The manchurian candidate [videorecording] Paramount Pictures presents a Scott Rudin/Tina Sinatra production in association with Clinica Estectico, a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Tina Sinatra, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg ; screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris ; directed by Jonathan Demme.
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FilmSeries: Full screen DVD collectionPublisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004Edition: Full screen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 1415702209Uniform titles: Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 2004) Subject(s): Brainwashing -- Drama | Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Drama | Vice-Presidential candidates -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Films for the hearing impaired. | Thriller -- FeatureDDC classification: 791.43/72 Production credits: Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Carol Littleton ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Kristi Zea.Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney.Summary: When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw savs his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
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| DVD Video | A J M Library 868-5076 | DVD MANC (Browse shelf) | Available | 25455 |
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Based on the film screenplay by George Axelrod and based upon the novel by Richard Condon.
Special features: commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay writer Daniel Pyne; 2 featurettes; 5 deleted/extended scenes; 2 outtakes; Liev Schreiber screen test; political pundits with director commentary.
Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Carol Littleton ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Kristi Zea.
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney.
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw savs his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
MPAA rating: R; for violence and some language.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33.1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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