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•R•2h 11m•6.9•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Mike Nichols
Writer
Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$36M
Languages
English
Studio
ABC Motion Pictures
Cast
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
Production
Company
ABC Motion Pictures
Producer
Mike Nichols
Producer
Michael Hausman
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