"In my own words?" -- Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- "....Streep ... [as Karen Silkwood has] the kind of fierce, cranky individualism that is at the root of all social unrest and human progress...." -- Andrew Sarris, the Village Voice.
Karen Silkwood was a real-life whistle-blower at a Kerr McGee nuclear plant whose car was run off the road before she testified and provided key documents incriminating the plant. Streep starts with the spirit of an Oklahoma worker-by-day and rides the tension all the way.
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She deserved The Oscar for this
I agree, although I believe she should have tied with Debra Winger for Terms of Endearment!: ua-cam.com/video/U2o3XLHrMrQ/v-deo.html
Debra was so good too…both are excellent.
@@ladesigner8764 Two of the best perfs of the 1980's!
@@ladesigner8764 Which one ? Debra Winger ?
At the time, Debra Winger was Oscar nominated for her work in 1984.
Such a great movie! Oddly enough the real Karen looked so much like Cher. Who was awesome also in this.
Good observation! I wouldn't want to do without Meryl's great, inspired performance as Karen, but Cher was becoming an actress who could fill the role with her own interpretation!
That was my first reaction when I saw a pic of Karen, I was like, damn she looks like Cher.
Best film i ever saw, real Karen Silkwood, terrible tragedy
The first film to win my best respect for Meryl Streep’s most unique signature as a leading lady and character actress.
I love meryl Streep! This woman can do everything funny, sexy serious character MERYL can do it all amazing beautiful actress
She'd be a legend if she had quit after her first 10 years. But she didn't! Back in 1983, to see Silkwood just a year after Sophie's Choice ... jaw-dropping
@@DavidGibson154 shes amazing! Then falling in love, heartburn iron weed, Her whole career has been amazing… can’t wait what she does next.
@@DavidGibson154 She'd be a legend???? She IS a legend! There's few actresses that can hold a candle to her. Cate Blanchett comes close.
Your opinion of acting isn't worth sh-t.
This woman was set up and murdered. Horrible.
I'm from Oklahoma-- and don't recall hearing that much about it growing up-- If the local media deliberately suppressed some of the story at the time, I wouldn't be surprised. If nothing else, from fear-- oil was so powerful in Oklahoma in the 70's
I've Ben saying that for alone time some busy had it in for her
@@DavidGibson154 I be live somebody did this to her
Kerr Mcgee had her killed no doubt
@@DavidGibson154 You wouldn't have heard much. TPTB have a way of shutting down what they don't want anyone to know. And this wasn't about oil - it was about plutonium for nuclear power plants.
This movie is incredible.
What a performance. THE greatest living thespian. This movie is among her top 5 at least.
God Streep is magnificently gorgeous in this
That 70's shag! (1983 film but set in the '70's). You know who else sported a shag-- Jane Fonda in Klute
Its Thursday Nov 17th 2022 I am rewriting this after having some thoughts. Actress #MerylStreep did a good Job Playing Karen #Silkwood in the 1983 film However,I do believe that the real Karen Silkwood was involved with intermingling with Protesters which brought in the Authority figures to investigate Possible illegal Wrong doing The real Silkwood did upset that management who was acting against the Interest of the Company Yet,She She felt a moral Obligation to report Defective Rods etc to the AEC along with a Concern she had that the Company was using Young Persons to work in the facilities She said so at a union meeting which was taped She took that Risk and it cost the real Silkwood her life along with her Colleagues later in Life due to Cancer. I don't know if the local Feds have any information more than What I Speculate what may have Occur. I have known people in the Past And learned from them #Silkwood #Fan Dave from MN
Yes, Meryl Streep is excellent. In fact the entire cast is superb. The only problem with this movie is that americium is a trans-uranium element that can only be produced in a nuclear reactor. So Karen could not have been contaminated with it.
She was set up obviously. Maybe it was Dolly.
I don't think Dolly meant to set her up-- Dolly probably talked too much, let it out that Karen was going to provide documents to a New York Times reporter-- which, the movie implies, got Karen killed. But I think Cher shows us, Dolly loved Karen--
@@DavidGibson154 That's true. How ever at the end , everyone was in shock at the cafe. Dolly just stood there back turned crying.
Dolly wouldn't do this
@@DavidGibson154 dolly didn't kill her
Dolly was in the restaurant someone was watching her in their car