The China Syndrome

Released two weeks before the Three Mile Island accident, this taut thriller is set at a California nuclear plant where an emergency shutdown is caught on film by a TV news crew. As the journalists and a veteran plant engineer uncover unsafe practices stemming from the "minor incident" that could lead to a catastrophic meltdown, they also find their lives are in danger. Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon, and Wilford Brimley star. 122 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French; Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Thai; documentaries; deleted scenes; filmographies.