"The China Syndrome" waxaa lagu soo bandhigay 1979 Cannes Film Festival, halkaas oo ay ku tartamayeen abaalmarinta Palme d'Or halka Lemmon uu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta Actor-ka ugu Fiican. Waxaa tiyaatarada la geeyay 16-kii Maarso, 1979, laba iyo toban maalmood ka hor shilka nukliyeerka ee Three Mile Island
waxa uu ku suganyahay gobolka Dauphin, ee gobolka Pennsylvania, taasi oo siiso filimka mowduuc aan la fileyn oo aragti ah. Waxay noqotay guul muhiim ah oo ganacsi. Dib u eegista ayaa amaanay filimka filimka, jihada, iyo waxqabadka (inta badan Fonda iyo Lemmon), halka ay kasbatay $ 51.7 milyan oo ah miisaaniyadda wax soo saarka ee $ 5.9 milyan. Filimku wuxuu helay afar magacaabis oo ah Abaalmarinta 52aad ee Academy Awards; Jilaaga ugu Fiican (Lemmon), Jilaaga ugu Fiican (Fonda), Qormada ugu Fiican, iyo Naqshadeynta Waxsoosaarka ugu Fiican.