The Manchurian Candidate 1962

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Call Number: DVD Drama Manchurian
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Title from sell sheet.
Based on the novel by Richard Condon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: Audio commentary from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer; new interview with actor Angela Lansbury; new piece featuring filmmaker Errol Morris; conversation between Frankenheimer, George Axelrod, and Frank Sinatra from 1988; new interview with historian Susan Carruthers; trailer; essay by critic Howard Hampton.
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva.
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.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1); mono.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

I hate Frank Sinatra, but I love this film. submitted by lisa on July 29, 2019, 3:18pm I even love him in it. SO good. So tense.

There's a great scene with Frank and Janet Leigh on the train, too. Dialogue-wise. It's whack, cuz they're whack, and things are whack.