Silkwood

1983 film directed by Mike Nichols
Movie film Q1412037
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Summary

Silkwood is a film[1]. Silkwood ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,783 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Mike Nichols[3]
  • Screenwriter: Nora Ephron[4], Alice Arlen[5]
  • Composer: Georges Delerue[6]
  • Genre: biographical film[7], drama film[8], LGBTQ-related film[9]
  • Cast member: Meryl Streep[10], Kurt Russell[11], Cher[12], Craig T. Nelson[13], Fred Ward[14], Diana Scarwid[15], Bruce McGill[16], Ron Silver[17], David Strathairn[18], M. Emmet Walsh[19], James Rebhorn[20], Anthony Heald[21], Will Patton[22], Gary Grubbs[23]
  • Producer: Michael Hausman[24]
  • Production company: American Broadcasting Company[25]
  • Director of photography: Miroslav Ondříček[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 7.7/10[29], 77%[30], 65/100[31], 7.1/10[32]
  • Color: color[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1983[35], April 6, 1984[36], December 14, 1983[37], January 27, 1984[38]
  • Characters: Karen Silkwood[39]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[40], Netflix[41]
  • Narrative location: Oklahoma[42]
  • Filming location: New Mexico[43]
  • Main subject: tumor[44]
  • Film editor: Sam O'Steen[45]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[46], [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases][47]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[48], Academy Award for Best Actress[49], Academy Award for Best Director[50], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[51], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[52]
  • Title: Silkwood[53]
  • MPA film rating: R[54]
  • Different from: Silkwood[55]

Why It Matters

Silkwood has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Silkwood is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . interfilmes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . criticalia.com. Retrieved . criticalia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . criticalia.com. Retrieved . criticalia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . criticalia.com. Retrieved . criticalia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . criticalia.com. Retrieved . criticalia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . criticalia.com. Retrieved . criticalia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . AdoroCinema. Retrieved . adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . zweitausendeins.de. zweitausendeins.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . [Cancer on the big screen. How and when movies deal with oncological diseases]. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Bbfc rating → 15 certificate
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