Silkwood
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.
1983 2 hours 11 minutesOn 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.
1983 2 hours 11 minutes
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.
14th December 1983
42 years ago
2 hours 11 minutes
Finishes at 11:35pm
$10,000,000 ($26,688,000 today)
Revenue $35,616,970
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 2 wins & 19 nominations total
7.1/10
78%
65%
69%
71%
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