THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

 

 

 

 

 
CAST & CREW__________

Director:
Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, The Silence of the Lambs)

Screenwriter(s):
Dean Georgaris (Paycheck)
Daniel Pyne (co-writer of Sum of All Fears & Any Given Sunday)

Cinematographer:
Tak Fujimoto (Signs, Sixth Sense, Gladiator, The Silence of the Lambs)

Composer:
Rachel Portman (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules)

Actors:
Denzel Washington (Bennett Marco)
Meryl Streep (Eleanor Shaw)
Liev Schreiber (Raymond Shaw)
Jon Voight (Senator Jordan)
Kimberly Elise (Rosie)
Jeffrey Wright (Al Melvin)
Ted Levine
Miguel Ferrer
Russ Russo

SYNOPSIS __________

Plot:
A psychological thriller, "The Manchurian Candidate" stars Denzel Washington as Army Major Bennett Marco, a career soldier who grows suspicious about his experience in Desert Storm after Squad Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), son of the powerful Senator Eleanor Shaw (Streep), becomes a candidate for Vice President.

 

DETAILS__________

Studio:
Paramount Pictures

Based on:
1962 John Frankenheimer's classic
"The Manchurian Candidate," starring
Frank Sinatra & Angela Lansbury

Release Date:
July 30, 2004
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