The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

07/30/2004 (US) • 2h 9m

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Everything is under control.

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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

Jon Voight

Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jeffrey Wright

CPL Al Melvin

Anthony Mackie

PFC Robert Baker III


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$80,000,000.00

Revenue

$96,105,964.00

Keywords

gulf war

senator

canoe

kuwait

conspiracy

war hero

u.s. congress

implant

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