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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.
Hours is a 2013 American thriller film directed and written by Eric Heisserer. The film stars Paul Walker , Genesis Rodriguez , TJ Hassan , Shane Jacobsen, and Judd Lormand, and follows a father who struggles to keep his newborn infant daughter alive after the electricity cuts off in the wake of Hurricane Katrina .
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 ...
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Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, [1] described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative."
Credited as Paul W. Walker 1994 Tammy and the T-Rex: Michael Brock 1998 Meet the Deedles: Phil Deedle Pleasantville: Skip Martin 1999 Varsity Blues: Lance Harbor She's All That: Dean Sampson, Jr. Brokedown Palace: Jason Uncredited 2000 The Skulls: Caleb Mandrake 2001 The Fast and the Furious: Brian O'Conner: Joy Ride: Lewis Thomas 2002
Paul Walker died in 2013, but Vin Diesel and the rest of the Fast and the Furious crew have continued to pay tribute to him in The Fast Saga. 1428052511_mcdsaha_ec188_h_the fast the furious 300 1 ...
Gail Strickland is an American actress who had prominent supporting roles in such films as The Drowning Pool (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), Norma Rae (1979), and Protocol (1984), and appeared regularly on various network television shows.