• Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher. The screenplay by Nora...
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    Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about...
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  • plutonium plant criminal case of the 1970s when she and her roommate Karen Silkwood became activists and nuclear whistleblowers after both of their bodies...
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    as Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, the Ed Cantrell murder case, the Karen Silkwood case, and the defense of Geoffrey Fieger. He also defended Brandon Mayfield...
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    coordinates) Silkwood is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Silkwood had a population...
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  • Crescent, Oklahoma; (2) radiological contamination and death of Karen Silkwood (an employee); (3) Kerr-McGee's quality assurance practices; and (4) harassment...
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  • The Silkwood Inn is a historic building in Mulkeytown, Illinois. The Silkwood Inn, also known as the "Silkwood Tavern" as well as the "Half Way House"...
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  • Maps. Retrieved 17 January 2024. "Silkwood to Kurrimine Beach" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 January 2024. "Silkwood to Japoonvale" (Map). Google Maps...
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    Karen Silkwood would not have had access to plutonium-239 for months after her transfer from metallography to rod assembly. Allegations that Silkwood's exposure...
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  • television credits, including Pretty Baby (1978), Rumble Fish (1983), Silkwood (1983), Psycho III (1986), Extremities (1986), The Neon Bible (1995), What...
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    America Awards. Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last...
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    Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John...
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    the critically hailed drama Silkwood (1983) directed by Mike Nichols, inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, in which her character was a...
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    sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). In 1983, Nelson appeared in Silkwood, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep. That same year, he...
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    death were the subject of the 1983 film Silkwood. In a civil suit against Kerr-McGee by the Estate of Karen Silkwood, Judge Frank Theis told the jury, "If...
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    Cryptocarya oblata, commonly known as the bolly silkwood, silkwood, bolly, tarzali or tarzali silkwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae...
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  • OCAW legislative director in the fall of 1974, Mazzocchi mentored Karen Silkwood, a union activist and whistleblower employed in an Oklahoma plutonium production...
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    Hartley & Laurence W. Jessup – mountain silkwood (Qld.) Flindersia pimenteliana F.Muell. – maple silkwood, rose silkwood (New Guinea, Qld.) Flindersia schottiana...
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  • 1940 – February 29, 2016) was an American screenwriter, best known for Silkwood (1983), which she wrote with Nora Ephron. Her other film credits include...
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    latter. Streep portrayed the real-life character of Karen Silkwood in Mike Nichols' drama Silkwood (1983), before starring in her most financially successful...
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    Wilson for five episodes on the TV show 24 (2009). Patton also appeared in Silkwood (1983), The Client (1994), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999), Gone in 60...
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  • in the action movie Uncommon Valor with Gene Hackman, and in the drama Silkwood (all 1983). After co-starring roles in Swing Shift (1984) and Secret Admirer...
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    plutonium plant, in Mike Nichols' biographical film Silkwood. Streep felt a personal connection to Silkwood, and in preparation, she met with people close...
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    leading the fight over industrial workplace issues, such as Norma Rae or Silkwood." Roger Ebert echoed the same sentiment, calling her "an actress who has...
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    Airport '77 (1977), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Silkwood (1983), Missing in Action (1984), Fletch (1985), Back to School (1986)...
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    Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Birdcage...
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  • Silkwood case. Based on the ecumenical teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and on the lessons they learned from their experience in the Silkwood...
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  • New York 1983 (56th) 1 1 The Year of Living Dangerously 1983 (56th) 1 1 Silkwood 1983 (56th) 0 5 The Dresser 1983 (56th) 0 5 Cross Creek 1983 (56th) 0 4...
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  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Still of the Night (1982), Silkwood (1983), Peter Weir's thriller Witness (1985) opposite Harrison Ford (where...
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  • productions. Broadhurst has also acted in films, including The Verdict, Silkwood, and Silver Bullet, and in television productions including Babylon 5,...
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