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.”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
The Post
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Known for
The Hateful Eight
The Thing
Cher
Dolly Pelliker
Known for
Burlesque
Moonstruck
Craig T. Nelson
Winston
Known for
The Incredibles
Young Sheldon
Fred Ward
Morgan
Known for
Tremors
Escape from Alcatraz
Diana Scarwid
Angela
Known for
What Lies Beneath
Psycho III
Ron Silver
Paul Stone
Known for
Timecop
Ali
Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin
Known for
The Thing
Dante's Peak
Josef Sommer
Max Richter
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
Known for
Love Story
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Henderson Forsythe
Quincy Bissell
Known for
Dead of Night
Species II
E. Katherine Kerr
Gilda Schultz
Known for
Suspect
Children of a Lesser God
Mike Nichols Director · Nora Ephron Writer Alice Arlen Writer
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $10M · United States release December 14, 1983
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,616,970
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
ABC Motion Pictures
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
ABC Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · December 14, 1983
Digital
United States · December 14, 1983
Theatrical
France
May 22, 1984 · Theatrical
Greece
December 29, 1983 · Theatrical
Italy
March 29, 1984 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 6, 1985 · Theatrical · Guadalajara
Netherlands
March 22, 1984 · Theatrical
March 23, 2007 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
April 13, 1984 · Theatrical
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