A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 6 nominations total
Lee de Broux
- Lujan
- (as Lee DeBroux)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaThe film is based on a real-life union organizing campaign at J.P. Stevens Mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Norma Rae is based on Crystal Lee Sutton. Reuben Warshowsky, the union organizer, is based on Eli Zivkovich, a 55-year-old former West Virginia coal miner. In 1974, thanks to the efforts of Sutton and Zivkovich, workers at J.P. Stevens Mill voted to join the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. However, it took 10 years for the union to get a contract. Some real-life events are re-created verbatim in the movie, including Norma Rae holding up the "UNION" sign and the plant workers shutting down their machines, and Norma Rae waking up her children to tell them about her relationships with their fathers.
- GoofsWhen Norma Rae and Sonny are on their first date Sonny's hair is parted in the middle. When they leave the bar together with Reuben Sonny's hair is parted on the far right. It never appears that way again.
- Quotes
Norma Rae Webster: Forget it! I'm stayin' right where I am. It's gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here!
- SoundtracksIt Goes Like It Goes
Music by David Shire
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Sung by Jennifer Warnes
Courtesy Arista Records
[Played during the opening and end credits]
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Even the opening credits are remarkable!
I had not seen Norma Rae for several years, but when it was on cable this weekend I tuned in. I was so drawn in from the opening credits. The song " It goes as as it flows" over the scenes inside the factory - the cotton spinning off the reels - is visual poetry. I agree with what others have said about the performances and direction.
I have often wished there was an award for credits - whether in the Academy Awards, MTV, or others. So many have really set the mood for what is coming.
Seven, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, To kill a Mockingbird, Conspiracy Theory, Panic Room, Out of Africa, Amadeus, and so many others. Whoever does credits for films should get the recognition they deserve.
I have often wished there was an award for credits - whether in the Academy Awards, MTV, or others. So many have really set the mood for what is coming.
Seven, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, To kill a Mockingbird, Conspiracy Theory, Panic Room, Out of Africa, Amadeus, and so many others. Whoever does credits for films should get the recognition they deserve.
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- jmoore964-1
- Jun 27, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Norma Rae - Eine Frau steht ihren Mann
- Filming locations
- Opelika, Alabama, USA(Textile mill located on First Avenue Opelika, Alabama. It burned mostly to the ground in November 2018. The diner is located on Second Avenue right at the Golden Cherry Motel which is still open to this very day.)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,228,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $262,778
- Mar 4, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $22,228,000
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