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- 129 Minutes
- Paramount Pictures
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: R
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Jonathan Demme
- Written by Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris, George Axelrod
- Starring Denzel Washington, Jon Voight, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Synopsis:
Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it - a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself.
Nominated: Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (Streep), 2005 Golden Globes
Review:
"This is something new. It is about today. And Demme's film is an even more powerful comment on its time than the movie on which it's based." -- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
(Read more)- More on The Manchurian Candidate:
- Interview with the cast
- Profile of the director
Comments
Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate proves that classic movies can be reinvented successfully, although it isn't easy. It helps to have a director like Demme (Silence of the Lambs), who is particularly skilled and creating an atmosphere of sleep-deprived apprehension and psychological mayhem.
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