SILKWOOD (WIDESCREEN)

Details

• Release Year: 1983
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The controversial true story that inflamed a nation.; ; Meryl Streep is 'stunning' (The New York Times) in this shocking true story about one woman's struggle against a huge corporation. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Streep) and Best Supporting Actress (Cher), this daring, provocative and critically acclaimed drama just 'shouldn't be missed' (Newsweek)!; ; Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends (Kurt Russell and Cher) who work with her at an Oklahoma nuclear facility. It's only when she discovers she's been exposed to radiation that Karen's conscience awakens, and soon she is digging for evidence of wrongdoing at her company. But her sudden zeal for safer working conditions may come at a high price as she alienates friends...and possibly even puts her own life in peril.
• 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, Ray Baker, Michael Bond, Bill Cobbs, Norman Colvin, Haskell Craver, Kathie Dean, Gary Grubbs, Susan McDaniel, Tana Hensley, Anthony Fernandez, Betty Harper, Tess Harper, Anthony Heald, Nancy Hopton, Betty King, Dan Lindsey, John Martin, Will Patton, Vern Porter, Christopher Saylors, Don Slatton, Tom Stovall, Jim Beaver, Mike Nichols, Norah Ephron, Alice Arlen
• Director: Mike Nichols
• Runtime: 2:11
• Company: ABC Motion Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, United Artists
• Media Format: Movie