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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%, Metacritic 65/100. Scores higher than 71% of the 1,357 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic65/100
365 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike NicholsDirector
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Alice ArlenWriter
- Nora EphronWriter
Cast
- Meryl StreepKaren Silkwood
- Kurt RussellDrew Stephens
- CherDolly Pelliker
- Craig T. NelsonWinston
- Fred WardMorgan
- Diana ScarwidAngela
- Ron SilverPaul Stone
- Charles HallahanEarl Lapin
- Josef SommerMax Richter
- Sudie BondThelma Rice
- Henderson ForsytheQuincy Bissell
- E. Katherine KerrGilda Schultz
Stills
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Themes
plutoniumstaged deathradiationoklahomanuclear radiationnuclear power plantidealismidealistlabor organizerlabor unionworkers unionsuspicious death
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