Manchurian candidate (Motion picture);The Manchurian candidate [videorecording] / screenplay by George Axelrod produced by George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer directed by John Frankenheimer.


Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2004]
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Notes:

  • DVD Dolby digital.
  • Closed-captioned. English (mono. or 5.1 surround) or Spanish (mono.) soundtracks optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
  • Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish.
  • Director of photography, Lionel Lindon film editor, Ferris Webster music composed and conducted by David Amram.
  • Based on the novel by Richard Condon.
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.
  • MPAA rating: PG-13.
  • A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
  • Special features include: commentary track by John Frankenheimer cast and crew interviews Queen of diamonds (featurette with Angela Lansbury) A little solitaire (featurette with William Friedkin) original theatrical trailer.

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