.
EL SíNDROME DE CHINA (1979)
.
.
.
De: jediscar | Criado: 1 de Abr de 2008
.
.
De: zhukaiww | Criado: 10 de Dez de 2009
The China Syndrome (1979) trailer
.
.
O Síndroma da China
The China SyndromeColumbia Pictures
EUA, 1979, 122m, Drama
Realizador: James Bridges
Argumento: Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, James Bridges
.
Actores: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez
Actores: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez
.
Dois reporteres de televisão filmam um acidente numa central nuclear e, com a ajuda de um empregado da central, vão tentar revelar as fragilidades da estrutura e o risco de uma acidente de resultados catastróficos.
.
Sindroma da China é um intenso drama que reflecte sobre os perigos da energia nuclear (tema na ordem do dia na altura da produção do filme) e que consegue dar uma visão bastante interessante do mundo da televisão. O filme articula muito bem os dois temas, conseguindo passar eficazmente a sua mensagem anti-nuclear.
.
Com um argumento sólido e bastante fluido, o filme conta com excelentes interpretações de Jack Lemmon e Jane Fonda: Lemmon consegue aplicar eficazmente o seu estilo (que tão bem conhecemos de comédias) para transmitir as dúvidas e sentimentos que atravessam a sua personagem; por sua vez Fonda consegue convencer-nos que a sua personagem é mais do que uma “cara bonita” e de que é uma jornalista a sério. Com um papel menor, Michael Douglas (que também produziu o filme), não consegue acompanhar os seus colegas e a sua interpretação é demasiado exuberante, parecendo em contraponto com o resto do filme.
.
A subtil realização de James Bridges deixa os vários elementos do filme funcionarem por si e o resultado é um poderoso drama. Infelizmente, Sindroma da China parece algo datado, o que que lhe retira alguma eficácia.
. http://www.chambel.net/?p=123
.
.
The China Syndrome
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the nuclear meltdown concept, see China Syndrome.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2010) |
| The China Syndrome | |
|---|---|
 The China Syndrome promotional poster | |
| Directed by | James Bridges |
| Produced by | Michael Douglas |
| Written by | Mike Gray T.S. Cook James Bridges |
| Starring | Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 16, 1979 |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | US$ 51.7 million[1] |
.
The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. It stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley.
.
.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Lemmon), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.[2] The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, and Jack Lemmon won Best Actor for his performance.[3] The film's script won the 1980 Writers Guild of America award.[4]
.
The title is a shorthand for a nuclear meltdown in which reactor components melt through their containment structures (and then 'melt through the Earth until reaching China' (see China Syndrome), though this is not intended to be taken literally).
Contents. |
Plot
While visiting the Ventana nuclear power plant, television news reporter Kimberly Wells (Fonda) witnesses the plant going through an emergency shutdown (SCRAM). Shift Supervisor Jack Godell (Lemmon) notices an unusual vibration; then he finds that a gauge is misreading and that the coolant is dangerously low. The crew manages to bring the reactor under control.
.
Wells's maverick cameraman Richard Adams (Douglas) surreptitiously films the incident, despite being requested to turn his camera off for security purposes. When he shows the film to experts, they realize that the plant came close to the "China Syndrome" in which the core would have melted down into the earth, hitting groundwater and contaminating the surrounding area with radioactive steam.
.
Godell uncovers evidence that X-rays of welds have been falsified. He believes that the plant is unsafe and could be severely damaged if another full-power SCRAM occurs. He tries to bring the evidence to the attention of the public, but when he is chased, he takes refuge in the power plant.
.
To his dismay, he finds that the reactor has been brought up to full power. He grabs a gun from a security guard, forces everyone out, and demands to be interviewed on live television.
.
Plant technicians deliberately cause a SCRAM so that a SWAT team can force its way into the control room. The television cable is cut and Godell is shot by the police, but before he dies he feels the unusual vibration again. The resulting SCRAM is only brought under control by the plant's automatic systems. True to his predictions, the plant suffers significant damage.
.
Plant officials try to paint Godell as emotionally disturbed, but Godell's friend and coworker Ted Spindler (Brimley) states that Godell would not have taken such drastic steps had there not been something to his belief. The film ends as the reporter's live signal abruptly cuts to color bars.
Reception
The film was released on March 16, 1979, 12 days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania; in the film, a physicist says that the China Syndrome would render "an area the size of Pennsylvania" permanently uninhabitable. While some credit the accident's timing with helping to sell tickets,[5][6] the studio attempted to avoid appearing as if it were exploiting the accident, including pulling the film from some theaters.[7]
References
- ^ The China Syndrome (1979) – Box office / business
- ^ "NY Times: The China Syndrome". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/9338/The-China-Syndrome/awards. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The China Syndrome". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1898/year/1979.html. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ The China Syndrome (1979) – Awards
- ^ The China Syndrome: Special Edition
- ^ Top grossing movies for 1979 in the USA
- ^ Movies That Shook the World, American Movie Classics 2006.
External links
| ||||||||
Categories: 1979 films | American films | English-language films | American disaster films | Columbia Pictures films | 1970s thriller films | Films set in California | Three Mile Island accident
.
This page was last modified on 17 March 2011 at 04:41.
.
China Syndrome
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 1979 film, see The China Syndrome. For The King of Queens episode, see China Syndrome (The King of Queens).
 | Look up china syndrome in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
The China Syndrome is a term that describes one possible result of a severe nuclear meltdown in which molten reactor core components penetrate their containment vessel and building. The term is misleading, since molten material from such an event could not melt through the crust of the Earth and reach China.[1][2]
.
History and usage
.
Nuclear power plants ordered during the late 1960s raised safety questions and created fears that a severe reactor accident could release large quantities of radioactive material into the environment. In the early 1970s, a controversy arose regarding the ability of emergency cooling systems to prevent a core meltdown, which might lead to the so-called China Syndrome. This issue was discussed in the popular media and technical journals.[3]
.
In 1971, nuclear physicist Ralph Lapp used the term China syndrome to describe a possible burn-through, following a loss of coolant accident of the reactor containment structures and the subsequent escape of radioactive material into the environment. His statements were based on the report of a task force of nuclear physicists headed by W. K. Ergen, published in 1967.[4] The dangers of such a hypothetical accident were popularized by the 1979 film, The China Syndrome.
.
The name itself comes from the mistaken idea that, to many Americans, "the other side of the world" is China.[5] (see Antipodes)
Possible effects of a catastrophic meltdown
The "China Syndrome" refers to a possible result of the catastrophic meltdown of a nuclear reactor. Also called a loss of coolant accident, the scenario begins when something causes the coolant level in a reactor vessel to drop, uncovering part—or all—of the fuel rod assemblies. Even if the nuclear chain reaction has been stopped through use of control rods or other devices, the fuel continues to produce significant residual heat for some time due to further decay of fission products. If not properly cooled, the fuel assemblies may soften and melt, falling to the bottom of the reactor vessel. There, without neutron-absorbing control rods to prevent it, nuclear fission could resume but, in the absence of a neutron moderator, might not. Regardless, without adequate cooling, the temperature of the molten fuel could increase to the point where it melts through the structures containing it. Although many feel the radioactive slag would stop at or before the subterranean aquifer, such a series of events could release large quantities of radioactive material into the atmosphere, potentially causing damage to the local environment's plant and animal life.[6]
References
- ^ China Syndrome. (2008). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved May 26, 2008
- ^ ABC World News. Presenter: Martha Raddatz. ABC. 2011-03-15.
- ^ Walker, J. Samuel (2004). Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective (Berkeley: University of California Press), p. 11.
- ^ Lapp, Ralph E. "Thoughts on nuclear plumbing." The New York Times, Dec. 12, 1971, pg. E11.
- ^ China Syndrome. (2008). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved May 26, 2008, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/China+Syndrome
- ^ NR Publication 1556.2, "Nuclear Power; Separating Popular Science from Research and Development" Washington, DC; March 2009
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário