beginning end beginning end american film development atomic bomb world war directed starring released metro mayer mgm film creation atomic bomb manhattan_project bombing hiroshima film originated october project actress high school science teacher chemist wrote treatment sent mgm studio script writers title supplied president time legal requirement permission obtained depict living known public figures refused operated major general director manhattan_project hired consultant equivalent filmmakers considerable effort historical accuracy particularly details film known key history entirely fictional sequence added authorize attack anti aircraft shells shown bombing run hiroshima said dropped hiroshima days advance mission warning citizens forthcoming raid film received mixed reviews earn money plot physicist atomic scientist praises discovery atomic energy warns dangers american scientists working guidance split essentially beaten germans race create atomic bomb assistance inform president monumental discovery united_states war roosevelt billion dollars manhattan_project develop atomic bomb december university_of_chicago eyes observers colonel international experts scientists create chain reaction stadium campus nixon assigned general placed charge project bring scientific industrial defense communities build atomic bomb following death roosevelt new president continues support atomic project moved new_mexico refined obtained atomic bomb built tested successfully new_mexico desert facing stiff resistance pacific war orders use atomic bomb japan july nixon assigned accompany crew transporting bomb assembling bomb scientist comes contact radioactive material dies following day august boeing bomber drops atomic bomb hiroshima mission nixon returns home break news husband death wife cast production idea beginning end originated october hollywood actor high school science teacher chemist according hollywood reporter issues december january mgm paramount 20th century fox interested making film manhattan_project paramount working version titled secret agreed merge project mgm hand story research offering serve adviser mgm treatment return fixed fee percentage box office gross beginning end number working titles including hired produce treatment sent studio script writers script underwent number revisions writers contributions include montage hitler conquests sequence dying informant sends message sequence president manhattan_project writers involved script frank producer wrote opening narration husband met president secure approval meeting reported said gentlemen motion picture tell people nation beginning end supplying movie title acted technical advisers relations mgm scientists soon strained scientists began asking multiple script changes eventually resigned sent philosophy professor act scientists original intention substantial sum money donated scientists associations like end scientific organizations accepted money received equivalent time legal requirement permission obtained depict living known public figures sir refused allow names beginning end regarded unfortunate film manhattan_project scenes look like american affair loss caused important sequences deleted script originally rescued germans copenhagen bring shocked news german nuclear weapon project supplying expertise japanese counterpart german boat carrying fictional scientist travels japan joins japanese project hiroshima objected way script depicted having doubts atomic bomb built time fit aircraft bush insisted doubts script changed film bush tells roosevelt secret matter discuss president dog leaves room raised objection sequence film told brigadier general odds runaway explosion destroying planet million let mgm know happened main concern script poor characters purpose insight military technical advisers beginning end included colonel assistant charge charge major major lieutenant colonel pilot bomber dropped second atomic bomb nagasaki scientists alarmed reports actor considered role relieved cast role normally played villain cast best known film noir rings twice deadline dawn dagger cooperation secured hiring primary consultant equivalent apparently objection portrayal slim handsome way shown scene warned roosevelt invasion japan opposed japanese nuclear weapons deleted objected casting late husband political remarks president scenes chance read respond letter sent explaining remarks replaced role white_house reviewed script asked changes army scene army major pass girl deleted felt poor conduct officer casual way shown decide use bomb stating think american boys enemies accurate troubled felt lead foreigners fearful atomic weapons american hands entirely fictional sequence added authorize attack asserts dropping bomb war year war mean life half million america finest youth motion picture asked cuts references removed color joke effects exposure radioactive substances true fool stuff don like girls anymore noticed politics got confidential ends horses ship washington hook end principal photography beginning end began april continued july beginning august production premiered washington february national release film following march historical accuracy filmmakers considerable effort historical accuracy particularly details military uniforms details crew actors portrayed gay crew actual veterans world war technical details atomic processes bomb design wildly inaccurate intention details highly classified independent necessary military secrecy portrayal anti aircraft shells aircraft bombing run attack hiroshima opposed film twice refers specific drops target days advance mission warning citizens forthcoming raid dropping warning days crew member remarks days warning gave pearl harbor specifically warning atomic attack review physicist called horrible history historians debated dropped reception beginning end film depict story atomic bomb critics public confused attempt merge real events form new_york_times commented despite generally able film laced sentiment theatrical nature marred variety described film tale broad strokes scripting production sum credit everybody concerned documentary values sufficiently static bulletin atomic scientists review considered movie poor romantic angle extreme troubled way scientific equipment film felt gave completely false impression scientists work review time positive noting entertainment picture seldom rises according mgm records beginning end budget equivalent earned equivalent united_states canada equivalent resulting loss studio equivalent
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