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Norma Rae
Directed by
Martin Ritt (1979)
Starring Sally Fields
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Other cast: Ron
Liebman, Beau
Bridges, Pat Hingle,
Barbara Baxley.
Written by Irving
Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr.
Produced by Tamara
Asseyev and Alex Rose.
Released by 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment.
118 minutes
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About the Actors
Sally Fields
Beau Bridges
Index of Reviews
MRQ
Reviews
Reviews of the Film
Vincent Canby of The New York Times
Spirituality and Health
Reel.com
About the Film
Memorable Quotes
IMDB Reviewrs’ Comments
Washington Post background article:
Through the Mill: The Labors of Crystal Lee Sutton
Filming
Locations
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.
Original Literary Source
Leifermann, Henry P. Crystal Lee: A
Woman of Inheritance. (New York, New York), MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.,
1975, Pg. 190, (BK), 0025702203
Norma Rae won numerous
awards, among them:
- Best
Picture, Academy Awards (1979)
- Best
Screenplay, Academy Awards (1979)
- Best
Actress (Sally Field), Academy Awards (1979)
- Best
Music,Best Song, Academy Awards (1979)
- Best
Picture, Golden Globe Awards (1979)
- Best
Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards (1979)
- Best
Actress (Sally Field), Golden Globe Awards (1979)
- Best
Picture, Cannes International Film Festival (1979)
- Best
Actress (Sally Field), Cannes International Film Festival (1979)
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Sally Field as Norma
Rae
Field wins the Oscar
for Best Actress
The song "It Goes
Like It Goes"
Wins Oscar for Best
Music, Best Song
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