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Release Date: 1979   Duration: 122 min

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Wilford Brimley, Stan Bohrman, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, Alan Beckwith, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas

Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Disaster Film, Suspense

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. It stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd and Wilford Brimley. The film was directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray and T. S. Cook. It was nominated for...  MORE

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. It stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd and Wilford Brimley. The film was directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray and T. S. Cook. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, and Jack Lemmon won Best Actor for his performance. The film's script won the 1980 Writers Guild of America award. "China Syndrome" is a fanciful term—not intended to be taken literally—that describes a fictional worst-case result of a nuclear meltdown, where reactor components melt through their containment structures and into the underlying earth, "all the way to China". LESS