Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, Moderators, move, protect, rollback, Administrators
27,336
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − [[Image:Manchurian.jpg|right|200px]]+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Line 74:
Line 98: +
added infobox
{{Infobox Film
| name=The Manchurian Candidate
| image=ManchurianCandidateposter.jpg
| caption=
| director=John Frankenheimer
| producer=Howard W. Koch<br>George Axelrod<br>John Frankenheimer
| writer=Richard Condon<br>George Axelrod
| narrator=
| starring=Frank Sinatra<br>Laurence Harvey<br>Janet Leigh
| music=David Amram
| cinematography=Lionel Lindon
| editing=Ferris Webster
| distributor=United Artists
| released=October 24, 1962
| runtime=126 min
| country=USA
| language=English
| budget=
| gross=
| preceded_by=
| followed_by=
| website=
| amg_id=
| imdb_id=
}}
'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 Hollywood film about a Chinese conspiracy to "[[brainwash]]" an American [[POW]] into assassinating a candidate for [[President of the United States]]. The film, based on the 1959 novel by Richard Condon, was directed by John Frankenheimer, gained an almost [[cult]]-like following. It was new twist in spy movies, playing upon widespread fears at the time that American POWs in Korea were being systematically brainwashed.<ref> It was later realized that sort of brainwashing depicted in the film was impossible. On the fears see Susan L. Carruthers, "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294</ref>. It is considered by many to be the best political thriller ever made.
'''The Manchurian Candidate''' is a 1962 Hollywood film about a Chinese conspiracy to "[[brainwash]]" an American [[POW]] into assassinating a candidate for [[President of the United States]]. The film, based on the 1959 novel by Richard Condon, was directed by John Frankenheimer, gained an almost [[cult]]-like following. It was new twist in spy movies, playing upon widespread fears at the time that American POWs in Korea were being systematically brainwashed.<ref> It was later realized that sort of brainwashing depicted in the film was impossible. On the fears see Susan L. Carruthers, "Redeeming The Captives: Hollywood and the Brainwashing of America's Prisoners of War in Korea." ''Film History'' 1998 10(3): 275-294</ref>. It is considered by many to be the best political thriller ever made.
== Cast ==
== Cast ==
=== Factual errors ===
=== Factual errors ===
[[Image:Manchurian.jpg|right|200px|right|thumb|Cover for the recently-released DVD edition]]
# When Senator Iselin announces on the floor of the Senate that "there are exactly fifty-seven card-carrying Communists in the Defense Department," and then rises to a point of order, he addresses the presiding officer as "Mister Speaker" by mistake. The correct title in the Senate is "Mister President."
# When Senator Iselin announces on the floor of the Senate that "there are exactly fifty-seven card-carrying Communists in the Defense Department," and then rises to a point of order, he addresses the presiding officer as "Mister Speaker" by mistake. The correct title in the Senate is "Mister President."
# When Senator Jordan threatens Senator Iselin with expulsion from the Senate if he tries to secure the Vice Presidential nomination, he incorrectly describes the sanction as an impeachment. Senator Iselin then makes the identical mistake when threatening Senator Jordan in turn. [[Impeachment]] is an accusation against the President, Vice President, or other "civil officer" in the executive or judicial branches, and is always brought in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and ''then'' tried in the Senate. The Senate is the sole judge of the qualifications of his own members, and a motion to expel a Senator would be called just that: a motion to expel. The Senate, and only the Senate, would then debate and vote on it.
# When Senator Jordan threatens Senator Iselin with expulsion from the Senate if he tries to secure the Vice Presidential nomination, he incorrectly describes the sanction as an impeachment. Senator Iselin then makes the identical mistake when threatening Senator Jordan in turn. [[Impeachment]] is an accusation against the President, Vice President, or other "civil officer" in the executive or judicial branches, and is always brought in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and ''then'' tried in the Senate. The Senate is the sole judge of the qualifications of his own members, and a motion to expel a Senator would be called just that: a motion to expel. The Senate, and only the Senate, would then debate and vote on it.