The 1979 movie directed by Martin Ritt follows Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field), who works at a cotton mill and becomes inspired to try to unionize her fellow workers despite the opposition of those in charge.
Field won her first Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film but it was when she won her second, for the 1984 film "Places in the Heart," that she delivered her much-parodied speech that included the words "You like me, right now, you like me" (not "You really like me" as is often added).
Actor Ron Leibman, who portrayed Reuben Warshowsky, the union organizer who encouraged Norma, would be best known to contemporary audiences for playing Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) father on the NBC sitcom "Friends" and for voicing the character of Ron Cadillac on the FX animated series "Archer."
