Filmography

Studio:  20^th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures
Director:  Mike Nichols
Screenwriters:  Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron
Producers:  Larry Cano (executive producer),
   Michael Hausman (producer),
   Buzz Hirsch (executive producer),
   Mike Nichols (producer),
   Tom Stovall (associate producer),
   Joel Tuber (associate producer)
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondricek
Art Director: Richard D. James (I)
Editor:  Sam O’Steen
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Music:  Georges Delerue
Cast:    Meryl Streep (Karen Silkwood )
             Cher (Dolly Pelliker)
             Kurt Russell (Drew Stephens)
             Craig T. Nelson (Winston)
             Diana Scarwid (Angela)
             Fred Ward (Morgan)
             Ron Silver (Paul Stone)
             Charles Hallahan (Earl Lapin)
             Josef Sommer (Max Richtern)
             Sudie Bond (Thelma Rice)
             Henderson Forsythe (Quincy Bissell)
             E. Katherine Kerr (Gilda Schultz)
             Bruce McGill (Mace Hurley)
             David Strathairn (Wesley)
             J.C. Quinn (Curtis Schultz)
             Kent Broadhurst (Carl)

Color, 131 minutes.

Awards:
1984 Academy Awards, nominated, Meryl Streep, Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1984 Academy Awards, nominated, Cher, Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1984 Academy Awards, nominated, Mike Nichols, Best Director.
1984 Academy Awards, nominated, Sam O’Steen, Best Film Editing.
1984 Academy Awards, nominated, Alice Arlen & Nora Ephron, Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
1984 Golden Globe Awards, won, Cher, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.
1984 Golden Globe Awards, nominated, Mike Nichols, Best Director-Motion Picture.
1984 Golden Globe Awards, nominated, Silkwood, Best Motion Picture-Drama.
1984 Golden Globe Awards, nominated, Kurt Russell, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion
    Picture.
1984 Golden Globe Awards, nominated, Meryl Streep, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama.
1984 Writer’s Guild of America WGA Screen Award, nominated, Alice Arlen and Nora Ephron, Best Drama
    Written Directly for the Screen.
1985 BAFTA Film Awards, nominated, Meryl Streep, Best Actress.
1985 BAFTA Film Awards, nominated, Cher, Best Supporting Actress.
 
 

Copyright (c) 2003 Amy Burchard, Undergraduate at Lehigh University.

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