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| John Frankenheimer's brilliant adaptation of Richard Condon's Cold-War satire, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is the director's best film, both a coruscating thriller and a razor-sharp satire of political hysteria that captures the turbulent mood of the 1960s. Packed with sly details, such as the liberal senator "bleeding" milk when he's shot, the film demands repeated viewings.
Laurence Harvey stars as Sergeant Raymond Shaw, whose U.S. army unit is captured while fighting in Korea, taken to Manchuria, and brainwashed by Chinese communists. The men return to the U.S. with no conscious memory of their experience, and Shaw is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery. But when Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) starts having nightmares, he begins an authorized investigation into what happened in Manchuria and eventually reveals that the sergeant's brainwashing has transformed him into an unconscious assassin who can be triggered by his communist controllers at will. Although Sinatra is slightly miscast as a tortured intellectual, Harvey and the remaining cast are excellent, as is Richard Sylbert's inventively designed "brainwashing" sequence, Lionel Lindon's extraordinary depth-of-field camerawork, and David Amram's witty, neoclassical score.
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey
Director: John Frankenheimer
Producer: George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterboxed - 1.75
Pan & Scan - 1.33
Dual Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Dolby Digital Stereo - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Production Interview - 1. Frank Sinatra - Star, George Axelrod - Producer, John Frankenheimer - Director
Audio Commentary - 1. John Frankenheimer - Director
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Theatrical release: October 24, 1962.
Shooting locations: Los Angeles and New York City.
The film was tied up for 25 years in a legal dispute between United Artists and Frank Sinatra, who believed the film's profits were being underreported.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is number 67 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
Frank Sinatra wanted Lucille Ball in the mother role played by Angela Lansbury. |
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