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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.

★ 7.0 1983 131 min R Drama

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.

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Silkwood in its release era

Released in 1983, Silkwood sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1983-12-14
Rating
R
TMDB score
7.0/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
ABC Motion Pictures
Topicsplutoniumstaged deathradiationoklahomanuclear radiationnuclear power plantidealismidealist

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