJ's barely contained rage in about half of the film until he explodes at the end...it's like he's just about to snarl in most of his scenes.
Wtf, I never notice that was Robert Downey Jr 😅
This is the moment Oppenheimer becomes Werner Heisenberg
Clips from this film were available to watch back in November. Now they're all gone. Why?
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.
cut out best part smh
The soundtrack here really sounds like Die Another Day....
That indeed… that’s peak acting
whats the name of the music played here?
Fusion Oppenheimer by Ludwig Goransson
Brilliant brilliant Brilliant scene.
Im surprised this is the first movie to ever use B&W IMAX, looks really good though
0:50 love the fake smile
Tbf, Strauss was definitely being reasonable
I dont know whats better in this movie... the acting, the music or the mask..
Then the Soviets had one immediately afterwards. And they would have developed one six months to a few years later even without spies. After the Manhattan Project, the UK, France, the USSR and China all had the bomb in 20 years, without technical assistance from the USA. (After the project was done, the USA fired all the British scientists and took their notes).
The Manhattan Project was critical in showing that trying to develop a nuke wasn't just throwing money into a hole, that you would develop one with enough resources. The USA made all the mistakes in trying to develop one first, because it had the resources to afford to be able to do that.
Never do something when someone else can do it better for you.
Meanwhile a Marvel head is looking at this, and tells his new secretary to hire that Oscar winner from Oppenheimer as the new Dr. doom.
The secretary gets the wrong guy tho...
Ok why does Robert Downey jr sound like in beginning of his lines sound like Nicholas cage
En una escena de 1 minuto: Ironman,Thomas Shelby,Dr Brenner y Ethan Chandler!NOLAN ES INCREÍBLE, SUPERLATIVO
strauss latter went on to become sgt lincon osaris and was a great war hero in vietnam after some procedures that is
I hear this is a good movie. I may get the DVD and watch it.
It's a masterpiece
@@Maxime_G VERY good movie, not a masterpiece, we all have our own opinions.
@@crimsonpearl4686 either way, it's not crap as some stupids who think it's cool to be nonconformist like to say
@@Maxime_G True, definitely NOT crap.
Downey got inspiration from Steven Cuckbert.
An amazing scene from film that asks of its antagonist: was he a spy or did he just negligently eff up?