‘Silkwood’ opens in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (12/14/1983)


Video: 'Silkwood' trailer

(Wednesday, December 14, 1983)Silkwood, a drama film about a labor union activist who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she worked, opened today at Loew’s Tower East in New York City.

Directed by Mike Nichols, the film starred Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson and Fred Ward.