Film

The Manchurian Candidate

2004 · 2h 10m · Thriller · Drama · Mystery

Everything is under control.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

76

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.

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

Vera Farmiga

Jocelyne Jordan

Pablo Schreiber

PFC Eddie Ingram

Jude Ciccolella

David Donovan

Obba Babatundé

Senator Wells

• Jonathan DemmeDirector · Producer
• Dean GeorgarisScreenplay
• Daniel PyneScreenplay
• Richard CondonNovel
• Scott RudinProducer
• Tina SinatraProducer
• Ilona HerzbergProducer
• Scott AversanoExecutive Producer
• Tak FujimotoDirector of Photography
• Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer

Trailer

Release date

July 30, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$96,105,964

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Mystery

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