Norma Rae Director: Martin Ritt Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle
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- DVD Release Date: 04/17/2001
- Original Release: 1979
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- Sales Rank: 8,608
Scenes
Features
20-minute "Backstory: Norma Rae"; Original theatrical trailer
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 -- Norma Rae
1. Main Titles [3:05]
2. Deaf For A Little While [5:19]
3. The Union Organizer [3:04]
4. A New Friend [:35]
5. Another Union Guy [3:54]
6. A Promotion [1:03]
7. The Ball Game [:54]
8. Sonny Webster [1:23]
9. One Of These Days... [3:46]
10. Back On The Line [1:23]
11. Sonny's Offer [2:15]
12. What A Union Is [7:54]
13. The Inspection [1:53]
14. Joining Up [:55]
15. The New Organizer [1:39]
16. Things Move Slowly [4:37]
17. The Back Roads [3:35]
18. This Is The Life [1:58]
19. Domestic Problems [4:27]
20. Books [2:18]
21. A Stretchout [:35]
22. A Death In The Family [:31]
23. Our Own Another Jones [2:56]
24. Ugly Rumors [3:00]
25. Things Get Mean [1:59]
26. A Woman Alone [3:21]
27. Under Arrest [3:10]
28. I'm A Jailbird... [:56]
29. Sonny's Promise [2:34]
30. Union! [1:37]
31. Reuben's Farewell [1:25]
32. End Titles [2:50]
Editorial Reviews
Sally Field's heartfelt portrayal of a dirt-poor southern textile worker who defies her bosses and fights to unionize her plant won a well-deserved Oscar ("You like me! You really like me!"). A lifetime of work in those textile mills, according to this fictionalized account of real-life events, usually results in deafness, caused by the din of machinery, or in the consumptive disease known as "brown lung," caused by long-term exposure to chemical contaminants. Into one such plant comes New York-based union organizer Ron Leibman, who's doubly distrusted for being a union man and being Jewish. He gradually convinces the feisty Field to stand up for better working conditions by embracing the union -- a decision that could put her job, and even her life, in jeopardy. The punishing conditions faced by mill workers are dutifully replicated by director Martin Ritt (The Front), who elicits powerful performances from supporting players Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, and Barbara Baxley as well as from Field and Leibman. Norma Rae is primarily a spellbinding dramatization of one woman's story, but it's also a moving tale of courage and empowerment that becomes more inspirational with each viewing. The DVD includes a documentary on the film's origins, detailing both the textile mill conditions and the fight to secure union representation. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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