Editing Trinity (nuclear test) (section)

== In popular culture ==
The Trinity test has been portrayed in various forms of media, including documentary films and dramatizations. In 1946, an 18-minute documentary titled ''[[Atomic Power (film)|Atomic Power]]'' was produced by [[Time Inc.]] under ''[[The March of Time]]'' banner and released theatrically. It featured many people involved with the project, including J. Robert Oppenheimer and Ernest Lawrence, as actors in re-creations of real discussions and events that led up to the Trinity test.<ref>Fielding, Raymond, ''The March of Time, 1935–1951''. New York: Oxford University Press 1978 hardcover {{ISBN|0-19-502212-2 }}</ref>{{Rp|291–296|date=December 2023}} In 1947, a [[docudrama]] titled ''[[The Beginning or the End]]'' chronicled the development of nuclear weapons and portrayed the Trinity test.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Taurog, Norman (director) |date=March 7, 1947 |title=The Beginning or the End |type=Motion picture |language=English |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1531/the-beginning-or-the-end/#overview |access-date=December 6, 2023 |location=United States |publisher=[[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loews Inc.]] |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621203413/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1531/the-beginning-or-the-end/#overview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Manhattan Project in Popular Culture |url=https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/manhattan-project-popular-culture/ |access-date=December 6, 2023 |work=The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History |publisher=Atomic Heritage Foundation |date=August 2, 2017 |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621203350/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/manhattan-project-popular-culture/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1980, a television drama miniseries titled ''[[Oppenheimer (TV series)|Oppenheimer]]'', a co-production between the [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] and the American television station [[WGBH-TV]], aired for seven episodes on [[BBC Two]]. The Trinity test is depicted in its fifth episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=p0g3j9cp#top |title=Oppenheimer |website=[[BBC Genome Project]] |access-date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=January 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121034118/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=p0g3j9cp#top |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 1981, a documentary titled ''[[The Day After Trinity]]'' was released, focusing closely on the events of the Trinity test.<ref name="Tracy 1">{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Marc |title='Oppenheimer' Fans Are Rediscovering a 40-Year-Old Documentary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/movies/day-after-trinity-oppenheimer-documentary.html |access-date=December 6, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=July 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907091128/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/movies/day-after-trinity-oppenheimer-documentary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989, a feature film titled ''[[Fat Man and Little Boy (film)|Fat Man and Little Boy]]'' depicted the Trinity test.<ref>Kunk, Deborah J. – "'Fat Man' Brings Bomb Alive". ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]''. October 20, 1989.</ref> Two documentaries, ''[[Trinity and Beyond]]'' and ''[[The Bomb (film)|The Bomb]]'', were released in 1995 and 2015 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trinity and Beyond |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trinity-and-beyond |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180528/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trinity-and-beyond |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title='The Bomb' Helps Return Nukes to the TV Spotlight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/arts/television/the-bomb-helps-return-nukes-to-the-tv-spotlight.html |access-date=December 6, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114183339/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/arts/television/the-bomb-helps-return-nukes-to-the-tv-spotlight.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2017 [[Twin Peaks season 3|third season]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' prominently features a fantastical depiction of the Trinity test as part of a [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]] in its [[Part 8 (Twin Peaks)|eighth episode]], providing an oblique [[origin story]] for the show's main antagonist, [[Bob (Twin Peaks)|BOB]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Liz Shannon |title='Twin Peaks' Review: Part 8 Aims for Maximum Weirdness and Succeeds |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/twin-peaks-2017-review-episode-8-part-8-season-3-david-lynch-showtime-spoilers-recap-1201847015/ |website=IndieWire |date=26 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Seitz |first1=Matt Zoller |title=The Eighth Episode of Twin Peaks: The Return Is Horrifyingly Beautiful |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/twin-peaks-the-return-part-8-atom-bomb-flashback.html |website=Vulture |language=en |date=26 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Twin Peaks' Recap Episode 8: David Lynch Just Exploded Everything |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/twin-peaks-showtime-recap-episode-part-8 |website=W Magazine |language=en |date=26 June 2017}}</ref>

The 2023 [[Christopher Nolan]]-directed blockbuster ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' prominently portrayed the Trinity test. Nolan cited the film's depiction of the test firing as one of its most important scenes, calling it "the fulcrum that the whole story turns on." Nolan avoided using [[computer-generated imagery]] for the re-enactment of the explosion, instead using [[practical effect]]s, with a smaller explosion made of gasoline, propane, aluminum powder, and magnesium being conducted and then spliced via [[forced perspective]] to recreate the size of the Trinity explosion.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title=Christopher Nolan takes us inside creating Oppenheimer's atomic bomb explosion |url=https://ew.com/movies/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-atomic-bomb-recreation/ |access-date=December 6, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 18, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722140219/https://ew.com/movies/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-atomic-bomb-recreation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The popularity of the film brought newfound attention to previous media depictions of the Trinity test, such as ''The Day After Trinity''.<ref name="Tracy 1" />