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Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher.
Jan 27, 1984 · A 1983 film based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker at an Oklahoma nuclear facility who died under mysterious circumstances after exposing safety violations. The film stars Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher, and was directed by Mike Nichols.
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- Mike Nichols
- 1984-01-27
Jul 25, 2017 · This story focuses on the private and professional life of Karen Silkwood (1946 - 1974) portrayed by Merryl Streep, who became a whistle-blower to expose the illegal and dangerous practices of one Oklahoma nuclear plant where she worked as a technician.
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Dec 11, 2006 · The taut Mike Nichols drama Silkwood (1983) was based on the real life case of a plutonium processing plant metallurgy worker, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who discovered corporate powers were covering up radiation leaks at Oklahoma's Kerr-McGee plant.
- Mike Nichols
- Susan Mcdaniel
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 ...
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Karen Silkwood was a real person, living through the HORROR of a job at a nuclear plant, where the management cared much more about profits than it did about the...
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A movie about a nuclear worker who challenges the company and the union, played by Meryl Streep. Roger Ebert praises the film for its realistic and complex portrayal of human lives and conflicts.
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