The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
July 30, 2004
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
2h 9m
Everything is under control.
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- 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
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Keywords
- gulf war
- senator
- canoe
- kuwait
- conspiracy
- war hero
- u.s. congress
- implant