Norma Rae

Cotton mill worker Norma Rae tells hotel clerk Aston, “Can’t hear the drunks from in there.” (0:11)

Labor organizer Reuben tells Norma Rae, “I thought everybody down South was Ashley Wilkes.”
”Want... Valium?”
”I’m a mild hypochondriac.” (0:13)

Norma Rae tells mill worker Sonny, “You sure went crazy in me.”
Sonny: ”I guess I went off my head.” (0:28)

Sonny tells Norma Rae, “I like Elvis myself.”
Reuben tells them, “Drunk or sober I want it.”
Johnny Cash on the jukebox.
Norma Rae, referring to her deceased husband, “He was drunk...” (0:30)

Norma Rae tells Sonny, “You’re drunk.” (0:34)

Reuben tells the gathered workers, “On October 8th, 1970 my grandfather... died in his sleep in New York City.” (0:44)

Reuben tells Norma Rae, referring to Dylan Thomas, “He was a poet, a genius and a drunk.” (1:14)

Funeral for Norma Rae’s father Vernon. (1:17)

Reuben asks Norma Rae, “How good is your memory?” (1:26)

Reference in Silver Skies