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USA / English
| Jeffrey Wright |
Al Melvin |
| Pablo Schreiber |
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| Anthony Mackie |
Robert Baker |
| Dorian Missick |
Owens |
| Jose Pablo Cantillo |
Villalobos |
| Teddy Dunn (II) |
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| Joaquin Perez-Campbell |
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| Tim Artz |
Jameson |
| Denzel Washington |
Ben Marco |
| Robyn Hitchcock |
Laurent Tokar |
| Meryl Streep |
Eleanor Prentiss Shaw |
| Liev Schreiber |
Raymond Shaw |
| Bill Irwin |
Scoutmaster |
| Teddy Dunn |
Wilson |
| Kimberly Elise |
Rosie |
| Jon Voight |
Senator Thomas Jordan |
| Ted Levine |
Colonel Howard |
| Bruno Ganz |
Richard Delp |
| Director |
Jonathan Demme |
| Producer |
Jonathan Demme; Scott Rudin |
| Writer |
George Axelrod; Daniel Pyne |
The Manchurian Candidate, a classic of paranoid cinema from the 1960s, gets a cunning update, rife with hot-topic references to corporate war profiteering and electronic voting machines. Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington,
Training Day) has been haunted by nightmares ever since a firefight during the first Gulf War--a battle in which he believes he was saved by the heroism of Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber,
Kate & Leopold). But Marco's nightmares suggest otherwise and drive him to investigate what happened, which may threaten Shaw's candidacy for vice-president. Meryl Streep plays Shaw's mother, a senior senator who manipulates everyone around her with an iron will and a sharp tongue.
The Manchurian Candidate loses steam towards the end, but up until then director Jonathan Demme keeps the movie rolling fluidly, crafting some creepy paranoia of his own while Streep tears into everything in her path.
--Bret Fetzer
| Distributor |
Paramount |
| Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
| Barcode |
097363368946 |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
12/21/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
1.78:1 |
| Subtitles |
Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English (Closed Captioned)]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Disks |
1 |
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Commentary By Director Jonathan Demme and Screenplay Writer Daniel Pyne The Enemy Within: Inside The Manchurian Candidate The Cast of The Manchurian Candidate 5 Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary Marco and Raymond talk on patrol Marco's worried neighbor Raymond meets executives while Senator Jordan confronts Ellie at fundraiser Campaign Trail Montage Marco and Raymond interrupted at campaign HQ Outtakes with Optional Commentary Ellie's interview with Stacey Newsome-Santaigo Ellie's interview with Al Franken Liev Schreiber Screen Test Political Pundits with Optional Director Commentary |
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