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The Manchurian Candidate

Year:
Duration:
129 min
Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 8 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2004-07-30
Filming Locations: Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $80,000,000
Opening Weekend: $20,018,620 (USA) (1 August 2004)
Gross: $65,948,711 (USA) (14 November 2004)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell
The Manchurian Candidate
Jeffrey Wright
Al Melvin
Pablo Schreiber
Eddie Ingram
Anthony Mackie
Robert Baker
Dorian Missick
Owens
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Villalobos
Teddy Dunn
Wilson
Joaquin Perez-Campbell
Atkins
Tim Artz
Jameson
Denzel Washington
Ben Marco
Robyn Hitchcock
Laurent Tokar
Liev Schreiber
Raymond Shaw
Antoine Taylor
Boy Scout #1
Joseph Alessi
Boy Scout #2
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Scout Dad (as Ray Anthony Thomas)
Bill Irwin
Scoutmaster
Kimberly Elise
Rosie
Al Franken
TV Commentator
Jon Voight
Senator Thomas Jordan
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Shaw
Paul Lazar
Gillespie
Danny Darst
Ellie's Mysterious Aide
Stephanie McBride
Political Aide
Molly Hickok
Political Aide
Victoria Haynes
Political Aide
Adam LeFevre
Congressman Healy
Roger Corman
Mr. Secretary
Leona E. Sondreal
Green Room Official #2
Zeljko Ivanek
Vaughn Utly
Jim Roche
Senator from Florida
Ann Dowd
Congresswoman Becket
Obba Babatundé
Senator Wells
Harry Northup
Congressman Flores (as Harry Northrup)
James B. Howard
Himself (as James Beattie Howard)
Walter Mosley
Congressman Rawlins
Gordon Brummer
"Gordy"
Gayle King
Media Icon
Brad Holbrook
Newscaster #7
Stacey Newsome Santiago
Roving Reporter (as Stacey Newsome-Santiago)
Kristen Shaughnessy
Newscaster #4
Prue Lewarne
Newscaster #8
Forrest Sawyer
Newscaster #1
Ukee Washington
Newscaster #9
Ed Crane
Newscaster #6
Kaity Tong
Newscaster #2
Roma Torre
Newscaster #3 (as Roma Torre-Lopez)
William Meisle
Tyler Prentiss
Dan Olmstead
Senator John Shaw
Sakina Jaffrey
Mysterious Arabic Woman
Simon McBurney
Atticus Noyle
Charles Napier
General Sloan
Robert W. Castle
General Wilson (as Robert Castle)
John Aprea
Rear Admiral Glick
Tom Stechschulte
Robert Arthur
Jane DeNoble
Robert Arthur's Wife
Vera Farmiga
Jocelyne Jordan
Jude Ciccolella
David Donovan
John Bedford Lloyd
Jay "J.B." Johnston
David Keeley
Agent Evan Anderson
Christopher M. Russo
Secret Service Agent #1
Michael C. Pierce
Secret Service Agent #2
Ted Levine
Colonel Howard
Miguel Ferrer
Colonel Garret
Marin Ireland
Army Transcriber
Glen Hartell
Army Transcriber
Tracey Walter
Night Clerk
Alyson Renaldo
Mirella Freeman
Edwidge Danticat
Rosie's Cousin
Kenneth Utt
Rosie's Cousin's Mentor (as Kenny Utt)
Bruno Ganz
Delp
Enrique Correa
Reporter #2
David Neumann
Reporter #3
Neda Armian
Reporter #4
Paul Johnson
Campaign Security
James McCauley
FBI Agent Jonas
BeBe Winans
FBI Agent Williams
Darrell Larson
FBI Agent Ramirez
Kate Valk
Agent Volk
Beau Sia
Late Night Comedian
Duana Butler
Library Clerk
Big Jim Wheeler
Library Patron
Lauren Roselli
Jordan's Aide
Stephen Richardson
Jordan's Aide
Shing Ka
Rosie's Sidekick
Malcolm Simpson
Yelling Kid
Cassius Kumar Wilkinson
"Abe Lincoln"
Josephine Demme
"Statue of Liberty"
Gabriela Fung
"Betsy Ross"
Denzel Delahoussaye
"George Washington"
Aaron Scoenfeld
"Uncle Sam"
Geovonne Long
"MLK"
Jonathan Borst
"JFK"
Michael Shehata
"American Eagle"
Tom Chapin
Governor Edward Nelson
Jiggs Walker
Churchgoer (as Lewis 'Jiggs' Walker)
Joey Perillo
Jimmy
Buzz Kilman
The Guy with the Shades
Marie Runyon
Arthur's Mother
Eliza Simpson
Arthur's Child
Julie Adamy
Arthur's Child
Andre B. Blake
Victory Party Director
Tymberly Canale Harris
Victory Party Celebrity Soldier
Lilly McDowell
Shaw's Aide
Joshua Elrod
Shaw's Aide (as Josh Elrod)
Craig Branham
Klaus Bachman (as Craig Branam)
Sidney Lumet
Political Pundit
Reno
Political Pundit
Anna Deavere Smith
Political Pundit
Roy Blount Jr.
Political Pundit
Fab 5 Freddy
Political Pundit
Reggie Austin
Skid Row Resident #1 (uncredited)
Jaclynn Tiffany Brown
Campaign Staffer (uncredited)
E. Jean Carroll
Reporter #5 (uncredited)
Thomas Daniel
Naval Sea Captain (uncredited)
Wally Dunn
Burly Passenger (uncredited)
Daryl Edwards
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Reginald Footman
Skid Row Resident #2 (uncredited)
Ann Pearl Gary
Skid Rown Resident #4 (uncredited)
James Howard
Political Party Member (uncredited)
Hugh Karraker
TV Moderator (uncredited)
Jeremy Knaster
Caretaker (uncredited)
Carol Jean Lewis
Abby (uncredited)
Al Lopez
Waiter (uncredited)
Pete Macnamara
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Dorothy Maneiro Brown
Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Josh Mowery
VP Candidate (uncredited)
Mitch Roberson
Skid Row Resident #3 (uncredited)
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Trivia
When Raymond Shaw is talking with Ben in his election HQ office, he says, "...when we were in Kuwait..." but slurs the word to sound very much like "Korea". The original movie had the soldiers serving in (and abducted from) Korea.
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In Rosie's bathroom there is a poster for a theatrical production of "Othello" featuring José Ferrer, the father of Miguel Ferrer who plays Colonel Garret in this film.
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Neil Jordan was also briefly considered to direct this remake.
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Goofs
The place where they drill Raymond Shaw's skull is far removed from where the MRI tracking shows they are implanting a new probe.
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When Ben Marco wakes up in the park after the tests at his friend laboratory, he goes back and finds the lab empty. If the FBI closed it down it was worth mentioning.
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A TV interview is said to take place in "Desert Storm, 1992" when in fact Desert Storm was in 1991.
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Quotes
Ben Marco: This is rich people, Manchurian Global, funding bad science, to put a sleeper in the White House, and that's what's going on Rosie. That's what's going on.
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Al Melvin: I'm just! I'm just... I'm just a little stuck, Sir.
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Al Melvin: [trying to explain his dreams] I write it all down. You know, like, every night...
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Photos from cast
Dean Stockwell
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