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Directed by | Scott Z. Burns |
Written by | Scott Z. Burns |
Based on | PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies by Ken Kalfus |
Produced by | Charlie Lyons Miranda de Pencier Guy J. Louthan |
Starring | Paddy Considine Radha Mitchell Oscar Isaac |
Cinematography | Eigil Bryld |
Edited by | Tatiana S. Riegel Leo Trombetta |
Music by | Abel Korzeniowski |
Distributed by | Beacon Pictures HBO Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Pu-239 is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z. Burns in his feature directorial debut, which was based on the book PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies written by Ken Kalfus. The film was shown twice at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival under the title The Half Life of Timofey Berezin before being distributed by HBO Films under its original working title. Pu-239 is the chemical symbol for plutonium-239 (239Pu), the most readily fissile isotope of the element plutonium.