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While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret. Written by
Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
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People who know the meaning of "The China Syndrome" are scared. Soon _you_ will know.
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Trivia
The first script for the film was written in the mid-1970
Michael Douglas initially wanted to produce this film immediately after
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Jack Lemmon agreed to play his role as early as 1976. Douglas was enormously grateful to Lemmon as he remained ready to start work at very short notice for over a year before production started and in the process cost himself a lot of other work. To return the favor, Douglas amended the shooting schedule to allow Lemmon to attend rehearsals for the Broadway stage play of
Ein Sommer in Manhattan (1980) which Lemmon would later star in the film version.
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Goofs
During the opening credits sequence, the helicopter carrying the camera is reflected in the rear window of the Bronco.
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Quotes
Evan Mc Cormack:
...and let this lunatic wipe out a billion dollar investment? At least this buys time; it will take the press an hour to get here.
Bill Gibson:
I wouldn't count on it.
Evan Mc Cormack:
I'm counting on you to take care of the God damn press. Now you do your Job, and let me do mine.
Bill Gibson:
Yes sir.
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Crazy Credits
The end credits run in total silence.
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As someone who lives a sneeze away from TMI, I can tell you how this movie was received in my area...people were terrified.
The administrators at TMI were hardly forthcoming about the situation. Some of the advice we got now seems laughable; I was in HS at the time, and for our protection, the teachers closed all the windows...wow. My one social studies teacher went to see the movie, and when they got to the part about the meltdown destroying an area the size of PA, he said that people started screaming.
So this movie is pretty surreal for me; it seems that it was only dumb luck that kept the plant from a meltdown. Every now and then I drive past it, and it still seems as sinister as it did then. Watching "The China Syndrome" seemed like watching the local news.