The China Syndrome

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American film film thriller film

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film about a near-disastrous nuclear power plant accident, noted for its tense realism and timely commentary on nuclear safety.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
awardReceived Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Jack Godell ⓘ
Kimberly Wells ⓘ
Richard Adams ⓘ
cinematography James Crabe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director James Bridges ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor David Rawlins ⓘ
filmRating PG ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasSetting Los Angeles ⓘ
nuclear power plant ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome ⓘ
leadActor Jack Lemmon ⓘ
Jane Fonda ⓘ
Michael Douglas ⓘ
mainSubject investigative journalism ⓘ
nuclear power ⓘ
nuclear safety ⓘ
musicBy Stephen Bishop ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor public debate on nuclear safety ⓘ
realistic depiction of a nuclear power plant accident ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A television reporter and her cameraman uncover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant after witnessing a near-accident. ⓘ
portrays corporate cover-up ⓘ
television news industry ⓘ
producer Michael Douglas ⓘ
releaseDate 1979-03-16 ⓘ
releaseDateNote released in the United States on March 16, 1979 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 122 ⓘ
screenwriter James Bridges ⓘ
Mike Gray ⓘ
T. S. Cook ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
starring Jack Lemmon ⓘ
Jane Fonda ⓘ
Michael Douglas ⓘ
titleReference hypothetical nuclear meltdown scenario where reactor core burns through the Earth ⓘ

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Jack Lemmon → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
James Crabe → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
James Crabe → workedOn → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Wilford Brimley → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Sherry Lansing → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Jane Fonda → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
John Uhler Lemmon III → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Tim Zinnemann → workedOn → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Joel Douglas → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ
Anthony Wilford Brimley → notableWork → The China Syndrome ⓘ