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The Manchurian candidate /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1006975 | MGM Home EntertainmentSpoken language: English, Spanish Original language: English Edition: Special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0792861582
  • 9780792861584
Uniform titles:
  • Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .M2564 2004
  • PN1997 .M36 2004
Contents:
Old Saint Raymond -- Through quicksand -- Main title -- Hail our hero, full of hate -- Manchurian Garden Club -- "The kindest, bravest ..." -- X number of communists -- Death of a mascot -- A little solitaire -- "American" symptoms -- Trial assassination -- "It's just not true!" -- More or less Rosie -- Cook and valet -- Card-carrying ketchup Reds -- Marco a mano -- "They could've asked me" -- Dream matchers -- Positive ID -- "I am not lovable" -- Love by snakebite -- Mother knows best -- Power of submersion -- The queen of diamonds -- A gracious reintroduction -- Dressed up & unmasked -- "Will you block us?" -- A forced deck -- The luckiest, sickest man -- The family plot -- Unlocking the doors -- Like a traitor scorned -- Stupidity officer -- Conventional time bomb -- Stopping the unstoppable -- Eulogy for a hero.
Production credits:
  • Music composed and conducted by David Amram ; director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Ferris Webster ; costumes by Moss Mabry ; set decorator, George R. Nelson ; costumer, Wesley V. Jefferies.
Awards:
  • National Film Registry, 1994.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy.Summary: A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000419989

"M-G-M movie legends" and "Special edition" versions are the same DVDs (1006975 ; MGM Home Entertainment, c2004), just with slightly different covers on cases.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.

Based on the novel by Richard Condon.

Special features: Audio commentary by John Frankenheimer; Exclusive interview with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer; "Queen of diamonds" (featurette with Angela Lansbury); "A little solitaire" (featurette with William Friedkin); Photo gallery; Theatrical trailer.

Old Saint Raymond -- Through quicksand -- Main title -- Hail our hero, full of hate -- Manchurian Garden Club -- "The kindest, bravest ..." -- X number of communists -- Death of a mascot -- A little solitaire -- "American" symptoms -- Trial assassination -- "It's just not true!" -- More or less Rosie -- Cook and valet -- Card-carrying ketchup Reds -- Marco a mano -- "They could've asked me" -- Dream matchers -- Positive ID -- "I am not lovable" -- Love by snakebite -- Mother knows best -- Power of submersion -- The queen of diamonds -- A gracious reintroduction -- Dressed up & unmasked -- "Will you block us?" -- A forced deck -- The luckiest, sickest man -- The family plot -- Unlocking the doors -- Like a traitor scorned -- Stupidity officer -- Conventional time bomb -- Stopping the unstoppable -- Eulogy for a hero.

Music composed and conducted by David Amram ; director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Ferris Webster ; costumes by Moss Mabry ; set decorator, George R. Nelson ; costumer, Wesley V. Jefferies.

Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy.

A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.

MPAA rating: PG-13 CHV rating: PG.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen format (1.75:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital.

English (mono. or 5.1 surround); Spanish (mono); with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

National Film Registry, 1994.

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