Product Information
During a mission of the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco is knocked unconscious just as Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers. Shaw is now a vice-presidential nominee and as the elections fast approach, Marco strives to uncover the conspiracies behind his campaign.Product Identifiers
ProducerTina Sinatra, Scott Rudin
EAN5014437858733
eBay Product ID (ePID)44950394
Product Key Features
ActorDenzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise, Liev Schreiber
Film/TV TitleThe Manchurian Candidate
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Finnish\German\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Romanian\Swedish\Turkish
Run Time129 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Commentary By Director Jonathan Demme And Screenplay Cowriter Daniel Pyne\The Enemy Within Inside The Manchurian Candidate\The Cast Of The Manchurian Candidate\Theatrical Trailer\Liev Schreiber Screen Test\Political Pundits With Optional Directors Commentary\Deleted And Extended Scenes\2 Outtakes With Optional Commentary, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationJonathan Demme updates the original 1962 John Frankenheimer classic with plenty of new paranoid twists: This time a sinister Halliburton-style corporation is behind the brainwashing of a Gulf War hero turned vice presidential nominee, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber). Shaw's old unit commander Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) recommended him for the National Medal of Honor, though he can't remember exactly why, and his recurring nightmares drive him to uncover a massive conspiracy. Sinister forces at work include shifty-eyed bodyguards, a love interest with questionable motives (Kimberly Elise), and Raymond's domineering senator mother (Meryl Streep). Demme infuses the proceedings with enough paranoia and uncomfortable close-ups to rival his 1991 Oscar-winner, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Layered sound, overlapping dialogue, and creepy cinematography by Tak Fujimoto (who also worked on LAMBS) further heighten the uneasiness. Demme regulars Roger Corman, Charles Napier, Paul Lazar, and Tracey Walter show up in bit parts as usual. Comedian Al Franken is a welcome face as a TV correspondent, and quirky indie rocker Robyn Hitchcock plays one of the brainwashing specialists. Needless to say, Denzel is superb. Streep is terrifying and hilarious as the maniacal Mrs. Shaw. As with the original (which focused on communist instead of terrorist fear-mongering), the events depicted here are doubly unsettling considering their uncanny resemblance to real-life politics at the time of this film's theatrical release.
ReviewsUncut - Film of the Month, intelligent and engrossing., Empire - A cracking conspiracy thriller.
Dubbing LanguagesGerman
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Manchurian Candidate