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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 04/17/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 58 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 1 Genres: Drama, Family Drama, Social Problem Film See Also: Norma Rae [Gold O-Ring Packaging]

Norma Rae finds Sally Field cast in the title role, a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill. The factory has taken too much of a toll on the health of Norma Rae's family for her to ignore her Dickensian working conditions. After hearing a speech by New York union organizer Reuben (Ron Leibman), Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes dissension at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), assumes that her activism is a result of a romance between herself and Reuben. Despite the pressure brought to bear by management, Norma Rae successfully orchestrates a shutdown of the mill, resulting in victory for the union and capitulation to its demands. Based on a true story, Norma Rae is the film for which Sally Field won her first Oscar; an additional Oscar went to David Shire and Norman Gimbel for the film's theme song, "It Goes Like It Goes." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sally Field - Norma Rae
Beau Bridges - Sonny
Ron Leibman - Reuben
Pat Hingle - Vernon
Barbara Baxley - Leona
Gail Strickland - Bonnie Mae

Martin Ritt's Norma Rae comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround and Dolby Digital Mono, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer and a 20-minute featurette titled "Backstory: Norma Rae." This memorable film has been given a respectable DVD release from 20th Century Fox. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide