Silkwood [1983 film] (1983)

by Mike Nichols (Director)

Other authors: Cher (Actor), Nora Ephron (Screenwriter), Miroslav Ondříček (Director of Photography), Kurt Russell (Actor), Meryl Streep (Actor)

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Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.

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The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Director:
Mike Nichols
Writers:
Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
Stars:
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Nichols, Mike	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Cher	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ephron, Nora	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ondříček, Miroslav	Director of Photography	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Russell, Kurt	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Streep, Meryl	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Silkwood [and] Sophie's Choice (Double Feature Video) by Mike Nichols

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Silkwood [1983 film]

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1983

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Silkwood (1983 | IMDb)

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791.4372

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PN1997

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Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.

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