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  • Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva
  • Directors: John Frankenheimer
  • Writers: John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod, Richard Condon
  • Producers: John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod, Howard W. Koch
  • Format: Black & White, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen, Special Edition
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Polish, Dutch, Finnish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Oct 2004
  • Run Time: 121 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004Z2Z1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,185 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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You will never find a more chillingly suspenseful, perversely funny, or viciously satirical political thriller than The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel by Richard Condon (author of Winter Kills). The film, withheld from distribution by star Frank Sinatra for almost a quarter-century after President Kennedy's assassination, has lost none of its potency over time. Former infantryman Bennet Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by nightmares about his platoon having been captured and brainwashed in Korea. The indecipherable dreams seem to centre on Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), a decorated war hero but a cold fish of a man whose own mother (Angela Lansbury, in one of the all-time great dragon-lady roles) describes him as looking like his head is "always about to come to a point". Mrs Bates has nothing on Lansbury's character, the manipulative queen behind her second husband, Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), a notoriously McCarthyesque demagogue. --Jim Emerson


Special Features

1.75 Wide Screen
DVD 5
French\Italian\Spanish
English
English
Region 2
Mono English French German Italian Spanish
Mono
Interview With Frank Sinatra George Axelrod And John Frankenheimer
Trivia And Production Notes
Original Theatrical Trailer
Feature Length Audio Commentary
Interactive Menu Screens And Chapter Selection
Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finest American Film of the 60's, 28 Dec 2004
By Gulley Jimson (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews
John Frankenheimer could do little wrong in the early 1960's and this political thriller, an adpatation of Richard Condon's novel, stands as probably his finest achievement. The film is dazzlingly photographed (in B&W), memorably performed (by Angela Lansbury in particular) and is blessed with a bitingly, satirical script containing surprise, humour, pathos and moments of shocking violence. There are some flaws: the plot is preposterous and Laurence Harvey makes no attempt at an American accent; but the film is so gripping from the outset that these are easily overlooked.

On the DVD, the film is presented in its original widescreen format with mono sound. Picture and audio quality are both adequate. The main extras are a commentary track from John Frankenheimer and short retrospective interviews with Frankenheimer, Frank Sinatra and screenwriter George Axelrod. Unfortunately, neither are particularly illuminating.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a classic, 29 Dec 2004
More than forty years after its original release, The Manchurian Candidate has lost none of its edge. Unlike many classics it is good not just retrospectively and for its time, but will captivate the modern, jaded cinema goer even today - the mark of a real classic. With a plot that leaves the audience guessing and confused through much of the film, The Manchurian Candidate manages to keep the viewer in suspense until the very end. Nothing is what it seems in this groundbreaking story about Raymond Shaw, a US soldier brainwashed in the Korean War. Frank Sinatra puts in a stellar performance as the man trying to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious events, and Angela Lansbury, despite being only two years older than the actor who plays Raymond, is utterly convincing as his mother.
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27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing, well acted, well directed, 14 Feb 2003
By Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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Lawrence Harvey was a brilliant actor, but one that tended to put people off with his aloofness bordering on arrogance. But this movie is not about likable people. It's about control, dirty politics, communism, and the anti-communist witch-hunts that took their toll on Hollywood and Washington. Harvey's distance works perfectly as Raymond Shaw, but even in the dis-likable Raymond, Frankenheimer pulls out moments of pathos. In a tour de force, Harvey is perfect as the man controlled by his mother, by forces the brainwashed him. He gives a bleak insight into the character of Raymond, a man driven to do things he has no idea why, and man so manipulated by his harpy mother, a 'gun' that has been loaded waiting for the trigger to be pulled, one that kills the woman he loves without hesitation.

But his brilliance does not dominate the film, because there are so many other superb performance by this All Star Cast. And oddly, John Frankenheimer in untypical Hollywood style, cast against roles and demanded such range from all the actors. Angela Landsbury (Murder, She Wrote) built a career of being the person everyone adored, yet in this film she is the woman behind the man...the true power. She is hard-edged, totally manipulative, rather ugly in spirit, and determined at all costs to change the face of US politics. Frank Sinatra, usually Mr. Macho, comes across as a man a tormented by dreams that made no sense, but keep him convinced something is terrible wrong, with him, with Harvey, with all the men of their unit. Many consider this Sinatra's best performance. Janet Leigh is warm as the woman who falls in love with Sinatra, though under used. James Gregory play Landsbury's husband, the wishy-washy Joe McCarthy-type senator, who is merely his wife's mouthpiece and puppet. John McGiver gives a fine supporting performance as the voice of reason, a senator who would block at all costs Landsbury pushing her husband's bid for the presidency.

The edgy, black and white lensing, gives a dated feel to the movie, but actually enforces the cold war era sensation, a perfect medium for Frankenheimer's anti-McCarthyism rant. Landsbury won an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for this performance. It's well deserved.

It's not a likable film, its not a comfortable film and maybe a little hard for younger generations to appreciate the horror, the tension of the cold war and McCarthyism, but is a film so brilliant it needs repeat viewing to appreciate all the small nuances.

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5.0 out of 5 stars His brain has not only been washed, as they say... It has been dry cleaned.

Some thrillers leave me cold. I had heard of this film and the only thing I knew was that it was about communists brainwashing and American soldiers in Korea... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Peter Wade

4.0 out of 5 stars Different
An unusual type of thriller, which works as well as a dark satire as it does a thriller. Infact as a thriller it is a little cumbersome, a bit hard to follow, although it is... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lou Knee

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film; shabby DVD
It's not anamorphic widescreen and it's only single-layer, too. There's a better one to be had from amazon. Read more
Published 14 months ago by N. C. Bateman

5.0 out of 5 stars In the end,it pays not to miss!
This film is now 45 years old, but still stands up as a massive achievement.

I won't ruin the plot, but an army platoon's disappearance behind enemy lines in the... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2007 by The BlackFerret

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS CLASSIC HAS DATED WELL
Possibly the best film of the 1960`s,definately John Frankenheimer`s best and in my opinion Harvey,Lansbury & Sinatra`s best performances. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2006 by Mr. E. A. Dobson

5.0 out of 5 stars The turn of a friendly card
During the Korean War a platoon was mislead and abducted for nefarious purposes. This was well planned as there was only one person in the platoon that would serve further purpose... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2005 by bernie

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as I remembered
I watched this again to prove to my teenage son that sometimes the originals are better than the remakes. Well..... I'm not quite so sure anymore. Read more
Published on 19 Jul 2005 by Barton Keyes

5.0 out of 5 stars Eldorado
This scintillating film delivers a paranoid punch that is deeply Freudian and profoundly misogynist. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous
I confess I had never heard of this film, until I saw it featuring in the IMDB movie greats list. Having read the reviews below, I decided to take a punt. Read more
Published on 5 May 2001 by Mr. M. Doney

5.0 out of 5 stars The original political thriller
One of the most underrated movies of all time, most people have never heard of The Manchurian Candidate but anyone who has knows this is one of the best thrillers ever made. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2001 by Damien Foley

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