Where to Watch Silkwood
- ርልዪረ1d agoKaren Silkwood (Meryl Streep) lives in Oklahoma with her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and best friend lesbian Dolly Pelliker (Cher). Her kids live with their father in Texas. The three friends are low-skilled workers at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Site where they manufacture fuel rods for nuclear reactors. With mounting work and lax safety, Karen starts to talk union causing tension with the company. Eventually, she gets mysteriously irradiated. Meryl Streep is the best. She delivers a fully-fleshed out character of real depth. The movie is a bit slow and meandering. It would be great to have a tighter and more direct film. Then there is the final text. It seems like a bunch of stuff from the legal department to safeguard against lawsuits. They may as well fictionalize the movie instead. The performances are terrific. The story is compelling.
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Silkwood was released on December 14, 1983.
Silkwood was directed by Mike Nichols.
Silkwood has a runtime of 2h 11m.
Silkwood was produced by Mike Nichols, Michael Hausman.
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.
The key characters in Silkwood are Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell), Dolly Pelliker (Cher).
Silkwood is rated R.
Silkwood is a Drama, Thriller, Biography film.
Silkwood has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Silkwood had a budget of $10M.
Silkwood has made $35.6M at the box office.