The Manchurian Candidate Blu-RayMGM Home Entertainment1962/Rated PG-13/126 MinsList Price: $19.99 – Now AvailableIn 1952, an American unit on patrol in Korea is captured by the Chinese. Brainwashed, they perform a demonstration of the effectiveness of the Communists' techniques, while all the time imagining that they are at a meeting of the Ladies' Garden Club. Repatriated to America, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in rescuing the platoon. But the other survivors of the patrol, including Major Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra), are plagued with dreams that seem to suggest things did not occur as they remember. Shaw's mother (Angela Lansbury) is a highly political woman, pushing and controlling his stepfather Senator Iselin (James Gregory) at the expense of everything and everyone else. Shaw rejects her and goes to work for a publisher, but Communist agents have expertly programmed him and two years later are about to...
- 6/30/2011
- LRMonline.com
The Movie Pool casts its vote for The Manchurian Candidate on Blu-ray!
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1 (1080p high definition)
Running Time: 126 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio, Spanish Mono, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish, French
Special Features: Interviews with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, and John Frankenheimer; "Queen of Diamonds" featurette; "A Little Solitaire" featurette; "How to Get Shot" featurette; Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary: By director John Frankenheimer
The Set-up
A Korean War veteran (Frank Sinatra) discovers one of his men (Lawrence Harvey) has been brainwashed to become a dangerous assassin with a deadly mission.
Written by: George Axelrod
Executive Producer: Howard W. Koch
Director: John Frankenheimer
The Delivery
This chilling political thriller from celebrated director John Frankenheimer was controversial when it was released in 1962, but it is now widely considered a modern masterpiece and was named to the...
Blu-ray Specs
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1 (1080p high definition)
Running Time: 126 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio, Spanish Mono, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish, French
Special Features: Interviews with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, and John Frankenheimer; "Queen of Diamonds" featurette; "A Little Solitaire" featurette; "How to Get Shot" featurette; Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary: By director John Frankenheimer
The Set-up
A Korean War veteran (Frank Sinatra) discovers one of his men (Lawrence Harvey) has been brainwashed to become a dangerous assassin with a deadly mission.
Written by: George Axelrod
Executive Producer: Howard W. Koch
Director: John Frankenheimer
The Delivery
This chilling political thriller from celebrated director John Frankenheimer was controversial when it was released in 1962, but it is now widely considered a modern masterpiece and was named to the...
- 6/3/2011
- Cinelinx
MGM/Fox will release the Blu-ray edition of the classic 1962 espionage thriller movie The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra (Concert for the Americas) and Angela Lansbury (Harlow) on May 10, following its three-month exclusive availability through retail giant Best Buy.
Angela Lansbury is the ruthless Queen of Diamonds in The Manchurian Candidate.
Directed by John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix) and George Axelrod, the film revolves around a platoon American soldiers in the Korean War who may or may not have been captured by the enemy. Major Bennett (Sinatra) can’t seem to remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical assassination plot orchestrated by the ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, Summer and Smoke), her senator husband (James Gregory, TV’s Barney Miller) and a clandestine consortium of enemy leaders.
The Blu-ray will carry the list price of $19.99.
All of the bonus...
Angela Lansbury is the ruthless Queen of Diamonds in The Manchurian Candidate.
Directed by John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix) and George Axelrod, the film revolves around a platoon American soldiers in the Korean War who may or may not have been captured by the enemy. Major Bennett (Sinatra) can’t seem to remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical assassination plot orchestrated by the ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey, Summer and Smoke), her senator husband (James Gregory, TV’s Barney Miller) and a clandestine consortium of enemy leaders.
The Blu-ray will carry the list price of $19.99.
All of the bonus...
- 4/11/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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