Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - "The China Syndrome" bidoro na Cannes Film Festival n'afọ 1979, ebe ọ gbara asọmpi maka Palme d'Or ebe Lemmon natara Onyinye Onye Ọchịchị Kacha Mma. E wepụtara ya n'ụlọ ihe nkiri na March 16, 1979, ụbọchị iri na abụọ tupu ihe mberede nuklia nke Three Mile Island
na Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, nke nyere ihe nkiri ahụ ihe a na-atụghị anya ya. Ọ ghọrọ ihe ịga nke ọma na azụmahịa. Ndị na-enyocha ihe nkiri ahụ toro ihe nkiri ahụ, ntụziaka, na arụmọrụ (ọkachasị nke Fonda na Lemmon), ebe ọ nwetara $ 51.7 nde na mmefu ego nke $ 5.9 nde. Ihe nkiri ahụ natara nhọpụta anọ na 52nd Academy Awards; Best Actor (maka Lemmon), Best Actress (maka Fonda), Best Original Screenplay, na Best Production Design.