Title:
The Manchurian candidate
Uniform Title:
Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 2004)
ISBN:
9781415702222
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publication Information:
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based upon the film screenplay by George Axelrod; based upon the novel by Richard Condon.
Special features: commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay writer Daniel Pyne; 2 featurettes; 5 deleted/extended scenes; 2 outtakes; Liev Schreiber screen test; political pundits with director commentary.
Summary:
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
