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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
6.6
Ratings: 6.6/10 from 51,848 users
Metascore:
76/100
Reviews: 355 user | 195 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes. Director:Jonathan Demme |
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Cast
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Eddie Ingram
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Robert Baker
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Owens
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Villalobos
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Wilson
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Joaquin Perez-Campbell | ... |
Atkins
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Tim Artz | ... |
Jameson
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Robyn Hitchcock | ... |
Laurent Tokar
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Antoine Taylor | ... |
Boy Scout #1
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Joseph Alessi | ... |
Boy Scout #2
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Raymond Anthony Thomas | ... |
Scout Dad
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Scoutmaster
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Storyline
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out. Written by A Prentiss
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Der Manchurian Kandidat See more »Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,018,620 (USA) (1 August 2004) (2867 Screens)Gross:
$65,948,711 (USA) (14 November 2004)Company Credits
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Eleanor Shaw: Sergeant Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: [Abruptly] What...?
Eleanor Shaw: Sergeant Raymond Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: Mother, I...
Eleanor Shaw: Raymond Prentiss Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: Yes.
Eleanor Shaw: Listen.
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by Josh Garza, Benjamin Curtis & Brandon Curtis
Performed by Secret Machines (as The Secret Machines)
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing See more »
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Trivia
The movie opens with Marco's and Shaw's fellow soldiers playing a card game; this is a reference to The Manchurian Candidate, in which cards play a very important role in the plot. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene where Maj. Marco is in the library investigating the Manchurian Global corporation's doings, as the camera finds him, it shows that he's wearing headphones in the camera's recordings but after that we see that he's actually not wearing them and he's shown putting them on a couple seconds after to listen to the doctor on the computer. See more »Quotes
[manipulating Raymond]Eleanor Shaw: Sergeant Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: [Abruptly] What...?
Eleanor Shaw: Sergeant Raymond Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: Mother, I...
Eleanor Shaw: Raymond Prentiss Shaw.
Raymond Shaw: Yes.
Eleanor Shaw: Listen.
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Soundtracks
"The Leaves Are Gone"by Josh Garza, Benjamin Curtis & Brandon Curtis
Performed by Secret Machines (as The Secret Machines)
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing See more »
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