From  writer and director Christopher Nolan comes the must-see masterpiece about the man and the moment that changed the world forever (and you can double up with Barbie if you wish) OPPENHEIMER is now available to own on 4K Ultra HD, Blu- ray, DVD & Digital from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.  

With an all star cast including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, and Oscar  winners Casey Affleck , Rami Malek  and Kenneth Branagh.  Oppenheimer is a fantastic film and currently sits in my Top films of the year. I saw the film on the big screen (I didn’t see it on the BIGGEST though, I opted for a cinema screening not an IMAX cinema screening) and loved the film. it didn’t feel its running time and the soundtrack is one of my favourite scores of the year. Great work by Ludwig Göransson) Its a soundtrack that I have had playing so many times this year.

With the home release you can delve far deeper into the filmmaking behind OPPENHEIMER with some great special features, including “The Story of Our Time: The Making of Oppenheimer.” a 70+ minute piece that showcases exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Christopher Nolan and ,many of the cast and crew (including Emily Blunt, and of course Cillian Murphy)  There’s a great story about Chris calling Cillian up to tell him about the film is wonderful, its told from both sides, Christopher’s and also Cillian’s. Put a smile on my face!

Additional features include the NBC News companion documentary, “To End All War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb,” as well as a “Trinity Anniversary Panel Discussion” featuring a panel moderated by Emmy  -winning journalist Chuck Todd, with Christopher Nolan, Nobel  Prize winner Dr. Kip Throne; world-renowned physicist Dr. Carlo Rovelli; Dr. Thom Mason, director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Kai Bird, the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, on which the film is based. 

Having seen the film on the big screen I can say this film looks (and sounds) fantastic and was a must have   purchase for me.  If there is a downside, and there is in my opinion only one (for me) its that once again the picture ratio does that jumpy thing where the IMAX scenes fill your screen but the non IMAX scenes leave you with the black bars. Now I don’t mind black bars, never have. but the jumping from full screen to widescreen is a little distracting and has been a ‘thing’ with many of Christopher Nolan blurays over the years. However if you learn to ignore the format jumps- then its fine. Its still a magnificent presentation of one of the best films of the year.

OVER THREE HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES ON 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY  AND DVD 

The edition I watched was the bluray version which has the film on Disc One which still looks amazing even if it wasn’t the 4k version, and Disc Two contains the special features

THE STORY OF OUR TIME: THE MAKING OF OPPENHEIMER*  

This is made up of the following ‘featurettes’ but there is a Play All option (which I always prefer) The full run time of these total up to 72 minutes and so is a great look at the film Oppenheimer.

NOW I AM BECOME DEATH (Run time 7 minutes)- The cast, crew and producers join Christopher Nolan in sharing the personal stories that made them passionate about the project’s ambitious design for bridging multiple genres. 

THE LUMINARIES –(Run time 11 minutes) OPPENHEIMER’s all-star cast discusses how they synthesize the script’s dramatic narrative with the real lives of historical figures to embody their complex characters. 

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (Run time 16 minutes)- To visualize Oppenheimer’s ability to see different dimensions and to recreate the historic Trinity test, filmmakers developed unique techniques to craft stunning effects without using CGI. 

THE DEVIL OF THE DETAILS (Run time 17 minutes)- A look at how production designer Ruth De Jong and team recreated the entire town of Los Alamos with period-accurate props, spectacular sets and painstaking attention to authenticity. 

WALKING A MILE (Run time 6 minutes)- Costume and makeup craftspeople populate OPPENHEIMER’s immersive environments with iconic figures by utilizing thousands of pieces of clothing and cutting-edge prosthetic applications. 

CAN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC? (Run time 6 minutes)- Working closely with Christopher Nolan, Ludwig Göransson composes a deeply personal, historically expansive score ranging from the organic to the alien to accompany the visual landscape. 

WE CAN PERFORM THIS MIRACLE (Run time 7 minutes)- Christopher Nolan’s closest collaborators demonstrate how his artistic vision creates camaraderie that drives his talented crew to continue breaking new ground in filmmaking. 

As well as those featurettes (or Play All Making Of) the disc also contains some trailers as well as the following featurettes.

INNOVATIONS IN FILM: 65MM BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM IN OPPENHEIMER – (Run Time 8 minutes) FotoKem opens the door to its film labs, where new technologies are invented for using color and black & white 65mm film to visualize OPPENHEIMER’s dual timelines while pushing the format further forward.

MEET THE PRESS Q&A PANEL: OPPENHEIMER (Run Time 34 minutes)– Chuck Todd moderates a conversation where Christopher Nolan, author Kai Bird, and physicists Dr. Kip Thorne, Dr. Thom Mason and Dr. Carlo Rovelli reflect on the fascinating science and doomsday concerns OPPENHEIMER illustrates onscreen.

TO END ALL WAR: OPPENHEIMER & THE ATOMIC BOMB ( Run Time 87 minutes) – Explore how one man’s relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.