He said "in his 20 years as an organizer he had never known anyone who matched Sutton’s zeal. The 1979 film Norma Rae, starring Sally Field, is based on Sutton's early union work. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. [7] Sutton earned $2.65 per hour folding towels (equivalent to $15.26 in 2019). [3] Sally Field spiller tittelrollen, Beau Bridges spiller Norma Raes ektemann Sonny, og Ron Leibman spiller fagforeningslederen Reuben Warshowsky. Trama. Unusually, for the couple, the film was based on a true story, that of Crystal Lee Jordan. Etter hvert klarer hun til slutt å danne en fagforening på tekstilfabrikken. [citation needed] But before she left, she took one final stand, filmed in Norma Rae. Las condiciones de trabajo de los trabajadores de la fábrica son muy malas, por lo que un sindicalista de Nueva York , Ruben Warshosky ( Ron Leibman ), acude a la fábrica para convencer a los trabajadores acerca de la importancia de crear un comité de empresa en la fábrica. The film follows Norma Rae Webster, an uneducated factory worker in North Carolina who becomes involved in trade union activities at the textile factory where she works after her and her co-workers' health is compromised due to poor working conditions.[7]. In una cittadina dell'Alabama, nel profondo Sud degli Stati Uniti, la classe operaia sopporta condizioni di lavoro difficili e si batte per ottenere il riconoscimento di alcuni diritti fondamentali. Norma Rae Webster is a worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions. [11] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Norma Rae is a 1979 American political drama movie directed by Martin Ritt and starring Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley. "[18] Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "Heart-warming is probably the word for Norma Rae, a film which leaves no cliché unturned in its cosy efforts to demonstrate how a woman no better than she ought to be becomes better than most of us. "'Norma Rae': Haymaker for The Heartstrings". "[13] Variety wrote, "'Norma Rae' is a superb film. As this union work takes over her life, her marriage is in jeopardy. Leifermann.[4][5]. [1], Il contenuto è disponibile in base alla licenza, 2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates, Ultima modifica il 14 apr 2020 alle 17:29, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norma_Rae&oldid=112174472, licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo. She has a stable of casual sexual partners purely to relieve her boredom, she not having had a good history with men, with her one husband having died in a bar brawl, and the father of her younger child not having taken any responsibility at all after their sexual encounter. [8] The film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011. [10] Sutton became a paid organizer for the ACTWU and went on a national speaking tour as "the real Norma Rae. Norma Rae is a lively, but dependable, wife and mother in an Alabama mill town. Fagforeningsmannen Reuben Warshowsky (Ron Leibman) kommer til byen og forsøker å organisere arbeiderne. Plot Keywords Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the generic legal pseudonym " Jane Roe ", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that individual state … [9], The story is based on Crystal Lee Sutton's life as a textile worker in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, where the battle for the workers' union took place against a J.P. Stevens Textiles mill. Norma Rae er basert på livet til Crystal Lee Sutton og boken Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance av The New York Times-journalisten Henry P. Den hadde kinopremière i USA 2. mars 1979. Taglines It currently holds a score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.55/10. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and nominated for 4 Oscars and won 2 Oscars at the Academy Awards in 1980. Synopsis Initially, management tries to divert her frequent protests by promoting her to "spot checker", where she is responsible for making sure other workers are fulfilling work quotas. "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates", "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress", "AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains", https://www.broadway.com/buzz/190654/rosanne-cash-is-writing-a-norma-rae-musical/. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. "[2] In 1978 Sutton was fired after trying to unionize employees. Norma Rae – Eine Frau steht ihren Mann ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama von Regisseur Martin Ritt aus dem Jahr 1979, das auf wahren Begebenheiten beruht. [1][5] Shortly after, by August 28, 1978, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) began to represent workers at the plant. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? Canby, Vincent (March 11, 1979). She wanted something better for her children. Like they do every few years, a Textile Workers Union of America representative, this time in the form of New York Jew Reuben Warshowsky, arrives in town, his goal to unionize the workers. | Her triumph in 'Norma Rae' is to have shucked off at long last all need to associate her with her TV beginnings, not because they are vulgar but because the performance she gives here is a big as the screen that presents it. She claimed union leaders "acted like they were ashamed to have ever had anything to do with Crystal Lee." Rosanne Cash was set to compose the score.[26]. We have created a browser extension. Shortly after, Reuben says goodbye to Norma; despite his being smitten with her, they shake hands because he knows she is married and loves her husband, and Reuben heads back to New York.