---
title: 'The Manchurian Candidate (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jonathan Demme'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-manchurian-candidate-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

2004 · R · 125 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American psychological political thriller film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme. It is a remake of the 1962 film, in turn adapted from Richard Condon's 1959 novel. It stars Denzel Washington as Bennett Marco, a tenacious, virtuous soldier; Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. Representative from New York, manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential candidate; Jon Voight as U.S. Senator Tom Jordan, a challenger for vice president; and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, also a U.S. Senator and Raymond's manipulative ruthless mother.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme)
- **Producer:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme), [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin), [Tina Sinatra](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-sinatra)
- **Screenplay:** [George Axelrod](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-axelrod), [Daniel Pyne](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-pyne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rachel Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-portman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto)
- **Editor:** [Carol Littleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-littleton)

## Cast

- [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- [John Bedford Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bedford-lloyd)
- [Jude Ciccolella](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-ciccolella)
- [Vera Farmiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-farmiga)
- [Pablo Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/pablo-schreiber)
- [Bill Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-irwin)
- [Simon McBurney](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-mcburney)
- [Roy Blount Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-blount-jr)
- [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- [Ted Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-levine)
- [Liev Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/liev-schreiber)
- [Ann Dowd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-dowd)
- [Sakina Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakina-jaffrey)
- [Fab Five Freddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/fab-five-freddy)
- [Walter Mosley](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-mosley)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-manchurian-candidate-2004
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