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Christopher Nolan Showed First ‘Oppenheimer’ 70mm Print to Steven Spielberg: ‘Seeing the Great Master Watching? It Was Sort of Irresistible’


Christopher Nolan said getting the chance to watch Steven Spielberg watch "Oppenheimer' was "irresistible."

Christopher Nolan revealed to the Associated Press that Steven Spielberg was the first person outside of the studio that he showed the “ Oppenheimer ” 70mm print to once the reels came in. “You know when I first got the 70mm/5perf print, I showed it to Steven Spielberg,” Nolan said in a joint conversation with “Dune” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. “Oppenheimer” is currently nominated for 13 Academy Awards, more than any other film at the 2024 ceremony, and it was recently back in Imax theaters, where its total gross bumped up to nearly $960 million at the worldwide box office.

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