Talk:Norma Rae

Monkey Wrench, Fire Hydrant?

Also, another inaccuracy, detracting from the believability of the movie:

Beau Bridges reminisces about: " ..turning on a fire hydrant (plug) with a Monkey wrench.." This is impossible, they have 5-sided valves and caps to prevent this. Only possibly a pipe wrench would work.

Ref: Handbook of city water supply 67.1.186.95 (talk) 02:35, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Big Inaccuracy detracts from believability that movie based on fact.

The true story of Ms. Sutton has been taken with some license--the textile industry is not: "..the only American industry not union..", nor would it be: "..last to be unionized.." When I heard these words in the movie, I thought it just fiction, not based on fact.

Fact is; the Electronics industry will be and is the last to be union, if ever. Work is constantly shipped overseas, to a now "throwaway " industry. Spectra-Physics, in Tucson, simply laid off all its production personnel and had it done overseas when they protested. Only the few highly specialized Government and Government-contract electronics jobs may remain all-American.

American textiles must be processed domestically into thread or they will become unaffordable. Possibly, cloth can be made cheaply overseas of American thread. Electronics can be all made, engineered, tested, overseas.

Ref: Worked in Electronics industry, and trying to get foot in door, total of 22 years. Experience with the industry while trying to get work in North Bay and Arizona about 12 years. 67.1.186.95 (talk) 02:24, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

List of Oscar Nominations

Norma Rae got four Oscar Nominations, not six. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.189.88 (talk) 00:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Inspiration?

I remember Sally Field saying that the film had converted her to pro-union beliefs. Any citations? Valetude (talk) 18:06, 27 June 2018 (UTC)