Silkwood
# 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.
π Overview:
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.
π΅ Budget: USD
10,000,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1983-12-14
β Running Time:
131 mins
β Vote Average:
6.932
Beloved Cast
Karen Silkwood
Meryl Streep
Drew Stephens
Kurt Russell
Dolly Pelliker
Cher
Winston
Craig T. Nelson
Morgan
Fred Ward
Angela
Diana Scarwid
Paul Stone
Ron Silver
Earl Lapin
Charles Hallahan
Max Richter
Josef Sommer
Thelma Rice
Sudie Bond
Quincy Bissell
Henderson Forsythe
Gilda Schultz
E. Katherine Kerr
Mace Hurley
Bruce McGill
Wesley
David Strathairn
Curtis Schultz
J.C. Quinn
Carl
Kent Broadhurst
Georgie
Richard Hamilton
Jimmy
Les Lannom
Walt Yarborough
M. Emmet Walsh
Doctor at Union Meeting
Graham Jarvis
Los Alamos Doctor
James Rebhorn
Man in Lunchroom
Bill Cobbs
Pete Dawson
Ray Baker
Joe
Will Patton
3rd Los Alamos Doctor
Tom Stovall
Waiter (uncredited)
Drew Stephens
Linda Dawson
Tess Harper
2nd Doctor at Union Meeting
Anthony Heald
Randy Fox
Gary Grubbs