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The Manchurian Candidate
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2004 film directed by Jonathan Demme
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The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American political thriller and drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay was written by George Axelrod, based on the work of Richard Condon. The cast includes Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, and Jon Voight. Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme, and Tina Sinatra served as producers. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
Filming took place in Long Island, New York City, and New Jersey, with the narrative set in New York City. The runtime is listed as 130 minutes or 129 minutes. The budget was 80,000,000, and the revenue reached 96,105,964. The film addresses themes including the Gulf War, post-traumatic stress disorder, ambushes, presidential elections, and senators. It was released on July 30, 2004, and November 11, 2004.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2000s political thriller films, 2004 American films and 2004 English-language films.
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Film · TMDB
6.5Years 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.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
- Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
- Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle
- Kimberly Elise as Rosie
- Bruno Ganz as Delp
Themes
- gulf war
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- ambush
- presidential election
- senator
- kuwait
- remake
- election
- war hero
- implant
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jonathan Demme
- Screenplay by
- Daniel Pyne Dean Georgaris
- Based on
- The Manchurian Candidate , 1959 novel, by Richard Condon 1962 film screenplay , by George Axelrod
- Produced by
- Jonathan Demme Ilona Herzberg Scott Rudin Tina Sinatra
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Jon Voight Kimberly Elise Jeffrey Wright Ted Levine
- Cinematography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Edited by
- Carol Littleton Craig McKay
- Music by
- Rachel Portman
- Production company
- Scott Rudin Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- July 30, 2004 ( 2004-07-30 )
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $96.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Screenwriter
- George Axelrod
- Cast member
- Roy Blount Jr.
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Producer
- Tina Sinatra
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 283224
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Themanchuriancandidate-logo.svg
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- publication date
- 2004-01-01
- title
- The Manchurian Candidate
- film editor
- Carol Littleton
- after a work by
- Richard Condon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Albert Wolsky
- review score
- 79%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American 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.
While the name of the novel and the earlier film was retained, the significance of "Manchurian" was changed. In the original, the protagonist was captured in the Korean War and brainwashed by the Chinese army in Manchuria. In the 2004 film, with the Korean War replaced by the Gulf War, Manchurian is instead used as the name of a sinister multinational company.
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