Movie Description
Silkwood
(1983)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Mike Nichols
- Producer : Michael Hausman,Mike Nichols
- Writer : Alice Arlen,Nora Ephron
- Editor : Sam O'Steen
- Cast : Meryl Streep,Kurt Russell,Cher,Craig T. Nelson,Fred Ward,Diana Scarwid,Ron Silver,Charles Hallahan,Josef Sommer,Sudie Bond,Henderson Forsythe,E. Katherine Kerr,Bruce McGill,David Strathairn,J.C. Quinn,Kent Broadhurst,Richard Hamilton,Les Lannom,M. Emmet Walsh,Graham Jarvis,James Rebhorn,Bill Cobbs,Ray Baker,Will Patton,Tom Stovall,Drew Stephens,Tess Harper,Anthony Heald,Gary Grubbs
Cast
Karen Silkwood
Drew Stephens
Dolly Pelliker
Winston
Morgan
Angela
Paul Stone
Earl Lapin
Max Richter
Thelma Rice
Quincy Bissell
Gilda Schultz
Mace Hurley
Wesley
Curtis Schultz
Carl
Georgie
Jimmy
Walt Yarborough
Doctor at Union Meeting
Los Alamos Doctor
Man in Lunchroom
Pete Dawson
Joe
3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Waiter (uncredited)
Linda Dawson
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Randy Fox
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Facts
Original TitleSilkwood
Status Released
Release Information
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1983-12-14
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 11m
Budget₹ 10000000
Revenue₹ 35616970
Production CompaniesABC Motion Pictures
Genres
- Drama
