Silkwood

Silkwood (1983)

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.

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1983-12-14
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 338 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ABC Motion Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mike Nichols
star 6.9/10
From 338 Ratings

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Summary

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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  • Meryl Streep

    as Karen Silkwood

  • Kurt Russell

    as Drew Stephens

  • Cher

    as Dolly Pelliker

  • Craig T. Nelson

    as Winston

  • Fred Ward

    as Morgan

  • Diana Scarwid

    as Angela

  • Ron Silver

    as Paul Stone

  • Charles Hallahan

    as Earl Lapin

  • Josef Sommer

    as Max Richter

  • Sudie Bond

    as Thelma Rice

  • Henderson Forsythe

    as Quincy Bissell

  • E. Katherine Kerr

    as Gilda Schultz

  • Bruce McGill

    as Mace Hurley

  • David Strathairn

    as Wesley

  • J.C. Quinn

    as Curtis Schultz

  • Kent Broadhurst

    as Carl

  • Richard Hamilton

    as Georgie

  • Les Lannom

    as Jimmy

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    as Walt Yarborough

  • Graham Jarvis

    as Doctor at Union Meeting

  • James Rebhorn

    as Los Alamos Doctor

  • Bill Cobbs

    as Man in Lunchroom

  • Ray Baker

    as Pete Dawson

  • Will Patton

    as Joe

  • Tom Stovall

    as 3rd Los Alamos Doctor

  • Drew Stephens

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Tess Harper

    as Linda Dawson

  • Anthony Heald

    as 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting

  • Gary Grubbs

    as Randy Fox
Directing Mike Nichols Director
Editing Sam O'Steen Editor
Writing Nora Ephron Screenplay
Art Patrizia von Brandenstein Production Design
Production Mike Nichols Producer
Production Buzz Hirsch Executive Producer
Camera Miroslav Ondříček Director of Photography
Production Michael Hausman Producer
Sound Georges Delerue Original Music Composer
Writing Alice Arlen Screenplay
Production Larry Cano Executive Producer
Production Mary Goldberg Casting
Costume & Make-Up Ann Roth Costume Design
Crew Dick Warlock Stunt Double
Crew Gary Paul Stunt Coordinator
Crew Randy Fife Stunts
Production Joel Tuber Associate Producer
Production Tom Stovall Associate Producer
Directing Michael Hausman First Assistant Director
Art Russ Goble Property Master
Directing Joel Tuber Second Assistant Director
Art Derek R. Hill Set Decoration
Art Pam Hausman Assistant Production Design
Camera Tom Priestley Jr. Camera Operator
Production Richard Brick Production Manager
Art Dennis W. Peeples Set Decoration
Production Herb Jellinek Executive In Charge Of Production
Art Ken Walker Assistant Property Master
Art John Dapper Assistant Art Director
Sound Tom Fleischman Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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