Oppenheimer Dominates SAG Awards

On Saturday, Christopher Nolan's iconic feature "Oppenheimer" dominated the prizes of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Cillian Murphy won Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr was awarded Best Supporting Actor, and the Oppenheimer ensemble won Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

Murphy told the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles that he was proud to be given the award by his fellow professionals, adding: "Twenty-eight years ago when I was trying to become an actor, I was a failed musician, and I felt extremely like an interloper. But looking out on all of you guys here today, I know I'm part of something truly wonderful." 

Last week, “Oppenheimer” won big at the BAFTAs, winning awards for director Christopher Nolan and actor Cillian Murphy as well as taking home the prize for best film.

Overall, the movie took home seven BAFTA awards, with “Poor Things” coming in second place with five wins.

 The movie will be available on digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 21.

The release includes over 3 hours of special features and comes exactly four months after its theatrical release on July 21, when “Barbenheimer” took the world by storm and broke box office records.

So far, it’s surpassed $940 million at the global box office, which is unheard of for an R-rated, three-hour biopic.

It is also expected to be a major Oscar contender, with nominations for best picture, director, lead actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, production design, cinematography, editing, sound, visual effects, and score in play.

The movie depicts the creation of the nuclear weapon by J. Robert Oppenheimer (Played by Cillian Murphy), a physicist who was integral to the Manhattan Project and known as the father of the atomic bomb.

Emily Blunt stars as Oppenheimer’s wife Katherine and Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, who had an affair with the physicist and was a member of the Community Party of the United States.

It will also feature Benny Safdie portraying Edward Teller, a member of the Manhattan Project and a Hungarian physicist who is considered the father of the hydrogen bomb.

The cast also includes Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Michael Angarano, and Kenneth Branagh.