Summary:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
| Runtime: | 129 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for violence and some language. |
| Production: | Paramount Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Demme | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Daniel Pyne | Screenplay |
| Dean Georgaris | Screenplay |
| George Axelrod | 1962 Screenplay |
| Richard Condon | Novel |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Denzel Washington | Ben Marco |
| Liev Schreiber | Raymond Shaw |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anthony Mackie | Robert Baker |
| Antoine Taylor | Boy Scout #1 |
| Bill Irwin | Scoutmaster |
| Dorian Missick | Owens |
| Jeffrey Wright | Al Melvin |
| Joaquin Perez-Campbell | Atkins |
| Jose Pablo Cantillo | Villalobos |
| Joseph Alessi | Boy Scout #2 |
| Pablo Schreiber | Eddie Ingram |
| Raymond Anthony Thomas | Scout Dad |
| Robyn Hitchcock | Laurent Tokar |
| Teddy Dunn | Wilson |
| Tim Artz | Jameson |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ilona Herzberg | Producer |
| Jonathan Demme | Producer |
| Peter Kohn | Associate Producer |
| Polly Mallinson | Associate Producer |
| Scott Aversano | Executive Producer |
| Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Tina Sinatra | Producer |
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