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Silkwood(1983)

R12/14/1983 (US)DramaThriller2h 11m
69%

Movie Score

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

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

Mike Nichols

Director

Movie Cast

Meryl Streep photo

Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell photo

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Cher photo

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Fred Ward photo

Fred Ward

Morgan

Ron Silver photo

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Josef Sommer photo

Josef Sommer

Max Richter

Sudie Bond photo

Sudie Bond

Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe photo

Henderson Forsythe

Quincy Bissell

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$10,000,000.00

Revenue$35,616,970.00

Production CompanyABC Motion Pictures

Original LanguageEnglish

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