Factual error: When Godell takes over the control room, his colleagues are out in the plant trying to shut it down. In actuality, anyone, especially a trained operator, can do this easily from virtually anywhere in the plant.
The China Syndrome (1979)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: James Bridges
Starring: Michael Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Peter Donat, James Hampton, Scott Brady
Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon) speaks with Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) on live television (from inside the control room) about the dangers of the Ventana nuclear power plant. A couple of SWAT team guys cut the signal. They enter the control room and shoot Jack. Ted Spindler (Wilford Brimley) tells the media that Jack was not crazy (and was right about the plant's hazards), that there will be an investigation and that the truth will be exposed.
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