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7.2Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
Released: 1979-03-02110 minDir: Martin RittDramaBudget: $4.5MBox office: $22.2M
Cast
- Sally Field as Norma Rae
- Beau Bridges as Sonny
- Ron Leibman as Reuben
- Pat Hingle as Vernon
- Barbara Baxley as Leona
- Gail Strickland as Bonnie Mae
Themes
- factory
- based on novel or book
- alabama
- based on true story
- single mother
- union
- labor
- labor organizer
- labor union
- workers union
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
13,370 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Screenwriter
- Harriet Frank Jr.
- Composer
- David Shire
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- John A. Alonzo
- Narrative location
- Alabama
- Filming location
- Alabama
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 511492
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-06-15
- title
- Norma Rae
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- factory
- review score
- 61/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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