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Silkwood

Silkwood
★ 6.9/10•1983•2h 11m•R•Drama

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.

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

Alice Arlen · Writer

Nora Ephron · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 11m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 14, 1983
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$35,616,970

Actors

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Karen Silkwood

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Drew Stephens

Cher

Cher

Dolly Pelliker

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson

Winston

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Morgan

Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

Angela

Ron Silver

Ron Silver

Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Max Richter

Sudie Bond

Sudie Bond

Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe

Henderson Forsythe

Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr

E. Katherine Kerr

Gilda Schultz

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Mace Hurley

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Wesley

J.C. Quinn

J.C. Quinn

Curtis Schultz

Kent Broadhurst

Kent Broadhurst

Carl

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