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Day One
“This day will go down in history as a black mark against mankind.”
62%
Movie
2h 21m
AI Analysis
Day One (1989) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Day One (1989) — a movie tagged as History, Drama, and TV Movie with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, … Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~141 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Day One 62% (9 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who 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 has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1989-05-12
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 44688
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What is Day One about?
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-n... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Day One?
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How long is the movie Day One?
The official runtime for Day One is approximately 141 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Brian Dennehy
Gen. Leslie Groves

David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Michael Tucker
Leo Szilard

Hume Cronyn
James F. Byrnes

Richard Dysart
President Harry S. Truman

Hal Holbrook
Gen. George Marshall

Barnard Hughes
Henry Stimson

John McMartin
Dr. Arthur Compton

David Ogden Stiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Anne Twomey
Kitty Oppenheimer

Lawrence Dane

Ron Frazier
Colonel Pash

Olek Krupa
Edward Teller

Bernie McInerney
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John Pielmeier
Seth

Ken Pogue
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gary Reineke
Groves's Commanding Officer

Alan Scarfe
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