'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 movie with a far-fetched plot <ref name="filmsite"> "Although the film initially failed at the box-office and its plot was considered far-fetched, it anticipated the American obsession with conspiracy theories in the early to mid-60s." [http://www.filmsite.org/manc.html] Actually, the movie only "failed at the box-office" because it was withdrawn shortly after its release due to an unexpected event that had some similarities with the movie: the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]] by someone who had traveled to communist countries.</ref>
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'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 movie with a far-fetched plot <ref name="filmsite"> "Although the film initially failed at the box-office and its plot was considered far-fetched, it anticipated the American obsession with conspiracy theories in the early to mid-60s." [http://www.filmsite.org/manc.html] Actually, the movie only "failed at the box-office" because it was withdrawn shortly after its release due to an unexpected event that had some similarities with the movie: the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]] by someone who had traveled to communist countries.</ref> about a Communist conspiracy to drug and hypnotize an American POW into assassinating a candidate for President of the United States. [[Frank Sinatra]] portrayed an army officer who uncovers the plot.
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about a Communist conspiracy to drug and hypnotize an American POW into assassinating the President of the United States. [[Frank Sinatra]] portrayed an army officer who uncovers the plot.
A key premise of the movie was that it was possible to brainwash an unsuspecting prisoner into committing murder:
A key premise of the movie was that it was possible to brainwash an unsuspecting prisoner into committing murder: