Leslie Groves
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Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research program that deve
Groves in 1948
Northwest exposure showing construction of the Pentagon, 1 July 1942
Groves ran the Manhattan Project from the fifth floor of the New War Department Building.
Groves (left) and Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (film)
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Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who help
Leslie Groves
…Oppenheimer, Groves, Edward Teller and others in the days preceding the Trinity test. Groves is played by Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer. "1965 Audio Interviews with General Leslie R. Groves by Stephane Groueff". Voices of the Manhattan Project. Retrieved 14 September 2015. 11 hours of…
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Kai Bird (pictured) and Martin J. Sherwin are the authors of J. Robert Oppenheimer's biography American Prometheus (2005), on which the film is based.
Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema won several awards for his work on Oppenheimer, including an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Ludwig Göransson won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.