The Manchurian Candidate
In Jonathan Demme’s “The Manchurian Candidate,” Major Bennett Marco, a Gulf War veteran, begins to suspect that his former platoon mate, Sergeant Raymond Shaw, is not the war hero he is celebrated to be. As Marco delves deeper, he uncovers a sinister political conspiracy involving mind control and corporate influence that threatens the very fabric of American democracy.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Bruno Ganz, David Keeley, Dean Stockwell, Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Miguel Ferrer, Simon McBurney, Ted Levine, Vera Farmiga
Country: United States of America
Company: Clinica Estetico, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award, 1 win & 12 nominations total
Budget: $80,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $96,105,910
Duration:
2h 9minRelease: 2004
Release Date: 2004-07-30
IMDb: 6.6
TMDB: 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 76
FilmAffinity: 6.0