The Atomic Bomb Movie

Starring: Edward Teller, William Shatner Director: Peter Kuran Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 1st June, 1999 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Dolby, PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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When I first saw this movie in the shop, I expected a cheesy, gung-ho Cold War propaganda flick. Not so...

Having seem it, I still get goosebumps thinking about it; it is both visually & audibly stunning. With original archive footage & a truly amazing soundtrack by William Stromberg, this film-documentary charts the development of the worlds most horrifying weapons.

From the first tests in the American desert using 1000tons of TNT on stilts to the Soviets monster bomb, Tsar Bomba , the timeline is followed with almost no sign of any political or militaristic spin. Producer/Director Peter Kuran has missed nothing - even including a scene that will leave you incredulous - an atomic cannon shell that causes a small radioactive fireball to whistle up the road less than 200 metres from onlooking camera crews!

The highly popular soundtrack was specially commissioned for the film. Strombergs crescendos & choral pieces meet the viewers mood perfectly with each scene; combined with a flawless performance by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Trinity & Beyond will go straight onto many peoples Must Buy lists.

When watching this film, emotions can range from mere interest to utter incredulity to an out-and-out sense of horror. I would suggest that, whether you are pro-bomb or anti-bomb,you MUST watch this film. The sheer power of these devices is beyond words; watch it - it will leave you speechless.

Edward Teller was an Hungarian -born American nuclear physicist of Jewish descent. He was known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. Teller was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He left Hungary in 1926 & received his higher education in Germany. He graduated in chemical engineering at Karlsruhe & received his Ph .D. in physics under Werner Heisenberg in 1930 at the University of Leipzig. In 1930 he made friends with young Russian physicists George Gamow & Lev Landau who then visited Western Europe. He spent two years at the University of Gottingen & left Germany in 1934 through the aid of the Jewish Rescue Committee. He went briefly to England & moved for a year to Copenhagen, where he worked under Niels Bohr. In February 1934, he married Mici Harkanyi, the sister of a longtime friend. In 1935, thanks to George Gamow s incentive, Teller was invited to the United States to become a Professor of Physics at the George Washington University, where he worked with Gamow until 1941.

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William Shatner is an actor & writer. Shatner is most famous for his starring role as Captain James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 & in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written three books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk & being a part of the Star Trek franchise. He has since worked as a writer, producer, director, musician & best-selling author. Shatner earned a Bachelors degree from McGill University in 1952. Trained as a classical Shakespearean actor, he performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario before going to the United States to work. In 1959 he was given good reviews when he took on the role of Robert Lomax in a theatrical production of The World of Suzie Wong. His movie debut was in the classic MGM film The Brothers Karamazov with Yul Brynner in which Shatner starred as the pious brother Alexei. He also appeared in the Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg & starred in two episodes of the acclaimed science fiction series The Twilight Zone. Posters Of American Psycho 2

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