Silkwood
Summary:
Based on a true story, Silkwood begins and ends with Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) driving along a lonely road in 1974, heading to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to deliver evidence of negligence at the Kerr-McGee Plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma. The balance of the film flashes back to Karen's ribald private life with her lover (Kurt Russell) and her loose-living fri... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Meryl Streep - (Karen Silkwood)
Kurt Russell - (Drew Stephens)
Cher - (Dolly Pelliker)
Craig T. Nelson - (Winston)
Diana Scarwid - (Angela)
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Review:
Mike Nichols returned to directing films in 1983 after an eight-year hiatus with this absorbing if diffuse examination of the life of anti-nuke whistleblower Karen Silkwood. Somewhat of a departure from the typical conspiracy thriller treatment of this kind of material, the script develops the story deliberately, making Silkwood's heroi... Continue >>
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