Silkwood (1983)
15
13/04/1984 (GB)
Drama, Thriller
2h 11m
- 70% (329 votes)
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On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.
Overview
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
- Mike NicholsDirector
- Nora EphronScreenplay
- Alice ArlenScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$35,600,000
Keywords
- research
- plutonium
- radiation
- oklahoma
- nuclear power plant
- idealism
- idealist
- fighting the system
Top Billed Cast
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Cher
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
Winston
Fred Ward
Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Angela
Ron Silver
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
Max Richter
Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
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