Silkwood
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.
- 1983
- Rated R
- 2h 11m
- Drama
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
5 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1984)
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Box office
Grossed $35.6M worldwide, about 3.6 times its $10M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Mexico
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Setting
Set in Oklahoma
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Music
Music by Georges Delerue
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Miroslav Ondříček
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alice ArlenWriter
- Nora EphronWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 14, 1983
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $35.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Meryl StreepKaren Silkwood
Kurt RussellDrew Stephens
CherDolly Pelliker
Craig T. NelsonWinston
Fred WardMorgan
Diana ScarwidAngela
Ron SilverPaul Stone
Charles HallahanEarl Lapin
Josef SommerMax Richter
Sudie BondThelma Rice
Henderson ForsytheQuincy Bissell
E. Katherine KerrGilda Schultz
Bruce McGillMace Hurley
David StrathairnWesley
J.C. QuinnCurtis Schultz
Kent BroadhurstCarl
Richard HamiltonGeorgie
Les LannomJimmy
M. Emmet WalshWalt Yarborough
Graham JarvisDoctor at Union Meeting
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