| Uniform Title |
Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 2004) |
| Title |
The Manchurian candidate. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, ©2020. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (124 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Shock Entertainment : KAL5092. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. |
| Based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name and a re-working of the previous 1962 film screenplay written by George Axelrod. |
| "Everything is under control"--Cover |
| Credits |
Screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris ; produced by Tina Sinatra, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme and Ilona Herzberg ; directed by Jonathan Demme. |
| Performers |
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber. |
| Summary |
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself.U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) can't sleep at night and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But at night, Marco's dreamlike memories of the desert turn sinister and terrifying. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: MA 15+. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Condon, Richard -- Film adaptations |
| Axelrod, George -- Film adaptations |
| Brainwashing -- Drama |
| Vice-Presidential candidates -- Drama |
| Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Drama |
| Veteran reintegration -- United States -- Drama |
| Mothers and sons -- Drama |
| Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Spy films |
| Political films |
| War films |
| Film adaptations |
| Film noir |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017 director, producer. |
| Sinatara, Tina producer. |
| Rudin, Scott, 1958- producer. |
| Herzberg, Ilona producer. |
| Pyne, Daniel, 1955- screenwriter. |
| Georgaris, Dean screenwriter. |
| Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor. |
| Streep, Meryl actor. |
| Schreiber, Liev actor. |
| Condon, Richard. Manchurian candidate Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Added titles |
Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962) |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Condon, Richard. Manchurian candidate .
- Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017 .
- Georgaris, Dean .
- Herzberg, Ilona .
- Pyne, Daniel, 1955- .
- Rudin, Scott, 1958- .
- Schreiber, Liev .
- Sinatara, Tina .
- Streep, Meryl .
- Washington, Denzel, 1954- .
|
|---|
