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Silkwood (1983)

Movie"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."
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69
Silkwood
R 2 hr 11 minDec 14th, 1983Drama, Thriller
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A plutonium processing plant worker is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured, and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing safety violations.
StarringMeryl StreepKurt RussellCher
DirectorMike Nichols

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 14th, 1983
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 15th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$10,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$35,616,970 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Larry Cano, Buzz Hirsch
Production Companies:ABC Motion Pictures
Movie Tags:
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