The Manchurian Candidate

Name: The Manchurian Candidate
Director: Jonathan Demme
Released: 2004-07-30T00:00:00Z

When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

Runtime: 129

Release date: 2004-07-30

<article> <figure> <img src="http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/aHhR1Q5yOaCLCEDtyDXtiRNeyf6.jpg" title='The Manchurian Candidate' alt='The Manchurian Candidate'/> </figure> <h1>The Manchurian Candidate</h1> <p>When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 129</summary> <summary>Release date: 2004-07-30</summary></details> </article>