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    Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was adapted from the book Who Killed Karen Silkwood? by Rolling Stone writer and activist Howard Kohn, which detailed the life of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower ...

  2. Jan 27, 1984 · A film based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, a worker at a plutonium plant who exposed safety violations and died under mysterious circumstances. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards and more on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.

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    • 1984-01-27
  3. Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets, and ...

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  5. A historical drama about Karen Silkwood, a nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on safety violations and died under mysterious circumstances. The film depicts her activism, contamination, and the investigation of her death, based on a true story.

  6. This drama is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who works at a nuclear facility, along with her boyfriend, Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell), and their roommate, Dolly Pelliker...

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  7. The taut Mike Nichols drama Silkwood (1983) was based on the real life case of a plutonium processing plant metallurgy worker, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who discovered corporate powers were covering up radiation leaks at Oklahoma's Kerr-McGee plant.