2004 · 130 min

The Manchurian Candidate

Name: The Manchurian Candidate
Released: 2004-07-30
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise

Thriller · Mystery

Plot

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

Denzel Washington

Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Meryl Streep

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Liev Schreiber

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Simon McBurney

Dr. Atticus Noyle

Kimberly Elise

Rosie

Bruno Ganz

Delp

Jon Voight

Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jeffrey Wright

CPL Al Melvin

Anthony Mackie

PFC Robert Baker III

Ted Levine

Colonel Howard

Miguel Ferrer

Colonel Garret

Dean Stockwell

Mark Whiting

Crew

Jonathan Demme

Director

Daniel Pyne

Screenplay

Dean Georgaris

Screenplay

Jonathan Demme

Producer

Ilona Herzberg

Producer

Scott Rudin

Producer

Tina Sinatra

Producer

Rachel Portman

Original Music Composer

Tak Fujimoto

Director of Photography

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