STRAUSS

Sample dialogue

• I can’t imagine he’d do that. But whoever did unleashed a firestorm that burned a path from the White House right to my desk at the AEC. You see them in there trying to hang Oppenheimer around my neck. I’ve worked my whole life to get here- the Cabinet of the United States of America- and now, in front of the entire country, they want to put me back in my place... a lowly shoe salesman.

  scene 226, source scene 227 — INT. SENATE OFFICE -- DAY (B&W)

• It’s pronounced 'straws'.

  scene 8, source scene 9 — EXT. INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETON -- DAY (B&W)

• This was the McCarthy era- people hounded out of jobs for any hint of red... reading Oppenheimer’s security file- his Communist brother, sister-in-law, fiancée, best friend, wife... that’s before you even get to the Chevalier incident.

  scene 55, source scene 56 — INT. SENATE OFFICE -- DAY (B&W)

• Chevalier went into exile...

  scene 222, source scene 223 — INT. SENATE OFFICE -- DAY (B&W)

• As will the Gray Board...

  scene 239, source scene 240 — INT. NICHOLS’ OFFICE, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION -- NIGHT (B&W)

Bookends

Often appears with

• SENATE AIDE12 scenes
• NICHOLS6 scenes
• SENATOR MCGEE6 scenes
• COUNSEL5 scenes
• BUSH3 scenes
• BORDEN2 scenes