The Manchurian Candidate
Thriller
Drama
Mystery
Everything is under control.
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
2004-07-30
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Cast
Director
Jonathan Demme
Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly Elise as Rosie
Bruno Ganz as Delp
Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey Wright as CPL Al Melvin
Anthony Mackie as PFC Robert Baker III
Ted Levine as Colonel Howard
Miguel Ferrer as Colonel Garret
Dean Stockwell as Mark Whiting
Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan
Pablo Schreiber as PFC Eddie Ingram
Jude Ciccolella as David Donovan
Obba Babatundé as Senator Wells
Željko Ivanek as Vaughn Utly
Paul Lazar as Gillespie
John Bedford Lloyd as Jay "J.B." Johnston
Tom Stechschulte as Governor Robert "Bob" Arthur
BeBe Winans as FBI Agent Williams
Robyn Hitchcock as Laurent Tokar
Charles Napier as General Sloan
David Keeley as Shaw's Bodyguard-Agent
Dorian Missick as Owens
Jose Pablo Cantillo as Villalobos
Raymond Anthony Thomas as Scout Dad
Bill Irwin as Scoutmaster
Al Franken as TV Commentator
Danny Darst as Ellie's Mysterious Aide
Victoria Haynes as Political Aide
Adam LeFevre as Congressman Healy
Roger Corman as Mr. Secretary
Ann Dowd as Congresswoman Beckett
Harry Northup as Congressman Flores
Walter Mosley as Congressman Rawlins
Gayle King as Media Icon
Brad Holbrook as Newscaster #7
Prue Lewarne as Newscaster #8
Forrest Sawyer as Newscaster #1
Ukee Washington as Newscaster #9
Kaity Tong as Newscaster #2
Roma Torre as Newscaster #3
Dan Olmstead as Senator John Shaw
Sakina Jaffrey as Mysterious Arabic Woman
Robert W. Castle as General Wilson
John Aprea as Rear Admiral Glick
Jane DeNoble as Robert Arthur's Wife
Michael C. Pierce as Secret Service Agent #2
Marin Ireland as Army Transcriber
Tracey Walter as Night Clerk
Edwidge Danticat as Rosie's Cousin
Kenneth Utt as Rosie's Cousin's Mentor
David Neumann as Reporter #3
Neda Armian as Reporter #4
James McCauley as FBI Agent Jonas
Darrell Larson as FBI Agent Ramirez
Kate Valk as Agent Volk
Beau Sia as Late Night Comedian
Lauren Roselli as Jordan's Aide
Shing Ka as Rosie's Sidekick
Tom Chapin as Governor Edward Nelson
Joey Perillo as Jimmy
Andre B. Blake as Victory Party Director
Lilly McDowell as Shaw's Aide
Craig Branham as Klaus Bachman
Sidney Lumet as Political Pundit
Reno as Political Pundit
Anna Deavere Smith as Political Pundit
Fab 5 Freddy as Political Pundit