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The China Syndrome (1979) [PG]

Release Date:
March 16, 1979

Original Title:
The China Syndrome

Alternate Titles:
A Síndrome da China
Chiński Syndrom
Cinsky syndrom
El síndrome de China
Kina-syndromet

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
IPC Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BE: 12  BR: 14  DE: 12  DK: 15  FI: K-16  GB: PG  GR: 13  HU: 16  NL: 6  PL: 18  SE: 11  US: PG 

Runtime: 122

People who know the meaning of "The China Syndrome" are scared... Soon you will know.

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While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
2001
#94 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films

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Production

Additional Camera:
Reynaldo Villalobos

Assistant Camera:
Robert Isenberg

Assistant Editor:
Francesca Emerson

Assistant Property Master:
Rudy Reachi

Assistant Sound Editor:
Samuel C. Crutcher

Associate Producer:
James Nelson

Best Boy Electric:
Daryl Smith

Best Boy Grip:
Robert Duggan

Boom Operator:
Marvin E. Lewis

Cableman:
Robert W. Harris

Camera Operator:
Mike Sweeten

Casting:
Sally Dennison

Casting Assistant:
Stanzi Stokes

Construction Coordinator:
William Maldonado

Construction Foreman:
S. Bruce Wineinger

Costume Design:
Donfeld

Costumer:
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Eddie Marks

Director:
James Bridges

Director of Photography:
James Crabe

Editor:
David Rawlins

Executive Producer:
Bruce Gilbert

First Assistant Director:
Kim Kurumada

Gaffer:
James O. Blair

Hairstylist:
Kaye Pownall

Key Grip:
Tom Prophet Jr.

Leadman:
R. Chris Westlund

Location Manager:
Douglas E. Stoll

Makeup Artist:
Bernadine M. Anderson
Don Schoenfeld

Matte Painter:
Matthew Yuricich

Music Editor:
Jim Henrikson

Musician:
Michael Boddicker

Producer:
Michael Douglas

Production Assistant:
Bruce Nahin
Marty P. Ewing

Production Design:
George Jenkins

Production Manager:
James A. Dennett

Production Secretary:
Ronnie Kramer

Property Master:
Terry E. Lewis

Publicist:
Eileen Peterson

Scoring Mixer:
Dan Wallin

Screenplay:
T.S. Cook
Mike Gray
James Bridges

Script Supervisor:
Marshall Schlom

Second Assistant Camera:
John Szajner

Second Assistant Director:
Barrie M. Osborne

Second Unit Director:
Joel Chernoff

Set Decoration:
Arthur Jeph Parker

Set Designer:
William Ladd Skinner

Sound Effects Editor:
Gene Corso
Mary McGlone
Fred J. Brown
Lorane Mitchell

Sound Mixer:
Willie D. Burton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michael Minkler
Arthur Piantadosi
Les Fresholtz

Special Effects:
Henry Millar Jr.

Special Effects Assistant:
Bruce Mattox

Still Photographer:
Peter Sorel

Stunt Double:
Bryce Guy Williams

Transportation Captain:
Edward Baken

Transportation Coordinator:
Craig Pinkard

Unit Production Manager:
James Nelson

Visual Effects Camera:
Richard Edlund

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