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Jan 27, 1984 · Silkwood: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson. A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.
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Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher.
Jul 25, 2017 · Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends, Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell, Death Proof) and Dolly Pelliker (Cher, Moonstruck), who work with her at an Oklahoma nuclear facility.
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She was next cast alongside Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell in the critically hailed drama Silkwood (1983) directed by Mike Nichols, inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, in which her character was a lesbian who worked in at the Kerr-McGee plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma.
YearTitleNotesStatus1967Warren Beatty was making a gangster film, ...Faye Dunaway got the part1975When Bette Midler was dropped from the ...Stockard Channing got the part1976Cher auditioned for the part but was ...Jessica Lange got the part1976Cher was attached to star before Jon ...replaced by Barbra StreisandSynopsis. In 1974, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) and co-workers Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and Dolly Pelliker (Cher) arrive for work at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron nuclear facility near Cimarron City, Oklahoma. Karen works in Dry Processing, which involves processing plutonium and uranium oxide into nuclear fuel pellets.
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Cher. Anthony Heald. Photos & Videos. View All. 1 Photo. Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama. Biography. Thriller. Release Date. 1983. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h 11m. TCM Emails. A laborer at a nuclear power plant risks her life to report unsafe practices.