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Silkwood is a 1983, Oscar-nominated film which dramatizes the story of Karen Silkwood, who died under suspicious circumstances while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she worked. It stars Meryl Streep in the title role, as well as Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, David Strathairn, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Susie Bond and Fred Ward. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ...
Nora Ephron Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ...
Nora Ephron Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ...
Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ...
Cheryl Sarkisian LaPierre (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946),[1] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. ...
Craig T. Nelson (born Craig Richard Nelson on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor. ...
Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
Ron Silver (born July 2, 1946 in New York City) is an American movie and television actor, director, and producer. ...
Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (March 12, 1925 Roubaix - 20 March 1992 Los Angeles) was a renowned French film composer who composed over 500 scores for cinema and television. ...
Miroslav OndÅÃÄek is a Czech cinematographer with a body of work spanning over 40 films, including Amadeus, Ragtime and If. ...
Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ...
is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Karen Silkwood (February 19, 1946 â November 13, 1974) was a labor union activist and chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma. ...
The Kerr-McGee Corporation (NYSE: KMG) is an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources, as well as the manufacture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number plutonium, Pu, 94 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery white Standard atomic weight (244) g·molâ1 Electron configuration [Rn] 5f6 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ...
Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ...
Cheryl Sarkisian LaPierre (better known as Cher) (born on May 20, 1946),[1] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. ...
Craig T. Nelson (born Craig Richard Nelson on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor. ...
David Russell Strathairn (born on January 26, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor. ...
Bruce McGill Bruce Travis McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. ...
Diana Scarwid (born August 27, 1955 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American film and television actress. ...
Ron Silver (born July 2, 1946 in New York City) is an American movie and television actor, director, and producer. ...
Ward in Miami Blues (1990) Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor. ...
The movie was written by Alice Arlen and Nora Ephron. It was directed by Mike Nichols and filmed in Howe, Texas. Nora Ephron Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. ...
Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ...
Howe is a town located in Grayson County, Texas. ...
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cher), Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ...
The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ...
// The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...
Tagline: 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. is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
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Julia (1977) • The Deer Hunter (1978) • Manhattan (1979) • The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) • The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) • Sophie's Choice (1982) • Silkwood (1983) • Falling in Love (1984) • Out of Africa (1985) • Plenty (1985) • Heartburn (1986) • Ironweed (1987) • A Cry in the Dark (1988) • She-Devil (1989) • Defending Your Life (1991) • Death Becomes Her (1992) • Postcards from the Edge (1993) • The House of Spirits (1994) • The River Wild (1994) • The Bridges of Madison County (1995) • Marvin's Room (1996) • One True Thing (1998) • Music of the Heart (1999) • The Hours (2002) • Adaptation. (2002) • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) • The Manchurian Candidate (2004) • Prime (2005) • A Prairie Home Companion (2006) • The Ant Bully (2006) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) • Dark Matter (2007) • Evening (2007) • Mamma Mia! (2008) The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...
Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...
Julia is a 1977 dramatic film based on playwright Lillian Hellmans novel Pentimento, which tells the story of her relationship with her lifelong friend Julia, who worked as an anti-fascist in the years prior to World War II. The movie was adapted by Alvin Sargent from the novel. ...
For the noise rock band, see Deerhunter. ...
Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film. ...
The Seduction of Joe Tynan is a 1979 political film comedy-drama made by Universal Pictures, directed by Jerry Schatzberg and produced by Martin Bregman. ...
Kramer vs. ...
The French Lieutenants Woman is a 1981 film directed by Karel Reisz and adapted by playwright Harold Pinter. ...
Sophies Choice is a 1982 film that tells the story of a beautiful Polish immigrant, Sophie, and her tempestuous lover who share a boarding house with a young writer in Brooklyn. ...
Falling in love is a mainly Western term used to describe the process of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards someone, to one of love. ...
In 1985, the film Out of Africa was released, based loosely on the autobiographical book by Isak Dinesen published in 1937, as well as Dinesens Shadows on the Grass and other sources. ...
Plenty is a 1985 movie starring Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen, Sam Neill and Burt Kwouk. ...
Ironweed is a 1987 film based on the novel by William Kennedy and tells the story of an alcoholic, wandering man and woman during the Great Depression. ...
A Cry in the Dark (US and Europe title) or Evil Angels (Australian title) is a film (1988 release) based on the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, a ten-week-old baby girl who went missing from a campground near Uluru (Ayers Rock) on 17 August 1980. ...
She-Devil is a 1989 film starring Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr. ...
DVD cover of Defending Your Life (1991) Defending Your Life is a 1991 comedy fantasy movie about the afterlife. ...
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Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 movie which is based on the fictionalized autobiographical book by Carrie Fisher about her relationship with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, and her own drug addiction. ...
The House of Spirits is the first novel written by Isabel Allende. ...
The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello. ...
The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 film based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. ...
Marvins Room is a play by Scott McPherson which tells the story of a man who had a stroke 17 years ago and has spent all of the time vegetating in his bedroom. ...
One True Thing is a 1998 film which tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her dying mother. ...
Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. ...
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Adaptation. ...
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The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American film based on the 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon, and a reimagining of the previous 1962 film. ...
Prime is a 2005 American romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep. ...
A Prairie Home Companion (previously known as The Last Broadcast) is a 2006 ensemble comedy film elegy directed by Robert Altman, his final film released just five months before his death. ...
The Ant Bully is a computer-animated film produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzmans Playtone, John A. Davis and Keith Alcorns DNA Productions and directed by John A. Davis. ...
The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisbergers 2003 novel of the same name. ...
Dark Matter is the first feature film by opera director Chen Shi-zheng, starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. ...
Evening is a 2007 drama film based on the book by Susan Minot. ...
Mamma Mia! is an upcoming film adaptation of the West End musical of the same name based on the songs of ABBA. The title of the film is taken from the groups 1975 chart-topper Mamma Mia. It will be produced by Universal Studios in partnership with Playtone and...
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • The Graduate • Catch-22 • Carnal Knowledge • The Day of the Dolphin • The Fortune • Gilda Live • Silkwood • Heartburn • Biloxi Blues • Working Girl • Postcards from the Edge • Regarding Henry • Wolf • The Birdcage • Primary Colors • What Planet Are You From? • Angels in America (miniseries) • Closer • Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ...
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee. ...
For the American rock band, see The Graduate (band). ...
Catch-22 is a 1970 film, adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. ...
DVD cover Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American drama film. ...
The Day of the Dolphin is a science fiction, thriller film released in 1973. ...
The Fortune is a 1975 film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing, in which two con men compete for the millionaire heiress to a sanitary napkin fortune. ...
Gilda Live is an American film released in 1980. ...
Biloxi Blues, a play by Neil Simon, is the second in what is known as Simons Eugene Trilogy, the first being Brighton Beach Memoirs, and the third being Broadway Bound. ...
Working Girl is an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture and an Academy Award winner for Best Song (Let the River Run by Carly Simon), which tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill, working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank. ...
Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 movie which is based on the fictionalized autobiographical book by Carrie Fisher about her relationship with her mother, Debbie Reynolds, and her own drug addiction. ...
Regarding Henry is a film by Mike Nichols featuring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening. ...
Wolf is a 1994 horror film directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader and Kate Nelligan. ...
The Birdcage is a 1996 comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. ...
Primary Colors is a 1998 film starring John Travolta based on the popular book (a success in part fueled by speculation over the identity of the author). ...
The DVD cover featuring all the cast What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 comedy film starring Garry Shandling and Annette Bening. ...
Angels in America is an award winning 2003 HBO miniseries adapted from the play of the same name by Tony Kushner. ...
Anna and Dan. ...
Charlie Wilsons War is a forthcoming drama film about Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, who conspired with a rogue CIA operation to launch an operative to help Afghans in their fight against Soviet invaders. ...
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