The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - film review

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The Manchurian Candidate is an American thriller film first released in 2004, directed by Jonathan Demme. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick and Jose Pablo Cantillo. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Jonathan Demme
Script: Richard Condon, George Axelrod, Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris
Photo: Tak Fujimoto
Music: Rachel Portman
Cast: Jeffrey Wright (Al Melvin), Pablo Schreiber (Eddie Ingram), Anthony Mackie (Robert Baker), Dorian Missick (Owens), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Villalobos), Teddy Dunn (Wilson), Joaquin Perez-Campbell (Atkins), Tim Artz (Jameson), Denzel Washington (Ben Marco), Robyn Hitchcock (Laurent Tokar), Liev Schreiber (Raymond Shaw), Antoine Taylor (Boy Scout #1), Joseph Alessi (Boy Scout #2), Raymond Anthony Thomas (Scout Dad), Bill Irwin (Scoutmaster), Kimberly Elise (Rosie), Al Franken (TV Commentator), Jon Voight (Senator Thomas Jordan), Meryl Streep (Eleanor Shaw), Paul Lazar (Gillespie), Danny Darst (Ellie’s Mysterious Aide), Stephanie McBride (Political Aide), Molly Hickok (Political Aide), Victoria Haynes (Political Aide), Adam LeFevre (Congressman Healy), Roger Corman (Mr. Secretary), Leona E. Sondreal (Green Room Official #2), Zeljko Ivanek (Vaughn Utly), Jim Roche (Senator from Florida), Ann Dowd (Congresswoman Becket), Obba Babatundé (Senator Wells), Harry Northup (Congressman Flores), James B. Howard (Himself), Walter Mosley (Congressman Rawlins), Gordon Brummer ("Gordy"), Gayle King (Media Icon), Brad Holbrook (Newscaster #7), Stacey Newsome-Santiago (Roving Reporter), Kristen Shaughnessy (Newscaster #4), Prue Lewarne (Newscaster #8), Forrest Sawyer (Newscaster #1), Ukee Washington (Newscaster #9), Ed Crane (Newscaster #6), Kaity Tong (Newscaster #2), Roma Torre (Newscaster #3), William Meisle (Tyler Prentiss), Dan Olmstead (Senator John Shaw), Sakina Jaffrey (Mysterious Arabic Woman), Simon McBurney (Atticus Noyle), Charles Napier (General Sloan), Robert W. Castle (General Wilson), John Aprea (Rear Admiral Glick), Tom Stechschulte (Robert Arthur), Jane DeNoble (Robert Arthur’s Wife), Vera Farmiga (Jocelyne Jordan), Jude Ciccolella (David Donovan), Dean Stockwell (Mark Whiting), John Bedford Lloyd (Jay "J.B." Johnston), David Keeley (Agent Evan Anderson), Christopher M. Russo (Secret Service Agent #1), Michael C. Pierce (Secret Service Agent #2), Ted Levine (Colonel Howard), Miguel Ferrer (Colonel Garret), Marin Ireland (Army Transcriber), Glen Hartell (Army Transcriber), Tracey Walter (Night Clerk), Alyson Renaldo (Mirella Freeman), Edwidge Danticat (Rosie’s Cousin), Kenneth Utt (Rosie’s Cousin’s Mentor), Bruno Ganz (Delp), Enrique Correa (Reporter #2), David Neumann (Reporter #3), Neda Armian (Reporter #4), Paul Johnson (Campaign Security), James Michael McCauley (FBI Agent Jonas), BeBe Winans (FBI Agent Williams), Darrell Larson (FBI Agent Ramirez), Kate Valk (Agent Volk), Beau Sia (Late Night Comedian), Duana Butler (Library Clerk), Big Jim Wheeler (Library Patron), Lauren Roselli (Jordan’s Aide), Stephen Richardson (Jordan’s Aide), Shing Ka (Rosie’s Sidekick), Malcolm Simpson (Yelling Kid), Cassius Kumar Wilkinson ("Abe Lincoln"), Josephine Demme ("Statue of Liberty"), Gabriela Fung ("Betsy Ross"), Denzel Delahoussaye ("George Washington"), Aaron Scoenfeld ("Uncle Sam"), Geovonne Long ("MLK"), Jonathan Borst ("JFK"), Michael Shehata ("American Eagle"), Tom Chapin (Governor Edward Nelson), Jiggs Walker (Churchgoer), Joey Perillo (Jimmy), Buzz Kilman (The Guy with the Shades), Marie Runyon (Arthur’s Mother), Eliza Simpson (Arthur’s Child), Julie Adamy (Arthur’s Child), Andre B. Blake (Victory Party Director), Tymberly Canale Harris (Victory Party Celebrity Soldier), Lilly McDowell (Shaw’s Aide), Joshua Elrod (Shaw’s Aide), Craig Branham (Klaus Bachman), Sidney Lumet (Political Pundit), Reno (Political Pundit), Anna Deavere Smith (Political Pundit), Roy Blount Jr. (Political Pundit), Fab 5 Freddy (Political Pundit), Reggie Austin (Skid Row Resident #1), Jaclynn Tiffany Brown (Campaign Staffer), E. Jean Carroll (Reporter #5), Thomas Daniel (Naval Sea Captain), Wally Dunn (Burly Passenger), Daryl Edwards (Train Conductor), Reginald Footman (Skid Row Resident #2), Ann Pearl Gary (Skid Rown Resident #4), James Howard (Political Party Member), Hugh Karraker (TV Moderator), Jeremy Knaster (Caretaker), Carol Jean Lewis (Abby), Al Lopez (Waiter), Pete Macnamara (FBI Agent), Josh Mowery (VP Candidate), Mitch Roberson (Skid Row Resident #3)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 129 min

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