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User Rating:
7.2/10   3,522 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Harriet Frank Jr. (writer)
Irving Ravetch (writer)
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Release Date:
4 June 1979 (Denmark) more
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Tagline:
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right. more
Plot:
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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ReThinking Norma Rae: A Union Icon Falls Fighting the Healthcare Industry
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a documentary? more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sally Field ... Norma Rae

Beau Bridges ... Sonny
Ron Leibman ... Reuben
Pat Hingle ... Vernon
Barbara Baxley ... Leona
Gail Strickland ... Bonnie Mae

Morgan Paull ... Wayne Billings
Robert Broyles ... Sam Bolen
John Calvin ... Ellis Harper
Booth Colman ... Dr. Watson

Lee de Broux ... Lujan (as Lee DeBroux)
James Luisi ... George Benson
Vernon Weddle ... Reverend Hubbard
Gilbert Green ... Al Landon
Bob Minor ... Lucius White
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Runtime:
110 min | Canada:96 min (Ontario) | USA:123 min (TCM print)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The movie is based on a true life union organizing campaign at J.P. Stevens Mill. The real life Norma Rae is named Crystal Lee Sutton. It took 10 years to get a union contract at J.P. Stevens after the workers won the election. more
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Factual errors: When Norma's father suffers a heart attack on the job, we see him as the first symptoms start until he collapses onto the textile mills floor. The problem here is that as he enters the first stages of his coronary, he grasps his RIGHT arm rather than his left. Anatomically, the nerve conduction with regards to a cardiac event, target the left arm - except in cases of extremely rare congenital abnormality (i.e. dextrocardia). more
Quotes:
Reuben Warshowsky: Under the circumstances, best wishes hardly seem enough. Thanks are in order. Thank you for your companionship, for your stamina, your horse sense, and a hundred and one laughs. I also enjoyed looking at your shining hair and your shining face.
Norma Rae Webster: Reuben, I think you like me.
Reuben Warshowsky: I do.
Norma Rae Webster: I was gonna get you a tie clip or some shaving lotion, but I didn't know what you'd like.
Reuben Warshowsky: Norma, what I've had from you has been sumptuous.
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Soundtrack:
It's All Wrong, But It's All Right more

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19 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
a documentary?, 30 December 1999
9/10
Author: evso from Austin, TX

This film is in no way a documentary, but the filming style and plot line lend to its feeling so. Sally Field's acting in this movie is impeccable. She becomes Norma Rae. We see her fear, her disgust, her anger at the mill's treatment of its employees, and the passion she has for what she believes in. Although the best known scene from the movie is her standing at the mill with the "Union" sign, I believe the most memorable scene is towards the end when she talks to her children, telling them what to expect. The movie tends to turn away from her children, but this scene focuses in on her relationship with them. Beau Bridges is great, and the character of the Union leader (can't remember his name) is terrific. The sexual tension between Norma Rae and he is palpable. I strongly recommend this film to any Sally Field fans, or anyone interested in social issue films.

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