🎬 Drama

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."

⭐ 6.9/10 1983 2h 11m Dir. Mike Nichols

About this movie

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.

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6.9/10 352 votes

Quick facts

Year
1983
Runtime
2h 11m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.9/10
Votes
352
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$10.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Mike Nichols 👤 Meryl Streep 👤 Kurt Russell 👤 Cher
plutonium staged death radiation oklahoma nuclear radiation nuclear power plant idealism idealist labor organizer labor union workers union suspicious death

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Silkwood has a runtime of 2h 11m (2 hours and 11 minutes).
Silkwood was directed by Mike Nichols and released in 1983.
Silkwood is a Drama film (1983).
The cast of Silkwood includes Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward.
Silkwood has a TMDB rating of 6.9/10 based on 352 votes.

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