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A ripping exposé that managed to predict three mile island.

- In a bizarre coincidence, the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania happened just days after the film's release. In the film, a physicist says that the China Syndrome would render "an area the size of Pennsylvania" permanently uninhabitable.

- Aside from background music from jukeboxes, televisions and radios there is no musical soundtrack in the movie. The end credits are played over silence, a rare occurrence in American movies.

- It’s referenced in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "The Trouble with Trillions": Homer states that he has not been fired "after three meltdowns and one China Syndrome".

- It was spoofed in a 1979 Saturday Night Live skit called “The Pepsi Syndrome.”

The China Syndrome

Rating: PG Genre: Drama

Synopsis:

A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this timely, tension-filled story about an incident at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon star.

Starring:

Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas

Director:

James Bridges