The China Syndrome (Special Edition)
by James Bridges
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Actor: Jack Lemmon, James Hampton, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Scott BradyDirector: James Bridges
Brand: FONDA,JANE
Producer: Michael Douglas
Writer: James Bridges
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Producer: Jack Smith Jr.
Producer: James Nelson
Writer: Mike Gray
Writer: T.S. Cook
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of The China Syndrome (Special Edition)
DVD Review: Terrible Scare tactic - with Jane Fonda No Less...
Summary: 1 Stars
Horrible movie, no factual info at all, simply a melodrama by the lunatic Jane Fonda, the leftist Nazi of Liberalism. If you do any reseach, or know anything about a nuclear power plant, you will find this about as bogus as the hype around the 3 mile Island scare. conveniently this movie was released around the same time. I doubt it'd bring in a nickel today - even enviromental wackos have jumped on the Nuclear Bandwagon due to no CO2 emmissions....and their thoughts of global warmings imminent destruction.
Good for a laugh and a DVD case. Maybe a frisbee. Not much else. But what do you expect from a jane Fonda Movie
DVD Review: Great movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great old movie that I gave to a friend who had mentioned seeing it a long time ago. I ordered it for them, and they were tickled pink. Thanks for being able to help me with this gift!DVD Review: Excellent movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I hadn't watched this movie in a long time & I forgot what a nail biter it is. Great!DVD Review: everyone should see this one
Summary: 5 Stars
If you grew up on Long Island this film would remind you of what everyone was thinking as they built the shoreum nuclear power plant. If this kind of underhanded stuff went on how would the people get off the island? They would'nt. The only way off was the L.I.E and we knew that was a parking lot most of the time. This film should be shown everytime they talk about making nuclear power the most used power. If you have not seen it please do. It is a very good film.DVD Review: Whistleblower Meltdown in 'Syndrome'
Summary: 5 Stars
Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda), soft news reporter and hot-head cameraman Richard (Michael Douglas, who also produced the film) are doing a PR piece at a local nuclear power plant. The company, California Gas & Electric, is worried about their image and reputation as they need funding for a new plant on Point Conception.
While the TV crew and CG&E's PR guy are in the observation room, there's a short earthquake which apparently creates an emergency and the chief engineer (Jack Lemmon) discovers that the gauge to the water level is wrong. There is nearly a nuclear melt-down due to lack of water, but the emergency is averted. Richard meantime secretly films the accident.
At the station, Kimberly and Richard argue to have the film shown. The TV station wants to suppress the news and CG&E pressures the station not to show it. Richard yells cover-up, and uses a few choice curse words in the process.
At a party, Kim is told about how she was not hired because of her journalistic abilities despite her wanting to do hard news. She backs down on pressuring the station to show the accident on film because she wants to keep her job. "Don't fight it, Kimberly, I like you doing the soft stuff."
Man!
The stereotype of a woman in news and that she's only there to be a performer with a pretty face is obvious. Even her cameraman gives her a swat on the butt as he passes by. Wow, that would not play well in 2010, that's for sure! Sexual harassment and women as second class citizens in the media is played down but obvious in the film.
Kimberley's pet Turtle is hilarious! He eats cabbage! And she has an answering machine the size of a tape deck, but I digress.
The next scenes of the nuclear plant and the chief engineer who is confronted with the fact of a cover-up and its danger is quite evident and interesting. They really grip the viewer with the seriousness of a corporation that puts profits and expansion over human lives. Fascinating stuff.
Only a few days later, Three Mile Island had a nuclear accident. That accident plus this film raised concerns about the dangers of nuclear power plants.
32 years later we're confronted with global warming, exacerbated by the proliferation of more coal-driven plants. Should we forget lessons learned and start building more nuclear power plants? Yeah, the film is a work of fiction, but clearly gives us pause to think.
Awards the film has won, per the New York Times:
Awards
Win
Best Actress - Jane Fonda - 1979 British Academy of Film and Television
Best Actor - Jack Lemmon - 1979 Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor - Jack Lemmon - 1979 British Academy of Film and Television
Nomination
Best Art Direction - Arthur Jeph Parker - 1979 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Screenplay - T.S. Cook - 1979 Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Other Films on Nuclear Power Plants:
A 21st Century View: Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century: World Nuclear University Press
Classic Nuclear Films: Classic Power Plants Films DVD: History of First US Electric, Coal Fired, & Nuclear Power Plants Films
Homer's View: The Simpsons Movie (Full Screen Edition)
Description of The China Syndrome (Special Edition)
The controller of a nuclear power plant and a news reporter discover a fault in the reactor's system that could lead to disaster.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 26-OCT-2004
Media Type: DVD
James Bridges (Urban Cowboy, Bright Lights, Big City) directed this 1979 film that became a worldwide sensation when, just weeks after its release, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred. Jane Fonda (Klute, Julia) plays a television news reporter who is not taken very seriously until a routine story at the local nuclear power plant leads her to what may be a cover-up of epic proportions. She and her cameraman, played by Michael Douglas (Wall Street, American President), hook up with a whistleblower at the plant, played by Jack Lemmon (Save the Tiger, Missing). Together they try to uncover the dangers lurking beneath the nuclear reactor and avoid being silenced by the business interests behind the plant. Though topical, the film (produced by Douglas) works on its own as a socially conscious thriller that entertains even as it spurs its audience to think. --Robert Lane
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