Retro Movie Geek

You can watch the VIDEO version of this episode here: Retro Movie Geek: Ep. 327 - Silkwood (1983) Movie Review - YouTube On this episode, the Retro Movie Geek crew is joined by Nathan Bartlebaugh (check out more from Nathan HERE and HERE), and are geeking out over Silkwood (1983) and how real the characters feel making ends meet great storytelling letting the actors cook and much, much more! Synopsis: Meryl Streep stars in this unforgettable film as Karen Silkwood, a flirtatious, difficult, yet likeable young divorced woman who works in her Oklahoma town’s plutonium plant. Sharing a house with two other co-workers, boyfriend Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell) and the lonely, yearning Dolly Pelliker (Cher), Silkwood’s routine of punching in and out of work and living for the weekends is suddenly changed when she becomes contaminated with plutonium. Speaking out against the plant’s safety hazards, Karen loses her job status, her friends and eventually, her life. A powerful and deeply moving drama. :