John Adams: Doctor Atomic
2007 · 231 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 40 VOTES · DIR. Peter Sellars
Overview
The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,110 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:26 We believed that
00:08:21 Of their country
00:12:47 Goes critical
00:16:27 The people of the United States
00:19:54 "We, the undersigned scientists
00:23:37 Everybody is rushing around
00:28:07 Japan must have some warning
00:34:36 Stopping the words
00:42:11 And ships of all shapes
00:47:22 Those who most long for peace
00:55:00 As to when the storm will pass
00:58:38 The trail of beer cans from Santa Fe
01:03:14 To infect the rest of the camp
01:12:18 Get some sleep
01:22:42 Silvers the ships of war
01:30:19 Not lack of war
01:41:18 About this object here in the tower
01:50:21 And now the lightning flashes
01:55:47 A natural phenomenon that is not contrary to our knowledge
02:01:11 From a standard southwestern afternoon storm
02:09:24 There would be a secret laboratory
02:17:28 In other words
02:24:47 Keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer
02:34:25 The drumbeat hope
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,110
Dialogue density4.8 lines / min
First line00:03:26
Final line02:34:25
Production Record
DirectorPeter Sellars
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes40