My Year with Meryl Streep: Silkwood (1983)
A look at the acclaimed drama directed by Mike Nichols, co-written by Nora Ephron, and co-starring Cher!
I recently spent a whole year watching a Meryl Streep film every week, and I thought I’d share with you some of the reviews I wrote for her many classic films!
Silkwood (1983)
After winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sophie’s Choice, Meryl Streep could have done anything she wanted. She could have taken a break. She could have sold out and made a summer blockbuster.
So what did she do?
Just two and a half weeks after she wrapped Sophie’s Choice, long before she reached that Oscar stage in 1983, she started filming Silkwood, the acclaimed drama co-starring Cher and Kurt Russell, and directed by the late, great Mike Nichols. That brief hiatus between movies was probably stressful on Meryl, but she couldn’t have picked a better follow-up to Sophie’s Choice.
