About this release
Director Jonathan Demme and star Denzel Washington team together for the first time since 1993's critically acclaimed Philadelphia in this remake of the 1962 political thriller The Manchurian Candidate, which was based on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon and featured Frank Sinatra in the lead role. Washington plays Bennett Marco, a soldier who, along with Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) and the rest of their platoon, is kidnapped by the enemy during the first Gulf War. Back home years later, as Shaw rises to political prominence, Marco begins to remember that they had been brainwashed by their captors, programmed to carry out the wishes of terrorists when triggered by a specific phrase. The Manchurian Candidate also stars Meryl Streep, Miguel Ferrer, and Jon Voight.
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Disc 1
UHD
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
130 min
ThrillerMysteryDrama
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Credits
Director
Jonathan Demme
Writer
Daniel Pyne
Dean Georgaris
Cast
Denzel Washingtonas Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl Streepas Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev Schreiberas Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurneyas Dr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly Eliseas Rosie
Bruno Ganzas Delp
Jon Voightas Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey Wrightas CPL Al Melvin
Anthony Mackieas PFC Robert Baker III
Ted Levineas Colonel Howard
Cinematographer
Tak Fujimoto
Composer
Rachel Portman
Editor
Carol Littleton
Craig McKay
Producer
Jonathan Demme
Ilona Herzberg
Scott Rudin
Tina Sinatra
Disc 2
BDThe Manchurian Candidate (2004)
130 min
ThrillerMysteryDrama
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Credits
Director
Jonathan Demme
Writer
Daniel Pyne
Dean Georgaris
Cast
Denzel Washingtonas Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl Streepas Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev Schreiberas Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurneyas Dr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly Eliseas Rosie
Bruno Ganzas Delp
Jon Voightas Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey Wrightas CPL Al Melvin
Anthony Mackieas PFC Robert Baker III
Ted Levineas Colonel Howard
Cinematographer
Tak Fujimoto
Composer
Rachel Portman
Editor
Carol Littleton
Craig McKay
Producer
Jonathan Demme
Ilona Herzberg
Scott Rudin
Tina Sinatra
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 1, 2026