The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate


The book was written in 1959 by a man called Richard Condon, the film is a political thriller about the son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being a assasin for the communist party.

In 1962 the film came out staring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh.





Another version more updated of the film was made in 2004, the film was more modernised and better off, in my opinion the first film in 1962 was very dull and boring, the second one still being boring however was a little more interesting.



The 2004 version was directed by a man called Jonathan Demme staring Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep and Kimberly Elise


Summary of the film:

The film is about  a man named Major Ben Marco and he is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. He served valiantly as a captain in the Korean war and his Sergeant, Raymond Shaw, even won the Medal of Honor. Marco has a major problem however: he has a recurring nightmare, one where two members of his squad are killed by Shaw. He's put on indefinite sick leave and visits Shaw in New York. Shaw for his part has established himself well, despite the misgivings of his domineering mother, Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin. She is a red-baiter, accusing anyone who disagrees with her right-wing reactionary views of being a Communist. Raymond hates her, not only for how she's treated him but equally because of his step-father, the ineffectual U.S. Senator John Iselin, who is intent on seeking higher office. When Marco learns that others in his Korean War unit have nightmares similar to his own, he realizes that something happened to all of them in Korea and that Raymond Shaw is the focal point.

Heres a short clip showing the making of the film which i thought was interesting because it gives you some information which may help you understand the film more,