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The China Syndrome (1979) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 25, 1999
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 2 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures, IPC Films
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Other Titles
• The China Syndrome
• Das China Syndrom (1980)
• Sindrome cinese (1979)
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Disaster, Suspense, Murder, Tragedy, Hostage, Police, Political, Disturbing, Investigation
Tagline: Today, only a handful of people know what it means... Soon you will know.
Plot: A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this timely, tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources who is present at a nuclear plant when a startling accident occurs that nearly causes the meltdown of the reactor. A newsreel cameraman accompanying Wells, played by a determined Michael Douglas, captures the incident on film--but the television station won't air the footage. Though the plant's corporate heads are quick to deny the possibility of any real danger, Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon), the plant's veteran engineer, discovers faulty equipment at the plant. Attempting to tell others about his findings, Jack soon realizes that someone is trying to kill him to keep him quiet, leading him to an act of utter desperation. The film is a marvel to behold--at turns gripping, stirring, exhilarating, and maddening, with fabulous performances, especially by Lemmon, who is simply marvelous. In a bizarre bit of synchronicity, the film was produced just before the March 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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| Directed by |
James Bridges
Urban Cowboy, Bright Lights, Big City, The Paper Chase |
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| Written by |
| T.S. Cook
The Tuskegee Airmen, Lucy, Nightbreaker |
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| Cast |
Jane Fonda
Monster-in-Law, Barbarella, Nine to Five |
 | Jack Lemmon
Some Like It Hot, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Apartment |
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Sling Blade, Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach, Teen Wolf | Peter Donat
The Game, The War of the Roses, The Deep End | |
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