Silkwood (1983) (DVD 2003) (VG) Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher

Description: Based on a true story, Silkwood begins and ends with Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) driving along a lonely road in 1974, heading to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to deliver evidence of negligence at the Kerr-McGee Plant in Cimarron, Oklahoma. The balance of the film flashes back to Karen's ribald private life with her lover (Kurt Russell) and her loose-living friends (Cher and Diana Scarwid). This is in contrast to her humdrum job at Kerr-McGee--or it least it was humdrum until Karen and several other employees become contaminated by radiation. The higher-ups want to sweep this incident under the rug, but Karen thinks that something's fishy, and informs the union of that fact. X-rays of the faulty fuel rods and written proof of the inadequate safety measures that caused Karen's illness are tampered with, forcing Karen to conduct her own private investigation. As she gathers evidence, Karen becomes a pariah to her boyfriend because of her obsession. She finally organizes the evidence into a briefcase, and heads off to her meeting with the Times reporter. She never makes it; the "official" report on her fatal auto accident is that Ms. Silkwood had been drinking and was under the influence of tranquilizers. Kerr-McGee was eventually forced to pay the Silkwood family an enormous settlement because of her contamination, but the full facts behind her convenient accident have never been revealed (though the filmmakers clearly indictate whom they hold responsible). Director Mike Nichols and screenwriters Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen surround this true story with a lively, improvisational atmosphere that gets the best out of Streep, Russell, and Cher, while providing perhaps the fullest on-screen realization of Nichols' theater-based techniques of realistic, character-centered, dialogue-driven filmmaking, as well as one of the first movie screenplays from future director Ephron ConditionsCondition of Case & Artwork is in the Photos, Condition of the Disc is in the Video. All DVDs\Blu-ray are Money Back guaranteed to play. When viewing the video of the condition of the disc look to both sides of the light & not at the light itself. the light reflecting off of the Metal reflective layer back through the plastic layer makes scratches glow.All DVDs include Discs, Case & cover art. No liner notes, Advertisements or digital codes included unless specified in the pictures. If digital codes are included they're probably expired. All disc keepers to secure the discs inside the case are working. If there are any flaws with the cover and\or cover art it will be noted. Photos are of the actual DVD\Blu-ray listed, not stock Photos. ShippingShipping is $4.50 USPS Media Mail with a Tracking Number in a Bubble Mailer or Box. The Shipping Price covers ALL Movies in your shopping cart, Please use the Shopping Cart as it will group your order & remove the shipping on each additional Movie automatically. if you decide to purchase additional movies after checking out just send me a text so I know to add those to your order. You can add additional movies to your order by visiting my store "Dave's Needful Things" > "Movies" to Browse all or click on "Categories" > "Movies" to have them sorted by Genre. I Cannot Ship to Countries Outside of the US, I Can ship to PPOs & FPOs for orders of $50 or more as there is added time to fill out a customs slip & added expense because I don't get Ebay discounted shipping (Retail Shipping at the Post Office)

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