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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 46,780 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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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: Is this Captain Marco?
Ben Marco: Yep.
Eleanor Shaw: Captain Bennet Marco?
Ben Marco: Yes.
Eleanor Shaw: Bennet Ezikiel Marco?
Ben Marco: ...yes.
Eleanor Shaw: ...Listen.
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by Joel Bravo & Hank Silva
Performed by Bravo Silva
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Production Assistant Chris Rodriguez's photo is used on the front page of the newspaper that Kimberly Elise picks up on the train, under the caption, "Muslim Yale student murdered by angry mob." See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: In the last scene of the movie you hear radio chatter over the aerial beach shot. The audio says "NS 10 milepost 79.81, No defects." While this may sound like military radio traffic, what this actually is is an automated announcement system for a railroad safety system. A track side detector for Norfolk Southern Railroad (i.e. "NS") located at milepost 79.81 has just had a train pass by and no axle bearings were overheating (i.e. No defects). This is the message that the train engineer hears over his VHF locomotive radio after the train passes the detector. This was not appropriate radio traffic for this scene. See more »Quotes
Ben Marco: [being brainwashed over the phone] Yes, senator?Eleanor Shaw: Is this Captain Marco?
Ben Marco: Yep.
Eleanor Shaw: Captain Bennet Marco?
Ben Marco: Yes.
Eleanor Shaw: Bennet Ezikiel Marco?
Ben Marco: ...yes.
Eleanor Shaw: ...Listen.
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"Fight Song"by Joel Bravo & Hank Silva
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