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The Manchurian Candidate is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jonathan Demme released in USA on 30 july 2004 with Denzel Washington

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

The Manchurian Candidate
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Released in USA 30 july 2004
Length 2h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating65% 3.2993453.2993453.2993453.2993453.299345

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American science fiction-political-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme. The film, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name and a re-imagining of the previous 1962 film, stars Denzel Washington as Bennett Marco, a tenacious, virtuous soldier; Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. Representative from New York, manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential candidate; Jon Voight as U.S. Senator Tom Jordan, a challenger for vice president; and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, also a U.S. Senator and the manipulative, ruthless mother of Raymond Shaw.

Synopsis

Major Bennett "Ben" Marco (Denzel Washington) is a war veteran who begins to doubt what is commonly known about his famous U.S. Army unit. During the Gulf War, Sergeant First Class Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) supposedly rescued all but two members in his unit, of which Marco was the commanding officer. Shaw became a war hero and was awarded the Medal of Honor, launching his political career.

Actors

Denzel Washington

(Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco)
Meryl Streep

(Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA))
Liev Schreiber

(Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY))
Jon Voight

(Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT))
Kimberly Elise

(Rosie)
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