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The China Syndrome. A bright and ambitious TV reporter on assignment with her cameraman at a power plant learn of an impending control room crisis involving the plant's supervisor. Wanting to publish the incident, the reporters get tangled up in a sinister conspiracy. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish ...
The China Syndrome. Possibly more than any other film, The China Syndrome's popularity benefited from a chance occurrence.The China Syndrome showed many Americans their worst vision of technology gone wrong, but it proved entirely too close to reality when its release coincided with a near meltdown at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.
China Syndrome, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take It To One Ten As Jane Fonda’s news team struggles with whether to go with the story, Jack Lemmon as engineer Godell, with colleague Spindler (Wilford Brimley) presses supervisor Deyoung (Scott Brady) to put the reactor through a tougher stress test, after the first incident, in The China Syndrome, 1979.
The China Syndrome - Metacritic. 1979. PG. Columbia Pictures. 2 h 2 m. Summary This thriller about the dangers of nuclear power arrived in theaters a mere thirteen days before the disaster at Three Mile Island. In it, a reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a California nuclear power plant. Drama.
Synopsis. 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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The China Syndrome. The China Syndrome is a disaster movie about a near- meltdown at a nuclear power plant. It was released on March 16, 1979, twelve days before the Three Mile Island accident. The term "China syndrome" refers to a scenario, not meant to be taken literally, where a reactor core could melt through the Earth "all the way to China".
Overview. 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. James Bridges.
