Silkwood  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color  /  Standard 1.33:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1983  /  Region All

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis Karen Silkwood Knew Plenty About The Nuclear Industry, Her Story Is As Terrifying As A Meltdown… Like most people in her Oklahoma home town, Karen Silkwood worked in a facility that produced highly radioactive plutonium. The plant balanced profits against worker safety, and Karen herself participated in this charade of economic survival...until the inevitable happened to her. Exposed to a lethal dose of plutonium poisoning, Karen faced the indifference and denial of her company. Too spirited to be silenced, she voiced her protests and became a threat to her company...to an entire industry and the government agencies that monitored it. One day she left to meet with a reporter, intending to blow the whistle on the dangerous practices of her plant. But due to a mysterious car crash, she never got there. Was her death accidental, or was she murdered by powers as potentially lethal as the atom? Cast & Crew Actors:  • Cher  • Meryl Streep  • Kurt Russell Writers:  • Nora Ephron  • Alice Arlen Producers:  • Mike Nichols  • Michael Hausman Directors:  • Mike Nichols Product Information Features: Not Specified Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color Standard 1.33:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Production Year: 1983 Release Date: 6/22/1999 Length: 131 mins Rating: R Chapters: 26 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: DS-SL Item Code: DV10886 UPC Code: 013131088694 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Based-On-A-True-Story, Drama Bargains: Under $15 Studios: Starz / Anchor Bay Customers who bought this Title also bought Erin Brockovich  DVD-Video Postcards From The Edge  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Empire Review A chilling story! - 3.5 out of 5  (7/12/2000) "Silkwood" is one of those movies that you have heard about but have never seen and if you have never seen it, then you owe it to yourself to see it. It's a strong chilling portrayal of what happens to good people in the wrong circumstances and it drives the point home that any of us at any time are as expendable as the jobs that we work. Mike Nichols produced and directed the film in 1983 and it went on to be nominated for five academy awards. The film is part truth and part fiction. The Pr   more >>