The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name. It stars Denzel Washington as Major Ben Marco, a soldier haunted by nightmares after the Gulf War, who starts to question the truth behind his fellow squad-mate Raymond Shaw's political rise.
ReleasedJul 30, 2004
Budget$80M
Box Office$96M
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The Manchurian Candidate
0.6
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Bill Irwin
Scoutmaster
24.2
2
Meryl Streep
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
8.1
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Denzel Washington
Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
7.4
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Jon Voight
Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
5.8
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Liev Schreiber
Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
4.1
6
Vera Farmiga
Jocelyne Jordan
3.1
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