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'China Syndrome<br />
Captures<br />
Blue Ribbon Award Honors<br />
By STU GOLDSTEIN<br />
'£be nationwide membership of the National Screen Council had no difficulty in selecting<br />
its latest Blue Ribbon Award picture. By an overwhelming margin, Columbia's<br />
new household word, 'The China Syndrome" got the word from the NSC, too. "Syndrome"<br />
even beat out the immensely successful "Superman" by nabbing more votes<br />
than any other picture of the past two years! The picture also clobbered the other<br />
March competition, with "The Champ" and "Hair" trailing behind with second and<br />
third-place status.<br />
ycnl, and most of all, extremely enlertain-<br />
.<br />
"China Syndrome" has received so much ing. William D. Kerns, Avalanche-Journal,<br />
Lubbock, Texas.<br />
publicity and comment that it is now the<br />
most talked-about motion picture in<br />
An explosive film of social and dramatic<br />
months. The timeliness of the picture did fission. Charles Oestreich, The Argus.<br />
not go unnoticed by the BoxoFFiCE-sponsored<br />
Council, as practically all members month. Jane Fonda and "The China Syn-<br />
Rock Island, III. ... No contest this<br />
to this had something say about winning drome" are the undisputed winners. Guy<br />
H. Giampapa, WXNE-TV, Needham.<br />
thriller:<br />
The very presence of Jane Fonda made Mass. ... A bit overrated, but still an<br />
engrossing and suspenseful thriller.^ Joe<br />
this an even more suspenseful picture.<br />
Doug Smith, Courier-Express. Buffalo, Leydon, Shreveport (La.) Times<br />
NY .<br />
. . Solid characters made a credible<br />
and tense tale work, even before it became<br />
"soothsaying cinema." William Beamon.<br />
Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla.<br />
picture this well prepared has<br />
got to be socko. A.B. Covey, NATO.<br />
Montgomery, Ala. . . . One of the finest<br />
thrillers to come along since Hitchcock<br />
was in his prime. Michael W. Maxo.<br />
WVWR-FM, Roanoke, Va.<br />
Frighteningly relevant.^ Earl J. Dias.<br />
Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass. . . .<br />
Whatever side of the nuclear power problem<br />
you're on, this one is a must! Jeanne<br />
Mannshardt, Oakland. Calif. ... A fiction<br />
that is our reality! Douglas Ditonio, Los<br />
Angeles . . . White-knuckle champ of the<br />
year, and the most accurate portrayal of<br />
the TV news business ever on the screen.<br />
—Steve Dawson, KCMO-TV, Kansas City.<br />
Exceptionally tight with bright, clearly<br />
drawn characters. Fallout from Three Mile<br />
Island is surely a big plus for the boxoffice<br />
coffers.^ Elias Savada, Motion Picture<br />
Info. Service .<br />
. . Thoughtful piece on the<br />
abuses of power. Frighteningly pertinent<br />
and prophetic. Lemmon is better than<br />
he has been in years. Gene Pack, KUER,<br />
Salt Lake City . . . Gripping, timely and<br />
extremely well designed and acted.<br />
James L. Limhacher, Dearborn, Mich.<br />
. .<br />
Kimberly Wells JANE FONDA<br />
Timely subject given top priority in its Jack Godell<br />
JACK LEMMON<br />
too. Jerry Fitzgerald, TV-Star, Tyler,<br />
. . Texas . One in a million, Gary D.<br />
Richard Adams<br />
Herman DeYoung<br />
Don Braunagel, Pontiac,<br />
Bill Gibson<br />
MICHAEL DOUGLAS<br />
SCOTT BRADY<br />
JAMES HAMPTON<br />
these excellent actors.<br />
Lincoln, Neb. . . . Couldn't<br />
Schillinger, Dubinsky<br />
Sioux City, Iowa .<br />
ful, well-written<br />
presentation by<br />
Bros. Theatres,<br />
Marvelous, suspense-<br />
CM. Stewart,<br />
production. Tonv de<br />
be more timely . . .<br />
Mich. . . . llaro. KMBC-TV, Kansas City.<br />
Don Jacovich PETER DONAT<br />
the word "timely." Allan C. Lohsenz,<br />
An exciting, edge-of-lhe-seater that kept<br />
Added new dimension a to<br />
Paramount Pictures, New York<br />
CREDITS<br />
Ol<br />
. . . nie riveted to the screen. Joyce J. Persico.<br />
Trenton Times, Trenton, N.J. The<br />
. interest to everyone. Cecil Ormond, San<br />
Michael Douglas has Produced by MICHAEL DOUGLAS coincidence of "Syndrome"<br />
.<br />
with<br />
.<br />
Three<br />
Anselmo, Calif. . . .<br />
done it again. He has a knack for packing Directed by<br />
JAMES BRIDGES Mile Island altered public opinion significantly.<br />
It's<br />
a winner. This picture gets my "Big E" Written by MIKE GRAY, a spine-tingler.<br />
T.S. COOK<br />
George Bell,<br />
Salem, Ore. .<br />
award. It's entertaining, exciting and educational.<br />
Paul Hatch, Hatch Theatres, Executive Producer BRUCE GILBERT<br />
and JAMES BRIDGES<br />
overdue acting treat<br />
from Jack Lemmon. Bruce Westhrook,<br />
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City . . .<br />
Wolfeboro, N.H. . . . Courageous, intelli-<br />
Released through COLUMBIA Teaches us about survival. Dr. Robert<br />
Blockbuster of the season. Ronald Bowers.<br />
Films in Review. New York . . . Great<br />
000^ i..<br />
CAST<br />
I<br />
00 c<br />
cast!—/«/;« P. Recher, NATO, Baltimore,<br />
Md.<br />
Even without the Harrisburg incident to<br />
spark interest, "China Syndrome" would<br />
be one of the best films of the year.<br />
Merwyn Grote, Vandalia Cinema, Vandalia,<br />
Mo. . . . Jack Lemmon's best work<br />
in years. Crisp, well-paced. Bob Wisehart,<br />
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, N.C.<br />
. . . Jane Fonda is a nuclear power in her<br />
own right. Andrew Sarris, Village Voice,<br />
New York . . . Timely, interesting and provocative.<br />
Catherine L. York, Overland<br />
Park, Kansas . . . Taut thriller! Superb<br />
. . . The most' accurate portrayal<br />
of the TV news business ever on<br />
the screen. — Steve Dawson,<br />
KCMO-TV, Kansas City.<br />
performances. Sumner Rand, Sentinel<br />
Star, Orlando, Fla.<br />
Since we've heard that "art should imitate<br />
life," I can't think of a better situation<br />
than the luck Columbia Pictures had with<br />
Its release of "The China Syndrome" and<br />
the Three Mile Island incident. Al Shea,<br />
Guide Newspapers, New Orleans . . .<br />
Powerful! Joe M. Seery, Sutler Theatre,<br />
Yuba City, Calif. . . . Thoroughly wellcratted.<br />
Edward L. Blank, Pittsburgh<br />
Sensational performances by<br />
I i-inmon and Fonda. Jim Shertzer. Winslon-Salcm<br />
(N.C.) Journal.<br />
Lemmon creates a perfectly composite<br />
"ever>man" character. Martin Meredith.<br />
Dallas . of the "finest movies of the<br />
[last few years. Tom Leathers, The<br />
\i/iuie, Leawood, Kansas . . . Although<br />
I he viewer shouldn't have to pay $3 to support<br />
Jane Fonda's leftist anti-energy views,<br />
the film kept me on the edge of my seat.<br />
— Doug Moore. Universitv of Mo., Kansas<br />
C,t^<br />
Excellent picture! 1 thought promoting<br />
it<br />
.<br />
over the evening news was a nice touch,<br />
too. Don Dorsey, Caribou, Maine<br />
Nail-biting thriller that could garner Fonda<br />
and Lemmon Oscars. Wendeslaus<br />
Schidz. Star Theatre, New Orleans . . .<br />
A big, prestige picture that's well made,<br />
Steele. lioMon I -iiiversiiy.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: May 28, 1979
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