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Silkwood

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

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Cast & Crew See All

Meryl Streep
Karen Silkwood
Kurt Russell
Drew Stephens
Cher
Dolly Pelliker

Awards

  • 1984 - Oscar - Best Actress in a Leading Role - nominated
  • 1984 - Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - nominated
  • 1984 - Oscar - Best Director - nominated
  • 1984 - Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - nominated

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