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    Christopher Nolan on 'Oppenheimer' Oscar success: 'Sometimes you catch a wave'

    by Jake Coyle Jan 24, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: © Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

    Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, “Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. Emma Thomas, Nolan's wife and producing partner, roused him after a flurry of congratulatory messages came through on her phone.

    “Don’t take it as being blase,” Nolan told The Associated Press, laughing. “We just didn’t want to jinx anything. Watching the nominations was more than our nerves could take so we just had a restless night and slept through."

    Nolan and Thomas didn't have much reason to be anxious. “Oppenheimer,” Nolan's sprawling American saga of J. Walter Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic

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