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Oppenheimer . . . finished

 Solid movie . . . We get a villain at the end . . . Straws, former president of Princeton who was slighted by Oppenheimer, held a grudge, and plotted his downfall.  Straws himself--nominated for a Cabinet post--gets taken down.  Oppenheimer does lose security clearance; not involved in defense any longer; implication is that he spends the rest of his life (he died in his 60's of lung cancer) in unimportant pursuits, a figurehead receiving awards but not doing any real work, much like Einstein in his later years.  Solid movie . . . surprising that it is so popular . . . serious and a downer.

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