The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Everything is under control.

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.

Date of release
2004-07-30
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (1825)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Director
Jonathan Demme

Casting

  • Denzel Washington — Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
  • Meryl Streep — Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
  • Liev Schreiber — Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
  • Simon McBurney — Dr. Atticus Noyle
  • Kimberly Elise — Rosie
  • Bruno Ganz — Delp
  • Jon Voight — Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
  • Jeffrey Wright — CPL Al Melvin
  • Anthony Mackie — PFC Robert Baker III
  • Ted Levine — Colonel Howard
  • Miguel Ferrer — Colonel Garret
  • Dean Stockwell — Mark Whiting

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