Silkwood (Blu-ray) R
On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, an employee of a nuclear facility, left to meet with a reporter from the New York Times. She never got there.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: July 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 1983
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell & Cher | |
Performer: | Craig T. Nelson, Josef Sommer, Fred Ward, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, J.C. Quinn, David Strathairn, Will Patton, Tess Harper, Charles Hallahan, Sudie Bond, Henderson Forsythe, E. Katherine Kerr & M. Emmet Walsh | |
Directed by | Mike Nichols | |
Edited by | Sam O'Steen | |
Screenwriting by | Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen | |
Composition by | Georges Delerue | |
Produced by | Mike Nichols & Michael Hausman | |
Director of Photography: | Miroslav Ondricek |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Exquisitely structured and written....[Streep] conveys a fantastic sense of earthiness....Her performance is a thrill to behold...
Variety
Rating: C+ --
Seemingly better suited for a documentary.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- [I]n the hands of Mike Nichols, and with a truly impressive cast including a top-of-her-game Meryl Streep...this is elevated into top-notch conspiracy territory.
Empire
For most of its running time it is so convincing -- and so sure of itself -- that it seems a particular waste when it goes dangerously wrong.
New York Times
The facts it can lay its hands on do not support a politically alarming or dramatically compelling conclusion to the mysteries of this case. Nor do they lead to a very uplifting statement about the motives and character of its central figure.
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TIME Magazine
Silkwood's "ordinariness" protects her from being labelled a wild-eyed Trot, but that should not be allowed to obscure her courage or the whitewash ladled onto her story after her death.
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Time Out
...The most serious work [Nichols] has yet done in films....Another stunning performance by Meryl Streep...
New York Times
Product Description:
Based on the true story of Karen Silkwood, an employee of an Oklahoma plutonium plant who died in a mysterious car accident before blowing the whistle about dangerous conditions at the plant. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Director, Best Actress--Meryl Streep, Best (Original) Screenplay.