The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

  • Director: James Bridges
  • Writer: Mike Gray,T.S. Cook,James Bridges
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 16, 1979
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Misuse Of Power
  • "The China Syndrome" is a feature film directed by Jim Bridges and starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon .
    The film tells the story of a female reporter Kimberly and photographer Adams photographing a nuclear power plant control room failure in State of California, and found that this was a serious accident-The China Syndrome. Then escaped the assassination, revealing the story of the truth.
    Shortly after the film was released, Three Mile Island-2 occurred in the United States , making the film painted with a layer of foresight. The film was shortlisted for many Oscars, Golden Globes and other awards. 

    Details

    • Release date March 16, 1979
    • Filming locations Sewage Disposal Plant, El Segundo, California, USA
    • Production companies Columbia Pictures, IPC Films, Major Studio Partners

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $51,718,367

    Gross worldwide

    $51,718,367

    Movie reviews

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    • By Tamara 2022-11-20 15:26:06

      "After the Nuclear Accident" movie script

      "After the Nuclear Accident" movie script

      Text/(French) Mike Gray, Tor Sai Kirk

      Translated by Cheng Li

      (1)

      TV station. noon.

      In the control room of the TV station, the image of a woman appeared on multiple video recorders. She is a female reporter Ken Berry Wells. Her close-up image became clear with the adjustment of the lens. Immediately, the ytterbium turned into a few naked girls on the beach. From the control room came the voice of TV news and...

    • By Ulices 2022-11-02 16:26:50

      Because of this ending, I gave 5 stars.

      Except for one line in the line that brought "China", the others have nothing to do with China, but they are closely related to the world environment. At the beginning, the development of the story was quite slow, and it was only in the last 30 minutes that it was getting better. I was always thinking about how the movie would end. I thought about 3 endings, but when the final scene came out, I was stunned. The end Relaxed but full of power and full of irony to society, it also shows people's...

    • By Melisa 2022-06-01 18:18:18

      The movie is not good-looking and the content is very deep

      This film is super logical. . . The murder on the highway started this piece of it. . . As for. . . The personnel at several levels of nuclear power plants are definitely the protagonists who formed a team of professionals to destroy the correct protagonist without hesitation. . This setting is too ridiculous. . They are all paid too. How could they be doing this for a salary, so they are joking with the lives of millions of people? ? ? The anti-terrorist police is even more involved in...

    • By Arielle 2022-06-01 16:47:19

      As long as the billions are not afraid in case

      Industry Conscience Disaster
      Movies Accidental Interviews-Repeated Unspoken Rules-Adhere to Principles-Take Risks-See the Poor and See-Crisis Tragedy-Conscience Survives Government and Business

      Collusion Control Public Opinions Dirty and Human Life Turn aside
      Conscience and Benefits Power and Justice

      Dramatically Link the Reality shady multi-line switch right
      dialogue to pave the way and turning moderately critical juncture long shot stifling
       
      indoor...

    • By Jacques 2022-06-01 11:11:01

      the struggle of marginalized individuals


      The China Syndrome, directed by James Bridges, is an intriguing thriller that raises a question of how safe the nuclear power plants really are, one of the most unsettling questions of the 20th Century. While condemning the transparency and lack of responsibility of the authority, the movie pictures the struggle of marginalized individuals who just trying to do their jobs.

      The movie unfolds the story about a journalist (Jane Fonda) and a camera man (Michael Douglass) try to...

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    • By Agustina 2023-09-08 17:25:03

      The title China Syndrome has nothing to do with China, it's just American slang. The film is like a wonderful novel, the more exciting it...

    • By Nedra 2023-09-03 23:11:34

      Movies in which ordinary small employees offend big companies are hunted down. The style in the 1970s is not obvious, and there is a sense of 80. McDonnell did not see that the beard of the wolf was McDonnell. Like a short commentary, reporters who feel that random speculation, digging gimmicks, and fear that the world will not be chaotic are the major sources of social chaos. It is a pity that the media's literary and artistic works always love to portray them into a positive and just image:...

    • By Kelvin 2023-08-30 02:25:18

      His friend dared to say the truth that he's definitely a...

    • By Tamara 2023-08-23 04:42:26

      Starting from a well-photographed accident, to showing radical anti-nuclearists and unscrupulous reporters (personal feeling), the film seems to have taken a very far-sighted route. Then it fell back to the scene of a small person against a big company. Why do big companies have to be villains? Emotional people and the reporters who instigated them are actually more devastating. But the ending is really...

    • By Dandre 2023-07-25 22:07:52

      The stories, plots, topics, and acting skills are all complete, and they even have such a gimmicky name. In terms of science and technology, there should be a lot of...

    Background creation

    The film organically combines art and serious social attitude, but it makes people unable to feel the existence of political and social meaning. It is a top-notch entertainment film, but also a realist work. A few months after the film’s release, the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the United States gave the film a layer of foresight.
    The name of this movie is not because of our country for some reason. Its...
    more about The China Syndrome Background creation

    Movie quotes

    • Jack Godell: What makes you think they're looking for a scapegoat?

      Ted Spindler: Tradition.

    • Churchill, Mac: Richard, I want that goddamn film.

      Richard Adams: You can kiss my ass!

    • Evan Mc Cormack: Scram the son of a bitch.