The Manchurian Candidate

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes. The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American English-language Drama Mystery motion picture featuring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Ted Levine and Mitch Roberson. The movie is based on The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon 1962 film screenplay by George Axelrod. Scott Rudin Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Jonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg, Scott Rudin and Tina Sinatra. The Manchurian Candidate is written by Richard Condon, George Axelrod, Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris and it is directed by Jonathan Demme. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Manchurian Candidate was released on 21st October 2004 and takes a screen time of 130 minutes. The Manchurian Candidate was made on a budget of $80 million and at the box office it grossed only $2 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris. Cinematography was done by Tak Fujimoto and editing by Carol Littleton and Craig McKay. The music was composed by Rachel Portman.