Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
Overview
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-07-30
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Clinica Estetico, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Tina Sinatra Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
- Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
- Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle
- Kimberly Elise as Rosie
- Bruno Ganz as Delp
- Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
- Jeffrey Wright as CPL Al Melvin
- Anthony Mackie as PFC Robert Baker III
- Ted Levine as Colonel Howard
- Miguel Ferrer as Colonel Garret
- Dean Stockwell as Mark Whiting
Crew
- Jonathan Demme - Director
- Daniel Pyne - Screenplay
- Dean Georgaris - Screenplay
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