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kleinbl00  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Richard Feynman Interview on the Pleasure of Finding Things Out

General Beringer was almost certainly Curtiss LeMay.

McKittrick was probably Robert McNamara.

Ally Sheedy was Vannevar Bush.





Kaius  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I read Oppenheimers biography "American Prometheus" (well worth picking up if you havent already read it) and I would have thought that Beringer could have been based on Leslie Groves. I cant remember the film well enough to tell though.

kleinbl00  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I refuse to discuss this further until you acknowledge how hilarious the idea of Ally Sheedy being Vannevar Bush is.

Kaius  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah I completely missed that. I need to read more about Bush, interesting chap...