Podcasts that mention 📚 American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

He is the biographer of J. Robert Oppenheimer, with a book that appeared back in 2005 called American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. And you know why we're talking about that: because that's the book on which the movie Oppenheimer was based.

Neil discusses the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer authored by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, highlighting its 2005 publication and its connection to the movie Oppenheimer.

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And then I said, 'Well, I've got to find a way to pull myself up by my bootstraps' And thanks to two wonderful people in my life, David Wargo, my friend from MIT, and my glorious best friend for my entire career in Hollywood, a man I helped get into the business, Chuck Roven, the three of us together, David and I brought Chuck a book called American Prometheus and said, 'Do you think you can call your associate and friend Chris Nolan to see if you could get him interested in this project that we've been trying to get off the ground for five years?'

James Woods recounts how he and his friends, David Wargo and Chuck Roven, introduced the book 'American Prometheus' to Roven with the hope of piquing director Chris Nolan's interest in adapting it into a film.

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