Norma Rae
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| Directed by | Martin Ritt |
| Produced by |
Tamara Asseyev Alex Rose |
| Written by |
Harriet Frank, Jr. Irving Ravetch |
| Starring |
Sally Field Beau Bridges Ron Leibman |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Edited by | Sidney Levin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
| Box office | $22,228,000 |
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film about a factory worker from a small town in North Carolina who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works after the health of her and her co-workers is compromised. The film stars Sally Field in the title role, Beau Bridges as Norma Rae's husband, Sonny, and Ron Leibman as union organizer Reuben Warshowsky.
The movie was written by Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch, and was directed by Martin Ritt. It is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton, which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by New York Times reporter Henry P. Leifermann.
Sally Field won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal as Norma Rae Webster. Norma Rae also won an Oscar award for best song plus six other nominations. The film was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.
Norma Rae Webster is a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions. After hearing a speech by a New York union organizer, Reuben Warshowsky, Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes conflict at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny, says she's not spending enough time in the home.
Despite being pressured by management, when confronted, Norma Rae takes a piece of cardboard, writes the word "UNION" on it, stands on her work table, and slowly turns to show the sign around the room. One by one, the other workers stop their mill machines, and eventually, the entire room becomes silent. After all the machines have been switched off, Norma Rae is taken to jail but is freed by Reuben.
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