The Manchurian Candidate

Jul 30, 2004

2h 9m

★ 6.5

Everything is under control.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Clinica Estetico

Paramount Pictures

Scott Rudin Productions

Tina Sinatra Productions

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Cast

Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Denzel Washington

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Meryl Streep

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Liev Schreiber

Dr. Atticus Noyle

Simon McBurney

Rosie

Kimberly Elise

Delp

Bruno Ganz

Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jon Voight

CPL Al Melvin

Jeffrey Wright

PFC Robert Baker III

Anthony Mackie

Colonel Howard

Ted Levine

Colonel Garret

Miguel Ferrer

Mark Whiting

Dean Stockwell

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