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 / Producer
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
Stan Bohrman
Pete Martin
James Karen
Mac Churchill
Michael Alaimo
Greg Minor
Donald Hotton
Dr. Lowell
Khalilah Ali
Marge
Paul Larson
D.B. Royce
Ron Lombard
Barney
Tom Eure
Tommy
Nick Pellegrino
Borden
Daniel Lewk
Donny
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)
James Bridges
Director / Screenplay
Mike Gray
Screenplay
T.S. Cook
Screenplay
Bruce Gilbert
Executive Producer
James Crabe
Director of Photography
David Rawlins
Editor
Sally Dennison
Casting
George Jenkins
Production Design
Arthur Jeph Parker
Set Decoration
Donfeld
Costume Design
James Nelson
Associate Producer / Unit Production Manager
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects Camera
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Don Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
James A. Dennett
Production Manager
Kim Kurumada
First Assistant Director
Barrie M. Osborne
Second Assistant Director
Joel Chernoff
Second Unit Director
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Rudy Reachi
Assistant Property Master
R. Chris Westlund
Leadman
S. Bruce Wineinger
Construction Foreman
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Fred J. Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Gene Corso
Sound Effects Editor
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marvin E. Lewis
Boom Operator
Mary McGlone
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lorane Mitchell
Sound Effects Editor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Samuel C. Crutcher
Assistant Sound Editor
Robert W. Harris
Cableman
Bruce Mattox
Special Effects Assistant
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Matthew Yuricich
Matte Painter
Bryce Guy Williams
Stunt Double
James O. Blair
Gaffer
Robert Duggan
Best Boy Grip
Robert Isenberg
Assistant Camera
Tom Prophet Jr.
Key Grip
Daryl Smith
Best Boy Electric
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Mike Sweeten
Camera Operator
Reynaldo Villalobos
Additional Camera
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.