The China Syndrome (1979)
The China Syndrome (1979)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
James Karen
Mac Churchill
Stan Bohrman
Pete Martin
James Bridges
Director
Michael Alaimo
Greg Minor
Donald Hotton
Dr. Lowell
Mike Gray
Writer
Khalilah Ali
Marge
T.S. Cook
Writer
Paul Larson
D.B. Royce
Ron Lombard
Barney
Tom Eure
Tommy
James Crabe
Cinematographer
David Rawlins
Editor
Nick Pellegrino
Borden
Daniel Lewk
Donny
Sally Dennison
CastingDirector
George Jenkins
ProductionDesigner
Allan Chinn
Holt
Martin Fiscoe
Control Guard
Alan Kaul
TV Director
Michael Mann
TV Consultant
David Eisenbise
Technical Director
Frank Cavestani
News Reporter
Reuben Collins
Sportscaster
E. Hampton Beagle
Mort
David Pfeiffer
David
Lewis Arquette
Hatcher
Dennis McMullen
Robertson
Rita Taggart
Rita Jacovich
James Hall
Harmon
Carol Schlanger
Waitress
Trudy Lane
Alma Spindler
Jack Smith Jr.
Tom
David Arnsen
KXLA Cameraman
Betty Harford
Woman at Demonstration
Donald Bishop
Hearings Chairman
Al Baietti
Pro-Nuclear Witness
Diandra Morrell
Sasha
Darrell Larson
Young Demonstrator
Roger Pancake
Gate Guard
Joe Lowry
Security Agent
Harry M. Williams
Fire Rescue
Dennis Barker
Jaws of Life
Joseph Garcia
Highway Patrolman
James Kline
Jim
Alan Beckwith
Technician
Clay Hodges
SWAT Squad Leader
Val Clenard
Self
Robert A. Bowen
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Robert Buckingham
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Philip Dayton
Young Photographer (uncredited)
Paul DeCeglie
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Peter Eastman
Reporter (uncredited)
Bart Greene
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Board Member (uncredited)
Stephen M. Kienzle
Swat Shooter (uncredited)
Paul LeClair
Board Member (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
Man at Meeting (uncredited)
Hank Robinson
Reporter (uncredited)
George Simmons
Waiter (uncredited)
Robert S. Woods
Man (uncredited)
Barrie M. Osborne
Second Assistant Director
Stanzi Stokes
Casting Assistant
Samuel C. Crutcher
Assistant Sound Editor
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costumer
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Donfeld
Costume Design
Marty P. Ewing
Production Assistant
Bruce Gilbert
Executive Producer
James Nelson
Unit Production Manager / Associate Producer
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
Fred J. Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Reynaldo Villalobos
Additional Camera
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Camera
James A. Dennett
Production Manager
Michael Boddicker
Musician
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
R. Chris Westlund
Leadman
Joel Chernoff
Second Unit Director
Craig Pinkard
Transportation Coordinator
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Robert Isenberg
Assistant Camera
Gene Corso
Sound Effects Editor
Marvin E. Lewis
Boom Operator
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Bryce Guy Williams
Stunt Double
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Eileen Peterson
Publicist
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Bruce Mattox
Special Effects Assistant
Eddie Marks
Costumer
Kim Kurumada
First Assistant Director
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Don Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
Matthew Yuricich
Matte Painter
Rudy Reachi
Assistant Property Master
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 16, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingPG
Budget$5,900,000
Box Office$51,718,367
Genres
Wiki.
The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. The film stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas (who also produced), Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley. It follows a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. "China syndrome" is a fanciful term that describes a fictional result of a nuclear meltdown, where reactor components melt through their containment structures and into the underlying earth, "all the way to China".
The China Syndrome premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or while Lemmon received the Best Actor Prize. It was theatrically released on March 16, 1979, twelve days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which gave the film's subject matter an unexpected prescience. It became a critical and commercial success. Reviewers praised the film's screenplay, direction, and performances (most notably of Fonda and Lemmon), while it grossed $51.7 million on a production budget of $5.9 million. The film received four nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards; Best Actor (for Lemmon), Best Actress (for Fonda), Best Original Screenplay and Best Art Direction.