The Manchurian candidate [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Scott Rudin/Tina Sinatra production in association with Clinica Estectico ; produced by Tina Sinatra, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg ; screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris ; directed by Jonathan Demme.
Special features: commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay co-writer Daniel Pyne; "The enemy within : inside 'The Manchurian candidate'; the cast of 'The Manchurian candidate'; 5 deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary; outtakes with optional commentary; Liev Schreiber screen test; political pundits with optional director commentary. Widescreen. Based upon the film screenplay by George Axelrod; based upon the novel by Richard Condon. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella.
Summary:
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves 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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