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Released
2015 · FILM

How We Built the Bomb

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Written by
Runtime
94 min
DramaDocumentary

Synopsis

In 1943, top scientists from across the country received a mysterious and classified letter that read, "Go to 109 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico. There you will find out how to complete your trip." Upon arriving, they were transported to a remote mesa, which would become their home for the next two years. In this isolated location, amidst the sand and rock, cactus and weeds, and among the barracks and shacks, they would conduct groundbreaking science, help win a world war, and bring humanity closer to the brink of extinction.

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Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Cody RogowskiShot by Andreas BurgessScored by Brendon AndereggDesigned by Liam O Brien

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