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The Manchurian Candidate

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Movie
language
English
duration
125 min
genre
political
theme
neo-noir
director
Jonathan Demme
Score
6 / 10

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme. The film, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name and a reworking of the previous 1962 film, stars Denzel Washington as Bennett Marco, a tenacious, virtuous soldier; Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. Representative from New York, manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential candidate; Jon Voight as U.S. Senator Tom Jordan, a challenger for vice president; and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, also a U.S. Senator and Raymond's manipulative ruthless mother.

Plot

Major Bennett Marco commanded a U.S. Army unit during the Gulf War in 1991. His unit's member Sergeant First Class Raymond Shaw was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly engaging the enemy during their ambushed reconnaissance patrol in Kuwait and leading all but two men of the patrol to safety over three days through the desert. Shaw is now a U.S. congressman. His ruthless mother, Virginia Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, uses her influence to secure his nomination as the vice-presidential candidate over the favorite, Senator Tom Jordan. Shaw is aloof and somewhat reserved, but opens up to his mother, although he still resents her role in the break-up of the relationship with his childhood sweetheart Jocelyn, Senator Jordan's daughter, prior to his enlistment.

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    contentLocation New York City
    director Jonathan Demme
    editor Carol Littleton Craig McKay
    events incest
    genre political thriller
    keywords ambush apartheid arrest assassinate assassination plot bite brainwash capture childhood sweetheart confuse desert storm draw electro-convulsive therapy electroconvulsive therapy engage fbi federal bureau of investigation first class forced to kill geneticist gulf war hide human experiment kill kuwait major medal of honor meet mentally ill methohexital microcassette outgo phone call political prisoner president-elect president-elect of the united states private equity firm public library reconnaissance record remote island scientific research shower south african surveillance the white house u.s. army united states army virginia
    musicBy Rachel Portman
    producer Ilona Herzberg Jonathan Demme Scott Rudin Tina Sinatra
    productionCompany Scott Rudin
    publisher Paramount Pictures
    recordedAt Long Island New Jersey New York City
    theme memory neo-noir political thriller the future war