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."
December 14, 19832h 11m★ 6.9Released
Genres
DramaThriller
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.
Starring
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Produced by
Michael Hausman, Mike Nichols
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$35,616,970