SILKWOOD - DVD-1983-MERYL STREEP-ANCHOR BAY

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• Release Year: 1983
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Karen Silkwood knew plenty about the nuclear industry. Her story is as terrifying as a meltdown...; Like most people in her Oklahoma home town, Karen Silkwood worked in a facility that produced highly radioactive plutonium. The plant balanced profits against worker safety, and Karen herself participated in this charade of economic survival...until the inevitable happened to her. Exposed to a lethal dose of plutonium poisoning, Karen faced the indifference and denial of her company.; ; Too spirited to be silenced, she voiced her protests and became a threat to her company…to an entire industry and the government agencies that monitored it. One day she left to meet with a reporter, intending to blow the whistle on the dangerous practices of her plant. But due to a mysterious car crash, she never got there. Was her death accidental, or was she murdered by powers as potentially lethal as the atom?; ; Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Director, and featuring a stellar cast, Silkwood is a powerful and compelling film.
• Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Charles Hallahan, Josef Sommer, Sudie Bond, Henderson Forsythe, E. Katherine Kerr, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, J.C. Quinn, Kent Broadhurst, Richard Hamilton, Les Lannom, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Jarvis, James Rebhorn, Ray Baker, Michael Bond, Bill Cobbs, Norman Colvin, Haskell Craver, Kathie Dean, Gary Grubbs, Susan McDaniel, Tana Hensley, Anthony Fernandez, Betty Harper, Tess Harper, Anthony Heald, Nancy Hopton, Betty King, Dan Lindsey, John Martin, Will Patton, Vern Porter, Christopher Saylors, Don Slatton, Tom Stovall, Jim Beaver, Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
• Director: Mike Nichols
• Runtime: 2:11
• Company: Anchor Bay
• Media Format: Movie