SILKWOOD - DVD-1983-MERYL STREEP-KL STUDIO CLASSICS

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• Release Year: 1983
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The controversial true story that inflamed a nation! Meryl Streep (Still of the Night) stars in this stunning, provocative and daring drama about one woman's struggle against a huge corporation. Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends, Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell, Death Proof) and Dolly Pelliker (Cher, Moonstruck), who work with her at an Oklahoma nuclear facility. It's only when she discovers she's been exposed to radiation that Karen's conscience awakens, and soon she is digging for evidence of wrongdoing at her company. But her sudden zeal for safer working conditions may come at a high price as she alienates friends and possibly even puts her own life in peril. Excellent direction by Mike Nichols (The Graduate) with a screenplay by Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle) and Alice Arlen (Alamo Boy) and a stellar supporting cast that includes Craig T. Nelson (Poltergeist), Diana Scarwid (Mommie Dearest), Fred Ward (Tremors), Ron Silver (Blue Steel), Charles Hallahan (The Thing), Josef Sommer (Witness), David Strathairn (Limbo), M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple), Tess Harper (Tender Mercies) and Will Patton (No Way Out). Nominated for 5 Academy Awards®: Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Director (Nichols), Original Screenplay (Ephron, Arlen) and Editing (Sam O'Steen).
• 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: ABC Motion Pictures, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie