Revealing mistake: When Godell is trying to get away from the company's goons, he races to the nuclear plant gate where he'd be safe. As he pulls up to the gate, you can already see the 'donut' skid marks left in the driveway from the goons' car when it turns around. But the car turns around AFTER Godell pulls up to the gate, so the donut must be from a previous take.
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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