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Few films have influenced the American public's perception of the Atomic Age like the 1979 thriller The China Syndrome. According to the documentary Movies That Shook the World, the timing of the film's release by Columbia Pictures - March 16, 1979, twelve days before the partial core nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island - impacted its viewing audience so severely that Columbia Pictures decided to remove the film from some markets to avoid the appearance that they were profiting from the fear and suffering of residents of Pennsylvania.
Classic Whistle Blower Suspense
The China Syndrome is a classic whistle blower combined with superior acting. Jane Fonda stars as California television news reporter Kimberly Wells. Michael Douglas is her photographer, Richard Adams, and Jack Lemmon stars as Jack Goddell, shift supervisor at a fictitious nuclear power plant in Ventana, California.
Wells and Adams are researching a feature story at the nuclear power plant. The tour guide stops at the control room to explain the monitoring process. Wells and Adams soon realize they are witnessing a nuclear accident in progress. Adams was told to turn off his camera, but secretly films the incident. Wells and Adams return to the news studio and tell their story, but the story is killed by producers. Adams, however, still has the film, and Wells has the instinct to pursue the story, as well as track down Goddell, the plant supervisor whose panicked expression can be seen on the footage taken at the plant..