Norma Rae

Resource Information

The work Norma Rae represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Oshkosh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Norma Rae

Statement of responsibility

20th Century Fox ; a Martin Ritt/Rose and Asseyev production ; screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. ; produced by Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose ; directed by Martin Ritt

Contributor

• Strickland, Gail
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001
• Asseyev, Tamara
• Baxley, Barbara
• Bridges, Beau
• Field, Sally
• Frank, Harriet
• Herndon, Walter Scott
• Hingle, Pat
• Leibman, Ron
• Levin, Sidney
• Ravetch, Irving
• Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990
• Rose, Alexandra, 1946-
• Shire, David

Actor

• Bridges, Beau
• Leibman, Ron
• Strickland, Gail
• Baxley, Barbara
• Hingle, Pat
• Field, Sally

Screenwriter

• Frank, Harriet
• Ravetch, Irving

Composer

• Shire, David

Cinematographer

• Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001

Director

• Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990

Designer

• Herndon, Walter Scott

Film editor

• Levin, Sidney

Producer

• Asseyev, Tamara
• Rose, Alexandra, 1946-

Subject

• Textile workers -- Labor unions
• Labor unions -- Organizing
• Trabajadores -- Industria textil -- Teatro
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Women textile workers
• Mujeres en sindicatos -- Teatro

Genre

• Teatro
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unionizer and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Field), 1979.

Cataloging source

LVC

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; edited by Sidney Levin ; music, David Shire ; production designed by Walter Scott Herndon

Intended audience

• MPAA rating: PG
• CHV rating: PG

Language note

In English or dubbed French with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.N67 2001

PerformerNote

Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland

Runtime

114

Target audience

general

Technique

live action