Movie Release: 2007 DVD Release: 03/31/2009 Format:Blu-ray - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 51 mins Studio:BBC/Opus Members Wishing: 4 Genres:Theater, Music, Opera See Also:Doctor Atomic
DVD Synopsis
Composer John Adams authored this distinctly modern opera, commissioned and mounted by The San Francisco Opera in conjunction with De Nederlandse Opera and The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and helmed for the stage by the controversial Peter Sellars. Written and performed entirely in English, it weaves the tale of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the detonation of the first atomic bomb outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Gerald Finley stars as Oppenheimer; Jessica Rivera as his wife, Kitty; and Eric Owens as General Leslie Groves. Those with strong stomachs should be forewarned that the program incorporates graphic images of wartime carnage. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide