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.
Acting
Jack Lemmon's Oscar-nominated meltdown is devastating.
Direction
Bridges builds unbearable tension from fluorescent-lit mundanity.
Director
James Bridges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Three Mile Island nuclear accident happened just 12 days after this film's release, making it the most accidentally prescient movie in history.
The nuclear industry called it 'irresponsible' and demanded theaters stop showing it. They did not.
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They knew how to make trailers in the old days without telling the whole damn movie in it.
@michaelvegas3846 206
The fact this came out less than two weeks before three mile island was a wild coincidence
@Jonnybooster 25
A cameraman who doesn't play by the rules. That's a new one !
@charabotte1 102
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