The China Syndrome 1979
In this thriller film that highlights the dangers of nuclear energy and the power of television news, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, and Michael Douglas star. Journalist Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda), who reports on alternative energy sources, witnesses a nuclear power plant accident. The China Syndrome, one of the most controversial films of 1979, owes its fame to the nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island that occurred just twelve days after the film’s release.
