Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae (1979)


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

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

James Luisi
George Benson

Vernon Weddle
Reverend Hubbard

Gilbert Green
Al Landon

Bob Minor
Lucius White

Grace Zabriskie
Linette Odum

Stuart Culpepper
Ray Towner

Mary Munday
Mrs. Johnson

Jack Stryker
J.J. Davis

Gregory Walcott
Lamar Miller

Noble Willingham
Leroy Mason

Lonny Chapman
Gardner

Bert Freed
Sam Dakin

Bob Hannah
Jed Buffum

Edith Ivey
Louise Pickens

Scott Lawton
Craig

Frank McRae
James Brown

Gerry Okuneff
Pinkerton Man

Gina Kaye Pounders
Millie

Henry Slate
Policeman

Melissa Ann Wait
Alice

Joe Dorsey
Woodrow Thompson

Sherry Velvet Foster
Velma Stackhouse

Weona T. Brown
Hot Dog Vendor

Carolyn Danforth
Mavis Pruitt

James W. Harris
Mill Worker

Charlie Briggs
Warren Latting

Billie Joyce Buck
Agnes Roy

Fred Covington
Alston Purvis

J. Don Ferguson
Peter Gallat

Sandra Dorsey
Jail Matron

Harold E. Finch
Agent

Clayton Landey
Teddy Bob Keeler

Bill Pannell
Billy Stettin

George R. Robertson
Farmer

Thomas D. Samford III
Justice of the Peace

Roy Tatum
Woodrow Bowser

Paul Ellen
TV Reporter (uncredited)

Jerry Michael Ray
TV Reporter (uncredited)

Martin Ritt
Factory Worker (uncredited) / Director

Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay

Irving Ravetch
Screenplay

William Van der Byl
Special Effects

William Turner
Makeup Artist

Lola 'Skip' McNalley
Hairstylist

Elaina P. Schulman
Hairstylist

Tom Ellingwood
Makeup Artist

Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer

Richard Sperber
Sound Editor

William Hartman
Sound Editor

Theodore Soderberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Margaret Adachi
Assistant Editor

Cliffe Oland
Assistant Editor

James Nicholson
Assistant Director

Paul Wells
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

H. Bud Otto
Script Supervisor

Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design

Tracy Bousman
Art Direction

Gregory Garrison
Set Decoration

Skip Surguine
Second Assistant Director

Douglas O. Williams
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Godfrey Marks
Dialogue Editor
Media.




Details.
Release DateMarch 2, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingPG
Budget$4,500,000
Box Office$22,228,000
Filming LocationsAlabama, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times – and stars Sally Field in the title role. Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley and Gail Strickland are featured in supporting roles. The film follows Norma Rae Webster, a factory worker with little formal education in North Carolina who, after she and her co-workers' health are compromised due to poor working conditions, becomes involved in trade union activities at the textile factory where she works.
Norma Rae premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or, while Field won the Best Actress Prize. It was theatrically released by 20th Century-Fox on March 2, 1979, to critical and commercial success. Reviewers praised the film's direction, its screenplay, its message, and especially Field's performance, while the film grossed $22 million on a production budget of $4.5 million. The film received four nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards including Best Picture and won two: Best Actress (for Field) and Best Original Song for its theme song "It Goes Like It Goes". The film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011.
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