The Manchurian candidate

Author

John Frankenheimer

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (126 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Summary

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.

Notes

Based uoon a novel by Richard Condon.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; audio commentary from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer ; new interview with actor Angela Lansbury ; new piece featuring filmmaker Errol Morris discussing his appreciation for The Manchurian candidate ; conversation between Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra from 1987 ; new interview with historian Susan Carruthers about the Cold War brainwashing scare ; trailer.