The Manchurian Candidate

Also Known As: Der Manchurian Kandidat

Company: Paramount Pictures / Scott Rudin Productions / Clinica Estetico

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Budget: $80,000,000

Full Cast: Jeffrey Wright / Pablo Schreiber / Anthony Mackie / Dorian Missick / Jose Pablo Cantillo / Teddy Dunn / Joaquin Perez-Campbell / Tim Artz / Denzel Washington / Robyn Hitchcock / Liev Schreiber / Antoine Taylor / Joseph Alessi / Raymond Anthony Thomas / Bill Irwin / Kimberly Elise / Al Franken / Jon Voight / Meryl Streep / Paul Lazar / Danny Darst / Stephanie McBride / Molly Hickok / Victoria Haynes / Adam LeFevre / Roger Corman / Leona E. Sondreal / Zeljko Ivanek / Jim Roche / Ann Dowd / Obba Babatundé / Harry Northup / James B. Howard / Walter Mosley / Gordon Brummer / Gayle King / Brad Holbrook / Stacey Newsome Santiago / Kristen Shaughnessy / Prue Lewarne / Forrest Sawyer / Ukee Washington / Ed Crane / Kaity Tong / Roma Torre / William Meisle / Dan Olmstead / Sakina Jaffrey / Simon McBurney / Charles Napier / Robert W. Castle / John Aprea / Tom Stechschulte / Jane DeNoble / Vera Farmiga / Jude Ciccolella / Dean Stockwell / John Bedford Lloyd / David Keeley / Christopher M. Russo / Michael C. Pierce / Ted Levine / Miguel Ferrer / Marin Ireland / Glen Hartell / Tracey Walter / Alyson Renaldo / Edwidge Danticat / Kenneth Utt / Bruno Ganz / Enrique Correa / David Neumann / Neda Armian / Paul Johnson / James McCauley / BeBe Winans / Darrell Larson / Kate Valk / Beau Sia / Duana Butler / Big Jim Wheeler / Lauren Roselli / Stephen Richardson / Shing Ka / Malcolm Simpson / Cassius Kumar Wilkinson / Josephine Demme / Gabriela Fung / Denzel Delahoussaye / Aaron Scoenfeld / Geovonne Long / Jonathan Borst / Michael Shehata / Tom Chapin / Jiggs Walker / Joey Perillo / Buzz Kilman / Marie Runyon / Eliza Simpson / Julie Adamy / Andre B. Blake / Tymberly Canale Harris / Lilly McDowell / Joshua Elrod / Craig Branham / Sidney Lumet / Reno / Anna Deavere Smith / Roy Blount Jr. / Fab 5 Freddy / Reggie Austin / Jaclynn Tiffany Brown / E. Jean Carroll / Thomas Daniel / Wally Dunn / Daryl Edwards / Reginald Footman / Ann Pearl Gary / James Howard / Hugh Karraker / Jeremy Knaster / Carol Jean Lewis / Al Lopez / Pete Macnamara / Josh Mowery / Mitch Roberson

Cast and Character: Jeffrey Wright as Al Melvin / Pablo Schreiber as Eddie Ingram / Anthony Mackie as Robert Baker / Dorian Missick as Owens / Jose Pablo Cantillo as Villalobos / Teddy Dunn as Wilson / Joaquin Perez-Campbell as Atkins / Tim Artz as Jameson / Denzel Washington as Ben Marco / Robyn Hitchcock as Laurent Tokar / Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw / Antoine Taylor as Boy Scout #1 / Joseph Alessi as Boy Scout #2 / Raymond Anthony Thomas as Scout Dad / Bill Irwin as Scoutmaster

Color: Color

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

Directors: Jonathan Demme

Genres: Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Languages: English

Location: Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

MPAA: Rated R for violence and some language

Opening Weekend: $130,275

Plot: When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

Poster: posters/0368008.jpg

Rating: 6.6

Release Date: 30 July 2004 (USA)

Runtime: 129 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS

Tagline: Everything is under control.

Title: The Manchurian Candidate

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/

Votes: 66,770

Writers: Richard Condon / George Axelrod

Year: 2004

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The Manchurian Candidate got rated 6.6.

About the movie: When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

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