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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 [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
Crystal Lee Sutton (née Pulley; December 31, 1940 – September 11, 2009) was an American union organizer and advocate who gained fame in 1979 when the film Norma Rae was released, based on events related to her being fired from her job at the J.P. Stevens plant in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on May 30, 1973, for "insubordination" after she copied an anti-union letter posted on the ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... honoring the best in film and television for 1979, were held on 26 January 1980. ... Sally Field – Norma Rae as Norma Rae Webster.
ABBA: The Movie Warner Bros. / Polar Music / Reg Grundy Productions Lasse Hallström (director/screenplay); Robert Caswell (screenplay); Anni-Frid Lyngstad , Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus , Agnetha Fältskog , Robert Hughes , Tom Oliver , Stig Anderson , Richard Norton , Bruce Barry
March 2, 1979 Norma Rae: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. April 6, 1979 A Perfect Couple: April 27, 1979 Dreamer: May 25, 1979 Alien: co-production with Brandywine Productions Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002. June 15, 1979 Butch and ...
When a print newspaper photographer caught Mr. Sheffield trying to pull his reluctant nanny across the picket line, the duo became the faces of the movement overnight, with her representing the ...
She is perhaps better known for the role of Lady Pearl, the feisty companion of country music icon Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson) in Robert Altman's film Nashville (1975) and as the mother of Sally Field's character in Norma Rae (1979).
"It Goes Like It Goes" is a song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. [1] Jennifer Warnes sang the vocals for the Norma Rae soundtrack in 1979. [1] " It Goes Like It Goes" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1979, [2] defeating such fellow nominees as "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles and "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, to the consternation of some critics.