Seven Days in May
1964
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Dec 7, 2003 · Sinatra says it was the high point of his acting career; nobody mentions why it was unseen for 24 years. Seen today, "The Manchurian Candidate" feels astonishingly contemporary; its astringent political satire still bites, and its story has uncanny contemporary echoes. The villains plan to exploit a terrorist act, "rallying a nation of viewers ...
Jul 19, 2004 · Directed by. Corporations, not commies, are the sinister force behind Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate," in which poor Raymond Shaw is told by a liberal senator: "You are about to become the first privately owned and operated vice president of the United States." There's a level of cynicism here that is scarier than the Red Chinese ...
Here is a movie that was made more than 25 years ago, and it feels as if it were made yesterday. Not a moment of “The Manchurian Candidate” lacks edge and tension and a cynical spin. And what’s even more surprising is how the film now plays as a political comedy, as well as a thriller. After being suppressed for a quarter of a century after its first run, after becoming a legend that ...
Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek Jonathan Demme's new Manchurian Candidate is a gourmet-popcorn movie--a hugely entertaining thriller shot through with dark shards of agony ...
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- Jonathan Demme
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- Denzel Washington
Mar 1, 2018 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies The Manchurian Candidate thrilled audiences in 1962 while addressing McCarthyism and the Cold War in its own way.
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- John Frankenheimer
- PG-13
- Frank Sinatra
Oct 24, 2016 · October 24, 2016 5:58am. Photofest. On Oct. 24, 1962, political thriller The Manchurian Candidate hit theaters, eventually earning two Oscar noms at the 35th Academy Awards, hosted by the film’s ...
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The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed and produced by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay is by George Axelrod, based on the 1959 Richard Condon novel The Manchurian Candidate. The film's leading actors are Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury, with co-stars Janet Leigh ...
