The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

  • Director: Jonathan Demme
  • Writer: Richard Condon,George Axelrod,Daniel Pyne
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: July 30, 2004
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Ứng Cử Viên Bị Giật Dây
  • "The Manchurian Candidate" is a thriller and suspense film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. , Meryl Streep and Isaac Liev Schreiber .
    The film tells the story of former Marine Corps Colonel Ben Margau who often experiences dreams that are completely different from those in his memory and pursues the truth of the matter; the film was released in the United States on July 30, 2004. 

    Details

    • Release date July 30, 2004
    • Filming locations Compass Restaurant - 208 W. 70th Street, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Clinica Estetico

    Box office

    Budget

    $80,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $65,955,630

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $20,018,620

    Gross worldwide

    $96,105,910

    Movie reviews

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    • By Monserrat 2021-12-11 08:01:37

      A little confused about the ending

        Because it suddenly appeared when the channel was changed, I don't know much about the plot of the first part of the movie (but it doesn't prevent you from watching it like this, hehe...). I was a little confused about the final development. What happened after I heard Irina called him on the phone? Also went to the operating table and was changed in his mind? Did Raymond and his mother be shot dead, or were they rescued? And what does it mean to put the photo in the sea?
        In...

    • By Deven 2021-12-11 08:01:37

      puppet?

      Why Denzel Washington can become the actor? The acting in this movie is indeed worthy of the Oscar statuette, but he is not the main object I want to talk about. This is another movie that is easy to misunderstand because of its name. I thought it was a boring political movie. It was nothing more than the dark things about American politics, but I seemed to be wrong again... Although the movie does I talked about this topic, election manipulation and so on, but I paid attention to...

    • By Alivia 2021-12-11 08:01:37

      The love of an ambitious and motivated mother

      I like Meryl Streep's performance very much.
      An ambitious woman can feel her desire for family pride and hope for the highest honor in her speech and behavior.
      How should a mother love her son?
      How does a tough woman love her son?
      It's scary to think about it. The ambition that a careerist wants to achieve is to completely control his son, a walking dead, through brainwashing and chip implantation. But she was still so satisfied, thinking it was just a small part...

    • By Durward 2021-12-11 08:01:37

      About justice

      Stripped of the film's cover of too many commercial films (cool scenes, American election gimmicks, multiple heavyweight actors), in fact, the director still wants to tell us a simple story about justice. Starting from Washington's personal experience about the US Medal of Honor system, what he showed was the path of exploration of a righteous man. He is very downhearted. He spends his life on stimulants and instant noodles every day, and his entertainment life is just reading romantic...

    • By America 2021-12-11 08:01:37

      The short comment is long as it is written

      Very good movie, Denzel Washington's acting is nothing to say, Aunt May also portrays the image of a politician who has a strong desire for control very well! When Denzel put the group photo into the water at the end, it seemed that everyone had rested in peace! The film strives to show that even small people are valuable in the wheels of the world, and are not squandered and wasted materials by the ruling class! Human life should not be sacrificed for the benefit of a few people, but for...

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    • By Reginald 2022-04-23 07:02:15

      Many big-name old actors have a suspenseful atmosphere without a suspenseful...

    • By Mason 2022-04-23 07:02:15

      Mother and son incest may lead to...

    • By Carmel 2022-04-23 07:02:15

      Rarely does a remake do so...

    • By Kenton 2022-04-23 07:02:15

      It should be 3.5, plus half points for Aunt May. It was changed from the original film of the same name. Hei Zai encountered difficulties and waited for too much ink in the middle of the process. The serious main line scenes were rather thin. Raymond did not excavate enough, and the clues were quite disordered. Xu is Washington famous for playing Raymond, usurping the position of the male pig's foot. Aunt Mei's performance is really textbook-level, and she is also very charming when she acts as...

    • By Aurore 2022-04-23 07:02:15

      Wars are fought in battles. Battles are won bullet by bullet. Jonathan Demme's soft sci-fi + political war remake. Lost in the double memory, the rhythm is flawed. Needless to say, Denzel Washington's acting skills are not inferior to Levy and Aunt May. However, apart from the outstanding actors, the script is mediocre and the ending is bland, especially the role of ROISE, I always feel that it is not as simple as the...

    Movie plot

    Amidst enthusiastic applause, the medal-studded combat hero, former Marine Corps Colonel Ben Margo ( Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. ), stepped onto the podium of Yankway Elementary School in New York. During this period of time, he often appeared in various speeches and social events, skillfully and inspiringly told about his glorious experience in the Gulf War: how his field platoon was ambushed, his comrade-in-arms Sergeant Raymond How...
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    Tidbits

    Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. decided to act as soon as he finished reading the script, and he did not want to watch the original version in 1962.
    The producer paid as much as $1 million to the screenwriter Daniel Pine.
    The film's original director candidate was Brian de Palma. Neil Jordan was also the director....
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    Creative background

    The film is adapted from the novel written by Richard Condon and the 1962 film of the same name by John Frankheimer. In terms of plot, the original content framework is basically maintained except that the battle experience was changed from the Korean battlefield to the Persian Gulf in the first Gulf War.
    The film producer Tina Sinatra (Tina Sinatra) ’s father is Frank Sinatra, and Frank later won the rights to the original 1962 film....
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    Props set

    In order to reproduce the protagonist's personal experience in the Gulf War, director Demi and his production team thoroughly studied every detail of the shooting, and hired some military consultants to ensure the accuracy of each scene. However, due to the turbulent situation in the Gulf, it is impossible to shoot live in Kuwait. Therefore, the crew chose to shoot in the Sahara Desert in New Jersey. In just two weeks, they redeployed...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Manchurian Candidate" nakedly presents the political environment around the American people in the movie, and everything is being doubled up: close-ups of people's faces that fill the screen, strong white light, chaotic and convulsive dreams, huge elections The TV screens, the noisy and frenetic election venues, and those ocean-like stars and stripes reminded the country’s proud concept of freedom and democracy. Except for the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Raymond Shaw: I served under him. He was a good man.

      Eleanor Shaw: Well, that's what the neighbors always say about serial killers.

    • [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.

    • Eleanor Shaw: Oh, God! Where are all the men anymore? My father, Tyler Prentiss, never asked, "Is this okay? Is this okay?" You know what I'm saying, Mark? He just did what needed to be done.