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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Everything is under control.

★ 6.5 2004-07-30 2h 10m

Thriller · Mystery

Story

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.

Director: Jonathan Demme Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney

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The Manchurian Candidate Cast

  • Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
  • Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
  • Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
  • Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle
  • Kimberly Elise as Rosie
  • Bruno Ganz as Delp
  • Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
  • Jeffrey Wright as CPL Al Melvin
  • Anthony Mackie as PFC Robert Baker III
  • Ted Levine as Colonel Howard
  • Miguel Ferrer as Colonel Garret
  • Dean Stockwell as Mark Whiting

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