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Writers:
Nora Ephron (written by) &
Alice Arlen (written by)
Release Date:
14 December 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
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.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
Before There Were Websites... (Pt 1)
(From FilmExperience. 8 September 2009, 12:30 PM, PDT)
Meryl Streep: Has she ever starred in a masterpiece?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 28 August 2009, 7:42 AM, PDT)
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A great look back at early 80s films more (54 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Henderson Forsythe | ... | Quincy Bissell | |
| E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Gilda Schultz | |
| Bruce McGill | ... | Mace Hurley | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Wesley | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Curtis Schultz |
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131 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16
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Lily Tomlin auditioned for the role of Dolly. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Kerr McGee's Cimmeron plant is on the east side of Hwy 74, between Crescent to the north and Oklahoma City to the south. Opening scenes show a mileage sign for Crescent, which is really the opposite direction. This also causes incorrect footage for placement and direction of travel in later scenes (ex. placement of car in accident, tow truck pulling wrecked car past Crescent Cafe, etc.) more
Quotes:
Karen Silkwood: I remember in high school her saying, 'Now what'd you want to take that science class for? There's no girls in that science class. You take home ec, why don't you? That's the way to meet the nice boys.' 'Mom,' I said, There ain't no boys in home ec. The boys are in the science class.' She hated when I said, 'Ain't.' more
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Referenced in "October Road.: Best Friend Windows (#1.6)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Pretty Little Horses Lullaby more
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I thought this was a very nice film. It was nice to see three people acting well together (Cher, Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell). This type of story is very intersting to me. We see radiation treated so comically on The Simpsons but it is a very serious thing. Also, I thought it was great to have a film that had such simple locations and sets. No special fx were necessary and the result was a nice film with a good story. I would recommend Silkwood to anyone who likes these actors and anyone who is interested in true stories or films about organized labor.