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Jun 21, 2024 · Mike Nichols - Silkwood, Working Girl, Birdcage: Five years elapsed before Nichols’s next film, Gilda Live (1980), made it to the screen. A recording of comedian Gilda Radner’s Broadway show, it served up several of her popular skits and characters from NBC’s TV show Saturday Night Live.
Jun 22, 2024 · 28 Vintage Photos of Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood in “Silkwood” (1983) Mike Nichols’ drama Silkwood (1983) is based on the real life case of a plutonium processing plant metallurgy worker who discovered corporate powers were covering up radiation leaks at Oklahoma’s Kerr-McGee plant.
Jun 22, 2024 · September 23, 2020 | Want to stream “Silkwood” on demand tonight—the 1983 drama that stars Meryl Streep and was nominated for five Oscars? Sorry, that isn’t possible. How about John Huston’s “Prizzi’s Honor,” or “Bamboozled” by Spike Lee?
Jun 23, 2024 · Silkwood (1984) – best actress (nominated) Silkwood tells the story of a nuclear-plant worker who takes on her employers when she realises that the workers are being exposed to...
Jun 21, 2024 · Mike Nichols, American film, television, and stage director whose productions focus on the absurdities and horrors of modern life as revealed in personal relationships. He received Emmy, Grammy, Academy, and Tony awards for his work. His movies included The Graduate (1967), Silkwood (1983), and The Birdcage (1996).
5 days ago · Based on a true story, the film follows the life of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker turned whistleblower, who exposes the dangerous working conditions at her workplace. It's a gripping tale that showcases Cher's incredible acting range and commitment to telling important stories.
Jun 22, 2024 · Silkwood won Ephron her first Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. She then turned to her own life for movie fodder, transforming her 1983 novelization of the breakup of her marriage to journalist Carl Bernstein into her first solo screenplay, Heartburn (1986).
