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Norma Rae (1979)
7.2
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved. Director:Martin Ritt |
110 min - 
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Won 2 Oscars.
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9 wins
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6 nominations
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Sonny
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Ron Leibman | ... | |
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Barbara Baxley | ... |
Leona
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Gail Strickland | ... |
Bonnie Mae
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Wayne Billings
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Robert Broyles | ... |
Sam Bolen
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John Calvin | ... |
Ellis Harper
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Dr. Watson
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| Lee de Broux | ... |
Lujan
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James Luisi | ... |
George Benson
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Vernon Weddle | ... |
Reverend Hubbard
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Gilbert Green | ... |
Al Landon
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Lucius White
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Storyline
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right. See more »Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Gross:
$22,228,000 (USA)Company Credits
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| Canada: (Ontario) | USA: (TCM print)Sound Mix:
StereoColor:
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2.35 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
Courtesy RCA/Victor Records See more »
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Continuity: In the scene in Reuben's hotel room after Norma Rae has been hit, you see her take the ice pack away from her nose. The shot changes and she takes it away a second time. See more »Quotes
Reuben Warshowsky: On October 4, 1970, my grandfather, Isaac Abraham Warshowsky, aged eighty-seven, died in his sleep in New York City. On the following Friday morning, his funeral was held. My mother and father attended, my two uncles from Brooklyn attended, my Aunt Minnie came up from Florida...See more »
Connections
Referenced in "Friends: The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work (#9.11)" (2003) See more »Soundtracks
"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
Courtesy RCA/Victor Records See more »
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