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.”
1983•R•2h 11m•6.9•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Mike Nichols
Writer
Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$36M
Languages
English
Studio
ABC Motion Pictures
Cast
Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Cher
Dolly Pelliker
Craig T. Nelson
Winston
Fred Ward
Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Angela
Ron Silver
Paul Stone
Charles Hallahan
Earl Lapin
Josef Sommer
Max Richter
Sudie Bond
Thelma Rice
Henderson Forsythe
Quincy Bissell
E. Katherine Kerr
Gilda Schultz
Bruce McGill
Mace Hurley
David Strathairn
Wesley
J.C. Quinn
Curtis Schultz
Production
Company
ABC Motion Pictures
Producer
Michael Hausman
Producer
Mike Nichols
Recommended
6.7
Pu-239
2006
7.1
The China Syndrome
1979
7.6
Threads
1985
7.2
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
5.9
Night Moves
2014
6.8
Unthinkable
2010
7.3
Watchmen: Chapter II
2024
6.3
Clemency
2019
7.4
Matewan
1987
6.7
Suburbia
1984
6.5
The Safety of Objects
2002
6
Lucky Them
2013
6.3
Panic in Year Zero!
1962
5.8
Burning Sands
2017
6
The Peacemaker
1997
7.4
Watchmen: Chapter I
2024
6.3
The Assistant
2020
7.5
The Machinist
2004
6
The Brave
1997
6.7
A Dry White Season
1989
Similar Movies
10
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1996
License to Kill
1991
7.3
A Matter of Sex
1984
6.9
Guru
2007
5.8
Five Miles to Midnight
1962
6.7
The Reflecting Skin
1990
6.2
The Informant!
2009
7.2
Thief
1981
7.3
Quiz Show
1994
6.6
Absence of Malice
1981
Candles
0
6.6
Red Ink
2000
6.4
City of Lies
2018
7.8
Entlassen auf Bewährung
1965
6.4
Outsourced
2007
7.5
Your Happiness Depends on Me
2006
7.8
Golgotha
1966
6.7
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
6
No Place to Go
2000
4.9
Straight Shooter
1999