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The China Syndrome

PG
Movie
1979
2h 2m
English
Drama, Thriller
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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Jane Fonda
Kimberly Wells
Jack Lemmon
Jack Godell
Michael Douglas
Richard Adams
Scott Brady
Herman De Young
James Hampton
Bill Gibson
Peter Donat
Don Jacovich
Wilford Brimley
Ted Spindler
Richard Herd
Evan McCormack
Daniel Valdez
Hector Salas
Stan Bohrman
Pete Martin
James Karen
Mac Churchill
Michael Alaimo
Greg Minor
Donald Hotton
Dr. Lowell
Paul Larson
D.B. Royce
Martin Fiscoe
Control Guard
Alan Kaul
TV Director
Michael Mann
TV Consultant
David Eisenbise
Technical Director
Frank Cavestani
News Reporter
Directed By: James Bridges
Written By: Mike Gray (Screenplay), James Bridges (Screenplay), + 1 more

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NotoriousX says...
8 years ago
I remember The China Syndrome as a much better movie than the feeling I was left with after rewatching it today. Don't get me wrong...The cast was excellent and I'm sure the thriller aspect of this was quite good back when this was made. But today?? Not so much... Today this movie just shows us that there were anti-nuclear activists back then as well. The China Syndrome was blatantly made to feed the fear the general public had about nuclear power back then. Were they right? Well...when looking at the few serious accidents we have had up till now, I would say they had a point. Other than the fact that corporate greed is still very much alive, this one has little to offer as relevant suspense. Catch it when it runs on TV...no need to go hunt for it.
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drqshadow
7/10  2 months ago
Released less than two weeks before the disaster at Three Mile Island, _The China Syndrome_’s depiction of near-meltdown at a Los Angeles nuclear power plant probably seemed impossibly prescient at the time. In truth, most of its plot points were drawn from other, similar near-misses and cover-ups More
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