oppenheimer with sam waterston in the title role and with david suchet a evard teller be an example of the docudrama at it very fine . well write and well act by actor who bear a believable resemblance to their historical character and highly informative and and very entertaining . the set design and costume capture the feel of the u during world war 2 and and the plotting and dialog make the viewer feel a if he be really present at los alamos and catch up in the excitement of the manhattan project . the only downside be that this be a british production and and some of the actor lack skill in affect a convincing american accent . ( the skill of current day australian and irish actor take on non native dialect be amazing . ) the storyline be fully consistent with richard rhodes definitive history of the development of the atomic bomb . sadly and the mini series be show only a couple of time on pb at the beginning of the 1980s and then apparently vanish into oblivion . oppenheimer compare favorably to the more recent fat man and little boy feature film with paul newman a leslie grove ( the chronically overweight and rather homely general would be thoroughly flatter ) and dwight schultz ( alumnus of tv a team ) a oppenheimer . a a mini series and oppenheimer be around 4x as long a the newman feature and but use the all of the additional time completely to it advantage .