The critically acclaimed blockbuster ‘Oppenheimer‘ led to multiple Oscar Wins for its stars. Christopher Nolan has directed several such masterpieces so his Oscar for Best Director was a long time coming. Cillian Murphy who portrayed J. Robert Oppenheimer in the film also bagged an Oscar for the best actor beating others.
‘Oppenheimer‘ in total had 13 nominations in the Academy Awards and won under 7 categories. The most notable ones being Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actor in Supporting Role, and Best Director. Besides the Oscars, the film also bagged several Golden Globes Awards, a BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Awards for Best Picture, and others.
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Christopher Nolan Reveals His Goal Was To Increase Nuclear Warfare Danger With ‘Oppenheimer’
After accepting the Oscar, Christopher Nolan made some shocking revelations to the press. “It was very striking to me when I first got involved in the project. I told one of my teenage sons what I was working on, and he said to me, ‘Well, young people aren’t that concerned about nuclear weapons,'” Nolan said. He further added, “It’s not really in the forefront of their fears, and that did seem to me to be something that this film could to some extent help with.”
After being asked about his goal behind creating ‘Oppenheimer‘, Nolan said, “As far as any kind of broader message, the thing that I would like to point out is the film ends on what I would consider a dramatic necessary moment of despair.” The ‘Dunkirk‘ director continued, “In reality, I don’t think despair is the answer to the nuclear question. If you look at the work and all of the preparation that has been done by individuals since 1945, there’s been a reduction in the number of nuclear weapons on the planet since 1967, almost 90 percent. In the last few years, it’s gone the wrong way.”
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Fans Deem ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins As Well-Deserved
Oppenheimer won several Academy Awards for its spectacularness. The movie skillfully turned both its audience and its critics into its fans. The star cast of the movie was also showered with Oscars. Cillian Murphy won the best actor, Robert Downey Jr won for the best supporting actor and Nolan won for the best director.
Furthermore, the wins were the first for all of them making it a much bigger deal. Despite a lot of other great movies losing fans were united with ‘Oppenheimer‘s wins. They claimed that all of its wins were absolutely well deserved. This was after a lot of ‘Barbie‘ fans were bashing the Academy Awards for robbing deserving movies.
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