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S. Cook">T. S. Cook</a>. The film stars <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jane_Fonda?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jack_Lemmon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Michael_Douglas?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Michael Douglas">Michael Douglas</a> (who also produced). It follows a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_power?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> plant. 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Cook</a></li> <li>James Bridges</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Michael_Douglas?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Michael Douglas">Michael Douglas</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jane_Fonda?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jack_Lemmon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a></li> <li>Michael Douglas</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/James_Crabe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="James Crabe">James Crabe</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th> <td class="infobox-data">David Rawlins</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stephen_Bishop_(singer)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stephen Bishop (singer)">Stephen Bishop</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> Production<br> companies </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"> <div style="vertical-align: middle;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>IPC Films</li> <li>Major Studio Partners</li> </ul> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Columbia_Pictures?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;"> Release date </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul> <li>March 16, 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-03-16</span>)</span></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;"> Running time </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">122 minutes</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th> <td class="infobox-data">United States</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th> <td class="infobox-data">English</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th> <td class="infobox-data">$5.9 million<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th> <td class="infobox-data">$51.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-mojo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><i>The China Syndrome</i> premiered at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1979_Cannes_Film_Festival?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1979 Cannes Film Festival">1979 Cannes Film Festival</a>, where it competed for the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Palme_d%27Or?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a> while Lemmon received the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Prix_d%27interpr%C3%A9tation_masculine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Prix d'interprétation masculine">Best Actor Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was theatrically released on March 16, 1979, twelve days before the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Three Mile Island accident">Three Mile Island nuclear accident</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin County, Pennsylvania</a>, 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 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/52nd_Academy_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="52nd Academy Awards">52nd Academy Awards</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> (for Lemmon), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> (for Fonda), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Writing_Original_Screenplay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Production Design">Best Art Direction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_4-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-NY_Times-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Plot"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Plot</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Cast"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Cast</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Reception"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Reception</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Box_office"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Box office</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Response_of_nuclear_industry"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Response of nuclear industry</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Accolades"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Accolades</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Plot" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>While visiting the Ventana nuclear power plant outside <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Los_Angeles?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, television news reporter Kimberly Wells, her cameraman Richard Adams and their soundman Hector Salas witness the plant going through a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Turbine_trip?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Turbine trip">turbine trip</a> and corresponding <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/SCRAM?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="SCRAM">SCRAM</a> (emergency shutdown). Shift Supervisor Jack Godell notices an unusual vibration in his cup of coffee.</p> <p>In response to a gauge indicating high water levels, Godell begins removing water from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reactor_core?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Reactor core">core</a>, but the gauge remains high as operators open more valves to dump water. Another operator notices a second gauge indicating low water levels. Godell taps the first gauge, which immediately unsticks and drops to indicate very low levels. The crew urgently pumps water back in and celebrates in relief at bringing the reactor back under control.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Adams has surreptitiously filmed the incident, despite being asked not to film for security reasons. Wells' superior refuses to broadcast her report on the incident. Adams steals the footage and shows it to experts who conclude that the plant came perilously close to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuclear meltdown">meltdown</a> – the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/China_syndrome_(nuclear_meltdown)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="China syndrome (nuclear meltdown)">China syndrome</a>.</p> <p>During an inspection of the plant before it is brought back online, Godell discovers a puddle of radioactive water that has apparently leaked from a pump. He pushes to delay restarting the plant, but the plant superintendent wants nothing standing in the way of the restart.</p> <p>Godell finds that a series of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Radiography?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Radiography">radiographs</a> supposedly verifying the welds on the leaking pump are identical – the contractor simply kept resubmitting the same picture. He brings the evidence to the plant superintendent, who brushes him off as paranoid, stating that new radiographs would cost $20 million. Godell confronts Royce, an employee of Foster-Sullivan who built the plant, as it was he who signed off on the radiographs. Godell threatens to go to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuclear Regulatory Commission">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</a>, but Royce threatens him; later, a pair of men from Foster-Sullivan park outside his house.</p> <p>Wells and Adams confront Godell at his home and he voices his concerns. Wells and Adams ask him to testify at the NRC hearings over Foster-Sullivan's plans to build another nuclear plant. Godell agrees to obtain, through Salas, the false radiographs to take to the hearings.</p> <p>Salas' car is run off the road and the radiographs are taken from him. Godell is chased by the men waiting outside his home. He takes refuge inside the plant, where he finds that the reactor is being brought up to full power. Grabbing a gun from a security guard, he forces everyone out, including his friend and co-worker Ted Spindler, and demands to be interviewed by Wells on live television. Plant management agrees to the interview in order to buy time as they try to regain control of the plant.</p> <p>Minutes into the broadcast, plant technicians deliberately cause a SCRAM so they can distract Godell and retake the control room. A <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/SWAT?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="SWAT">SWAT</a> team forces its way in, the television cable is cut, and Godell is shot. Before dying, he feels the unusual vibration again. The resulting SCRAM is brought under control only by the plant's automatic systems, and the plant suffers significant damage as the pump malfunctions.</p> <p>Plant officials try to paint Godell as emotionally disturbed, but are contradicted by a distraught Spindler on live television saying Godell was not crazy and would never have taken such drastic steps had there not been something wrong. A tearful Wells concludes her report and the news cuts to a commercial for microwave ovens.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Cast" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style> <div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jane_Fonda?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> as Kimberly Wells</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jack_Lemmon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> as Jack Godell</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Michael_Douglas?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Michael Douglas">Michael Douglas</a> as Richard Adams</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scott_Brady?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scott Brady">Scott Brady</a> as Herman DeYoung</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/James_Hampton_(actor)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="James Hampton (actor)">James Hampton</a> as Bill Gibson</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Peter_Donat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Peter Donat">Peter Donat</a> as Don Jacovich</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wilford_Brimley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wilford Brimley">Wilford Brimley</a> as Ted Spindler</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Richard_Herd?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Richard Herd">Richard Herd</a> as Evan McCormack</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Daniel_Valdez?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Daniel Valdez">Daniel Valdez</a> as Hector Salas</li> <li>Stan Bohrman as Pete Martin</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/James_Karen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="James Karen">James Karen</a> as Mac Churchill</li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Reception" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roger_Ebert?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> reviewed it as:</p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style> <blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>...a terrific thriller that incidentally raises the most unsettling questions about how safe nuclear power plants really are. ... The movie is ... well-acted, well-crafted, scary as hell. The events leading up to the "accident" in <i>The China Syndrome</i> are indeed based on actual occurrences at nuclear plants. Even the most unlikely mishap (a stuck needle on a graph causing engineers to misread a crucial water level) really happened at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden_Generating_Station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Incidents" title="Dresden Generating Station">Dresden plant outside Chicago</a>. And yet the movie works so well not because of its factual basis, but because of its human content. The performances are so good, so consistently, that <i>The China Syndrome</i> becomes a thriller dealing in personal values.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </blockquote> <p>Movie Reviews UK noted the film is:</p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"> <blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>so accurate that, even though they're fictional, they could easily be documentaries...we see the greatest fears of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/NIMBY?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="NIMBY">NIMBY</a> culture unearthed when a nuclear power station almost goes out of control and the men-in-suits cover it up...[unknown] to them, the entire incident is covertly filmed by a visiting TV news-crew.</p> </blockquote> <p>The acting is also credited:</p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"> <blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>The power of this film is more than just the acting, although Lemmon is superb, and more than just the script. It is that this scenario could really happen...atmosphere produced in the plants' <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Control_room?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Control room">control-room</a> is heart-stoppingly intense; characters are uniformly well-acted. I recommend <i>The China Syndrome</i> to everyone as an example of the dangers of money and corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/John_Simon_(critic)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="John Simon (critic)">John Simon</a> said <i>The China Syndrome</i> was a taut, intelligent, and chillingly gripping thriller till it turns melodramatic at its end. He called the ending both false and bathetic.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The film has a rating of 88% on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> based on reviews from 40 critics. The critical consensus reads: "With gripping themes and a stellar cast, <i>The China Syndrome</i> is the rare thriller that's as thought-provoking as it is tense".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metacritic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> it has a score of 81 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Box office" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The film opened in 534 theatres in the United States and grossed $4,354,854 in its opening weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Response_of_nuclear_industry">Response of nuclear industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Response of nuclear industry" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The March 1979 release was met with backlash from the nuclear power industry which called it "sheer fiction" and a "character assassination of an entire industry".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twelve days later, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Three Mile Island accident">Three Mile Island nuclear accident</a> occurred in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dauphin_County,_Pennsylvania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dauphin County, Pennsylvania">Dauphin County, Pennsylvania</a>. While some credit the accident's timing in helping to sell tickets,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the studio attempted to avoid appearing as if they were exploiting the accident, including pulling the film from some theaters.<sup id="cite_ref-amc_14-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-amc-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Accolades" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Award</th> <th>Category</th> <th>Recipient</th> <th>Result</th> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/52nd_Academy_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="52nd Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jack_Lemmon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jane_Fonda?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mike_Gray?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mike Gray">Mike Gray</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/T._S._Cook?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="T. S. Cook">T.S. Cook</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/James_Bridges?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="James Bridges">James Bridges</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Academy Award for Best Production Design">Best Art Direction</a></td> <td>Art Direction: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/George_C._Jenkins?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="George C. Jenkins">George Jenkins</a> <br> Set Decoration: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arthur_Jeph_Parker?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arthur Jeph Parker">Arthur Jeph Parker</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/33rd_British_Academy_Film_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="33rd British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BAFTA Award for Best Film">Best Film</a></td> <td>James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actor">Best Actor in a Leading Role</a></td> <td>Jack Lemmon</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actress">Best Actress in a Leading Role</a></td> <td>Jane Fonda</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Screenplay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay</a></td> <td>Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1979_Cannes_Film_Festival?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1979 Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Palme_d%27Or?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a></td> <td>James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Jack Lemmon</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/David_di_Donatello?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="David di Donatello">David di Donatello Awards</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/David_di_Donatello_for_Best_Foreign_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor">Best Foreign Actor</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/32nd_Directors_Guild_of_America_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="32nd Directors Guild of America Awards">Directors Guild of America Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Feature_Film?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film">Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures</a></td> <td>James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/37th_Golden_Globe_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="37th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama">Best Motion Picture – Drama</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama">Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama</a></td> <td>Jack Lemmon</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama">Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama</a></td> <td>Jane Fonda</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Director">Best Director – Motion Picture</a></td> <td>James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Motion Picture</a></td> <td>Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_1979?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Board of Review Awards 1979">National Board of Review Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Board_of_Review:_Top_Ten_Films?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Board of Review: Top Ten Films">Top Ten Films</a></td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">4th Place</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1979_National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards">National Society of Film Critics Awards</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Actor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a></td> <td>Jack Lemmon</td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">4th Place</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/9th_Golden_Satellite_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="9th Golden Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Classic_DVD?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD">Best Classic DVD</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/32nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="32nd Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen</a></td> <td>Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chernobyl (miniseries)"><i>Chernobyl</i> (miniseries)</a></li> <li><i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stalker (1979 film)">Stalker</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roadside_Picnic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roadside Picnic">Roadside Picnic</a></i></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents">Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The sequence of events in the movie is based on events that occurred in 1970 at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden_Generating_Station?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dresden Generating Station">Dresden Generating Station</a> outside Chicago. In that case, the indicator stuck low and the operators responded by adding ever more water.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tied with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a> for <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kramer vs. Kramer">Kramer vs. Kramer</a></i>.</span></li> </ol> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=The_China_Syndrome&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_China_Syndrome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.sunnycv.com/steve/filmnotes/chinasyndrome.html">"The China Syndrome"</a>. 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title="سندرم چین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سندرم چین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Syndrome_chinois" title="Le Syndrome chinois – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Le Syndrome chinois" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25EC%25B0%25A8%25EC%259D%25B4%25EB%2582%2598_%25EC%258B%25A0%25EB%2593%259C%25EB%25A1%25AC" title="차이나 신드롬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="차이나 신드롬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome" title="The China Syndrome – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="The China Syndrome" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25C4%25B6%25C4%25ABnas_sindroms" title="Ķīnas sindroms – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ķīnas sindroms" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a 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