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* ButchLesbian: Dolly is a lesbian that has the Music/PattiSmith look going.

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* ButchLesbian: Dolly is a lesbian that who has the Music/PattiSmith look going.



* HalfEmptyTwoShot: In the last shot, all we see in the left half of the frame are.... headlights.



* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Karen's death. Although she was technically intoxicated (the amount of sedative in her blood was nearly twice needed for sleep), the documents she'd been carrying were missing and the back of the car was marked by both damage and paint chips that weren't there before, indicating that she was hit from behind and forced off the road.

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Karen's death. Although she was technically intoxicated (the amount of sedative in her blood was nearly twice what she needed for sleep), the documents she'd been carrying were missing and the back of the car was marked by both damage and paint chips that weren't there before, indicating that she was hit from behind and forced off the road.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Of whistleblower [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood Karen Gay Silkwood]]

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* BasedOnATrueStory: Of whistleblower [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood Karen Gay Silkwood]]Silkwood]].
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* SpoilerCover: The film poster depicts a still of Karen's murder; at the time the film came out, her death wasn't even ten years old yet, so it was considered sufficiently fresh in public memory.

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* SpoilerCover: The film poster depicts a still of Karen's murder; Karen looking worried at her rearview mirror; at the time the film came out, her death wasn't even ten years old yet, so it was considered sufficiently fresh in public memory.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Karen was on her way to meet with a reporter, carrying multiple incriminating documents, when she died in a mysterious car crash.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Karen's death. Although she was technically intoxicated (the amount of sedative in her blood was nearly twice needed for sleep), the documents she'd been carrying were missing and there was damage to the back of her car, indicating that she was hit from behind and forced off the road.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Karen was on her way to meet with a reporter, carrying multiple incriminating documents, when she died in a mysterious car crash. \n When her body is discovered after the crash, the documents are mysteriously absent.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Karen's death. Although she was technically intoxicated (the amount of sedative in her blood was nearly twice needed for sleep), the documents she'd been carrying were missing and there was damage to the back of her car, the car was marked by both damage and paint chips that weren't there before, indicating that she was hit from behind and forced off the road.



* SexyCoatFlashing: Done by Karen.

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* %%* SexyCoatFlashing: Done by Karen.Karen. (Zero-Context Example)


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* SpoilerCover: The film poster depicts a still of Karen's murder; at the time the film came out, her death wasn't even ten years old yet, so it was considered sufficiently fresh in public memory.
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* DownerEnding: Karen dies in a car crash which was probably intentional and never manages to expose whatever was going on.
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* TheSeventies: The film takes place in the early part of the decade, leading up to Karen Silkwood's death in 1974.
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''Silkwood'' is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and starring Creator/MerylStreep, Music/{{Cher}} and Creator/KurtRussell, with a screenplay by Creator/NoraEphron and Alice Arlen.

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''Silkwood'' is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and starring Creator/MerylStreep, Music/{{Cher}} Music/{{Cher}}, and Creator/KurtRussell, with a screenplay by Creator/NoraEphron and Alice Arlen.
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At the 56th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, ''Silkwood'' received five nominations in total, including Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Director (Nichols), Original Screenplay (Ephron and Arlen), and Editing (Sam O'Steen). Cher also won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for her performance.

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At the 56th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, ''Silkwood'' received five nominations in total, including Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Director (Nichols), Original Screenplay (Ephron and Arlen), and Editing (Sam O'Steen). The film also received five UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} nominations, with Cher also won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward winning for her performance.
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The film centers on the life of Karen Silkwood, the nuclear whistleblower and labor union activist and her struggle while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the [=Kerr-McGee=] plutonium plant where she worked alongside her friend Dolly Pelliker (Cher) and her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Russell).

At the 56th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, ''Silkwood'' received five nominations in total. Besides being one of the many films that gave Streep a nomination for a Best Actress award, Cher received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress and director Mike Nichols received a nomination in the Best Director category.

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The film centers on the life of Karen Silkwood, the nuclear whistleblower and labor union activist and her struggle while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the [=Kerr-McGee=] plutonium plant in Oklahoma, where she worked alongside her friend Dolly Pelliker (Cher) and her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Russell).

At the 56th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, ''Silkwood'' received five nominations in total. Besides being one of the many films that gave Streep a nomination for a total, including Best Actress award, Cher received a nomination for Best (Streep), Supporting Actress and director Mike Nichols received a nomination in the Best (Cher), Director category.(Nichols), Original Screenplay (Ephron and Arlen), and Editing (Sam O'Steen). Cher also won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for her performance.
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* SorryImGay: A male construction worker attempts to hit on Dolly, leading to this exchange.
-->'''Dolly:''' ''(pause)'' ...I am ''really'' not interested. Come on, move.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Of whistleblower [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood Karen Gay Silkwood]]


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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Karen was on her way to meet with a reporter, carrying multiple incriminating documents, when she died in a mysterious car crash.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Karen's death. Although she was technically intoxicated (the amount of sedative in her blood was nearly twice needed for sleep), the documents she'd been carrying were missing and there was damage to the back of her car, indicating that she was hit from behind and forced off the road.
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''Silkwood'' is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and starring Creator/MerylStreep, Music/{{Cher}} and Creator/KurtRussell, with a screenplay by Creator/NoraEphron and Alice Arlen.

The film centers on the life of Karen Silkwood, the nuclear whistleblower and labor union activist and her struggle while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the [=Kerr-McGee=] plutonium plant where she worked alongside her friend Dolly Pelliker (Cher) and her boyfriend Drew Stephens (Russell).

At the 56th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, ''Silkwood'' received five nominations in total. Besides being one of the many films that gave Streep a nomination for a Best Actress award, Cher received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress and director Mike Nichols received a nomination in the Best Director category.
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!!This film features examples of:
* ButchLesbian: Dolly is a lesbian that has the Music/PattiSmith look going.
* LineOfSightName: The film includes a telling of the "One-Man-Pouring-A-Bucket-Of-Water-Over-Two-Dogs" joke.
* RightThroughTheWall: Discussed by Drew and Dolly after Dolly brings her lover Angela home:
-->'''Drew:''' Make enough noise there, Dolly?\\
'''Dolly:''' You two ain't exactly a silent movie yourselves.
* SexyCoatFlashing: Done by Karen.
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