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Features: DVD, Special Edition, Black & White, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.78:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, Audio Commentary, Photo Gallery, Interviews, English, French, Spanish Subtitled
Eerie, shocking, daring, thrilling and mesmerizing, The Manchurian Candidate will leave you breathless (People)! Featuring an all-star cast, including Angela Lansbury in an Oscar -nominated performance, this chilling and controversial (Leonard Maltin) film may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made (Pauline Kael). When a platoon of Korean War G.I.s is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies garden club party. Or do they Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) can t remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical plot orchestrated by the utterly ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) and involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey), her senator husband (James Gregory) and a secret cabal of enemy leaders.System Requirements:Running Time: 127 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"This gonzo satiric thriller is a riveting portrait of early-60's paranoia." David Everitt, Entertainment Weekl
"A dazzling spy thriller that's still amazing." Kim Newman, Empire
"It may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made in Hollywood." Pauline Kael/ The New Yorker
Editor's Note
John Frankenheimer's brilliant adaptation of Richard Condon's Cold-War satire, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is the director's best film, both a coruscating thriller and a razor-sharp satire of political hysteria that captures the turbulent mood of the 1960s. Packed with sly details, such as the liberal senator "bleeding" milk when he's shot, the film demands repeated viewings.Laurence Harvey stars as Sergeant Raymond Shaw, whose U.S. army unit is captured while fighting in Korea, taken to Manchuria, and brainwashed by Chinese communists. The men return to the U.S. with no conscious memory of their experience, and Shaw is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery. But when Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) starts having nightmares, he begins an authorized investigation into what happened in Manchuria and eventually reveals that the sergeant's brainwashing has transformed him into an unconscious assassin who can be triggered by his communist controllers at will. Although Sinatra is slightly miscast as a tortured intellectual, Harvey and the remaining cast are excellent, as is Richard Sylbert's inventively designed "brainwashing" sequence, Lionel Lindon's extraordinary depth-of-field camerawork, and David Amram's witty, neoclassical score.
| Features | Audio Commentary By John Frankenheimer | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Featurette With Angela Lansbury | | Featurette With William Friedkin | | Interview With Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod And John Frankenheimer | | Photo Gallery | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer | | Trivia & Production Notes |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/13/2007 8:07 PM | |
Possibly John Frankenheimer's finest film, The Manchurian Candidate speaks to the Red Scare, the horrors of war, paranoid fears of brainwashing -- all tied in with the game of Solitaire. Frankenheimer owes a lot to George Axelrod's script and Richard Condon's gripping novel, which tells the story of a perfectly brainwashed soldier (during the Korean War), played by Laurence Harvey, who becomes a no-remorse assassin after capture and brianwashing by the enemy. His target and handler are both kept as mysteries until the end, but it's Frank Sinatra as an old war buddy who's suffering terrible nightmares that brings it all to light....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 5/12/2009 |
| Running Time: 127 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1962 | | Catalog ID: 1006975 | | UPC: 00027616911131 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1963) | | | Angela Lansbury , Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | | | Ferris Webster, Nominee, Best Film Editing | |
Golden Globe (1963) |  | Angela Lansbury , Winner, Best Supporting Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | Film Comment
"...It looked good then; it looks even better now....[Sinatra] is extremely moving..." 11/01/1987 p.60-7Los Angeles Times
"...THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE proves that its fascination is intact..." 01/12/1988 p.C1 Total Film
"...Easily the best and most complex of all Cold War thrillers..." 01/01/2001 p.108 Chicago Sun-Times
"THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE feels astonishingly contemporary; its astringent political satire still bites, and its story has uncanny contemporary echoes." 12/07/2003 p.3 Rolling Stone
"Frank Sinatra excels as a Korean war vet....And Angela Lansbury is a marvel..." 08/05/2004 p.124 Washington Post 9 of 10
John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate was a bold venture in 1962, with its flashy te - Desson Howe
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Here is a movie that was made more than 25 years ago, and it feels as if it were made yesterday. Not - Roger Ebert
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