'Oppenheimer' clip: Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy

In this scene, Lewis Strauss (Academy Award-nominee Robert Downey Jr.), head of the Atomic Energy Commission, is pulled into an emergency meeting when it's learned that radiation – sign of a nuclear test by the Soviet Union – has been detected over the North Pacific.

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[coloneljason]

The soundtrack..
, the way they talk... this scene is absolute perfection.

[MegaSoapsFan-feul]

Who's here after Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr both won Oscar (best actor and best supporting actor)?

[josep]

The way Oppenheimer is in denial and strauss just shows him the piece of data and it cuts to the next scene is pure bliss for me!

[souvikmondal]

From losing a oscar to a nolan film to winning a oscar in a nolan film! RDJ has come full circle.

[margarethmichelina]

This scene really proof that RDJ isn't always being Tony Stark all the time and also the scene on his office where he rants about Oppenheimer and Einstein

[col.nugget]

the video ends at the best part. the hard cut to chicago with the INSANE score. this is what movies are all about.

[LeeRenthlei]

As a history buff and a Nolan's fan, this is my favourite Nolan's movie.

[da]

The great thing about Murphy's acting is that he never broke from the phrasing and tone of voice he adopted, and even where his lines call for an arrogant demeanor, like when he downplays Thaler's designs, you can still sense the self doubt he has, knowing that there's another reason why he chose not to support the development of the H bomb

[david.cutipa]

These both just won 2 oscars.
These scenes would likely become masterclasses in acting schools.

[rishabhpatel]

No VFX, no out of the world action, nothing, Simply dialogues, fantastic acting and intense BGM. In the era of MCU movies, surely this movie is a masterpiece.

[RaffyDGoat]

The soundtrack made the movie for me, so much tension throughout the entire film

[ernstthalmann]

Truly insane how excellent EVERY part of this film was. The score, taut dialogue, intense historical commentary.... wow i need to watch this again!

[JustSomeCanadianGuy]

1:12 - A rare moment where Oppenheimer just flat out loses it in the movie! 😄

[kurtkurman]

Opening night, this is the exact scene where i knew this movie was gonna win everything

[davidbello]

This scene is perfect: the stress, the anxiety, the questioning, the doubts, this music, the acting, the gravity of the situation. Will trade to have scenes like this over some Starwars/transformers or action movie anyday. This was the real filmmaking and the important topics.

[freddygaulman]

"I dont read the script, script reads me"

[ranelgallardo]

I had a feeling these guys were gonna win their Oscar trophies from the moment I saw this movie.

[SOOL]

Superb acting and cinematography in that scene. What a fantastic movie.

[kylera]

Absolutely LOVE the sneer RDJ does at 1:07. This, and him ranting in the senate office about how he let Oppenheimer be the hero, is the only time his veneer as an upstanding person breaks. I do wonder if that was in the script, or RDJ improvised it

[longochu]

Excellent music in the background - unstable, unresolved and repetitive (escalating).