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There has been Kramer vs. Kramer and Ordinary People, Norma Rae and The China Syndrome, all recent films that are about human beings, rather than villainous caricatures and heroic cartoons.
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Matthew Specktor, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Fonda took the stage to accept the award following a presentation by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and montage of clips from her films, including her Oscar winning roles in Klute and Coming Home, as well as 9 to 5, Julia, The China Syndrome, The Newsroom and many more.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
Remember Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas in The China Syndrome driving a stake through the heart of the global nuclear industry?
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Likewise, Hollywood took a principled stand against the blacklist (The Front [1976]), Nixon (All the President’s Men [1976]), and nuclear power (The China Syndrome [1979]) only when the blacklist was over, Nixon was out of power, and no one wanted to move next to a nuclear power plant.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Originally, 1979’s China Syndrome was going to star Richard Dreyfuss, fresh from his star-making turn in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the alien epic Steven Spielberg had made for Columbia in 1977.
—Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
This increased after the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, which caused no loss of life but coincided with the release of The China Syndrome, a blockbuster film featuring an utterly unrealistic nuclear meltdown.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
Douglas and Fonda starred in the 1979 thriller The China Syndrome, about a fictional accident at a nuclear power plant.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
Hot and The Apartment, as well as Best Actor for The China Syndrome.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
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Matthew Specktor, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Fonda took the stage to accept the award following a presentation by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and montage of clips from her films, including her Oscar winning roles in Klute and Coming Home, as well as 9 to 5, Julia, The China Syndrome, The Newsroom and many more.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
Remember Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas in The China Syndrome driving a stake through the heart of the global nuclear industry?
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Likewise, Hollywood took a principled stand against the blacklist (The Front [1976]), Nixon (All the President’s Men [1976]), and nuclear power (The China Syndrome [1979]) only when the blacklist was over, Nixon was out of power, and no one wanted to move next to a nuclear power plant.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Originally, 1979’s China Syndrome was going to star Richard Dreyfuss, fresh from his star-making turn in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the alien epic Steven Spielberg had made for Columbia in 1977.
—Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
This increased after the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, which caused no loss of life but coincided with the release of The China Syndrome, a blockbuster film featuring an utterly unrealistic nuclear meltdown.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
Douglas and Fonda starred in the 1979 thriller The China Syndrome, about a fictional accident at a nuclear power plant.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
Hot and The Apartment, as well as Best Actor for The China Syndrome.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
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“China Syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/China%20Syndrome. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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