Silkwood

     

Silkwood1983

Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Runtime: 131 minutes

Based on the harrowing account of whistle blower Karen Silkwood, this 1983 film directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Postcards from the Edge) is as much a character study of a woman galvanized by injustice as a story of the dangers of nuclear pow… more »


Karen Silkwood:
I remember in high school her saying, 'Now what'd you want to take that science class for? There's no girls in that science class. You take home ec, why don't you? That's the way to meet the nice boys.' 'Mom,' I said, There ain't no boys in home ec. The boys are in the science class.' She hated when I said, 'Ain't.'

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