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Silkwood

1983 • 2h11m Drama, Thriller

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

Mike Nichols

Screenplay

Nora Ephron

Alice Arlen

Cast

Meryl Streep

Kurt Russell

Cher

Release date

12/14/1983

Status

Released

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$35,616,970

Origin country

US

Vote count

338