The Manchurian candidate

Blu-ray 2016

Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.

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Assassins Drama

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Cold War Drama

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Korean War, 1950-1953 Veterans Drama

Mothers and sons Drama

Presidents Assassination attempts Drama

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Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded container insert ([16 pages] : illustrations ; 17 cm)
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
videodisc
HDTV
video file Blu-Ray region A
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG

Other Title:

Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962)

Notes:

Blu-ray disc
Special features include: Commentary (from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer) ; Angela Lansbury (new interview with the actor) ; Errol Morris (new interview with the filmmaker) ; George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer, and Frank Sinatra (conversation recorded in 1988 between director John Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra discussing the films' production) ; Susan Carruthers (new interview with the historian and author) ; Trailer
Based on the novel by Richard Condon
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962
Cast list, credits, program notes and an essay by critic Howard Hampton on folded container insert
Accompanying material may vary
Music composed and conducted by David Amram ; director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Ferris Webster ; costumes by Moss Mabry ; set decorator, George R. Nelson ; costumer, Wesley V. Jefferies
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Hendersen, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy
System requirements: for use only with Blu-ray players & drives
Region (A) ; monaural
Language & subtitles: English

LCCN:

be2016004718

Control Number:

3182865

UPC:

715515170215

Other Authors:

Amram, David, composer (expression)
Axelrod, George, screenwriter, film producer
Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa), interviewee (expression)
Condon, Richard. Manchurian candidate
Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Dhiegh, Khigh, actor
Edwards, James, 1918-1970, actor
Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002, film producer, film director
Gregory, James, 1911-2002, actor
Hampton, Howard, 1958- writer of supplementary textual content
Harvey, Laurence, actor
Henderson, Douglas, 1919-1978, actor
Jefferies, Wesley V., 1906-2000, costume designer
Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991, actor
Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001, film producer
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, actor
Leigh, Janet, actor
Lindon, Lionel, director of photography
MC Productions, production company
Mabry, Moss, costume designer
McGiver, John, 1913-1975, actor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor
Nelson, George, 1927-1992, set designer
Parrish, Leslie, actor
Paulsen, Albert, 1925-2004, actor
Silva, Henry, 1926-2022, actor
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, actor
Spivy, Madame, 1907-1971, actor
Sylbert, Richard, production designer
United Artists Corporation, film distributor
Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989, editor of moving image work

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