Synopsis
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) 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. ??A Prentiss

Awards: 1 win & 12 nominations total
Budget: $80,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Gross: $96,105,910
Soundtrack: Fortunate Son (Written by John Fogerty (as John C. Fogerty))


Jonathan Demme
Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
2004-07-30 (United States)
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