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 | 131m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mike Nichols |
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| Writer: | Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron |
| Staring: |
| The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 14, 1983 |
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| Director: | Mike Nichols |
| Writer: | Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | research, plutonium, radiation, oklahoma, nuclear power plant, idealism, idealist, fighting the system |
| Production Companies | ABC Motion Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $35,600,000
Budget: $10,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Kent Broadhurst | Carl |
| Richard Hamilton | Georgie |
| Les Lannom | Jimmy |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Walt Yarborough |
| Graham Jarvis | Doctor at Union Meeting |
| James Rebhorn | Los Alamos Doctor |
| Bill Cobbs | Man in Lunchroom |
| Ray Baker | Pete Dawson |
| Will Patton | Joe |
| Tom Stovall | 3rd Los Alamos Doctor |
| Drew Stephens | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Tess Harper | Linda Dawson |
| Anthony Heald | 2nd Doctor at Union Meeting |
| Gary Grubbs | Randy Fox |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Patrizia von Brandenstein | Production Design |
| Michael Hausman | First Assistant Director |
| Derek R. Hill | Set Decoration |
| Ken Walker | Assistant Property Master |
| Randy Fife | Stunts |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Herb Jellinek | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Joel Tuber | Second Assistant Director |
| Dennis W. Peeples | Set Decoration |
| Pam Hausman | Assistant Production Design |
| Gary Paul | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mary Goldberg | Casting |
| Alice Arlen | Screenplay |
| Richard Brick | Production Manager |
| John Dapper | Assistant Art Director |
| Russ Goble | Property Master |
| Tom Priestley Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Mike Nichols | Director |
| Nora Ephron | Screenplay |
| Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Miroslav Ondříček | Director of Photography |
| Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Dick Warlock | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Hausman | Producer |
| Larry Cano | Executive Producer |
| Tom Stovall | Associate Producer |
| Buzz Hirsch | Executive Producer |
| Joel Tuber | Associate Producer |
| Mike Nichols | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | Mike Ketcher | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Laurence Belcher | Nominated |
| Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Mike Ketcher | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 50 | 91 | 25 |
| 2024 | 5 | 118 | 139 | 91 |
| 2024 | 6 | 71 | 133 | 41 |
| 2024 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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