The Manchurian Candidate

Theatrical - Wide 2004-07-30

Cast Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Simon McBurney Kimberly Elise
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Written by Dean Georgaris Daniel Pyne

Box Office Gross: $96,105,964

Running Time: 130 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Clinica Estetico, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Tina Sinatra Productions

Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller

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8/10

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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... See more 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.

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