The Manchurian candidate [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Scott Rudin/Tina Sinatra production in association with Clinica Estectico, a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Tina Sinatra, Scott Rudin, Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg ; screenplay by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris ; directed by Jonathan Demme.

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FilmPublisher number: 336894 | ParamountSeries: Widescreen DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

1415702225
9781415702222

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Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 2004)

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791.43/72 22

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CM DVD 00128

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Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editors, Carol Littleton, Craig McKay ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Kristi Zea.

Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella.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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	CM DVD 00128 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available	00000039102

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Closed-captioned.

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella.

Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editors, Carol Littleton, Craig McKay ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Kristi Zea.

Based upon the film screenplay by George Axelrod; based upon the novel by Richard Condon.

MPAA rating: R; for violence and some language.

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.

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.

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