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Silkwood
(1983),
Director: Mike Nichols, rated PG-13 for language
The
controversial true story that inflamed a nation.
  Starring:
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron
Silver, Charles Hallahan, Josef Sommer
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"My urine sample
container! Somebody put plutonium in my urine sample container!"
- Karen Silkwood
Why watch this?
Meryl Steep works in a compromised nuclear plant, and she wants the blow the
whistle.
Plot Summary:
This film is the true story of Karen Silkwood, a union activist
and worker at an Oklahoma plutonium processing plant. She begins
investigating safety violations and inadequate worker
protections at the plant. Her efforts to expose wrongdoing lead
to escalating pressures, both at work and in her personal life,
and ultimately culminate in a suspicious car crash that ends her
life.
Dad's Preview:
The nuclear plant at Three Mile Island almost melted down in
1979.
This engrossing true story details Karen Silkwood, a worker at a
similar Oklahoma
nuclear plant facility. She exposes dangerous practices. Of course, plant management wants to keep her from making her
complaints public knowledge. This is a powerful film about one
woman's courageous fight to do the right thing, and the lengths
company authorities will go to cover everything up.
ABC Motion
Pictures; 20th Century Fox
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