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Watch The Manchurian Candidate Online.
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It’s about time this Icy War classic (based on the current by Richard Condon) was re-released on DVD with a few extras. I haven’t seen the remake yet (and if I do, it’ll be purely because Denzel is in it), but it has its work slice out for it if it aims to be as helpful as the new.
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You can read the other reviews if you want spot details. In a nutshell: Laurence Harvey is Raymond Shaw, a sergeant in the U.S. Army captured and brainwashed in Korea along with the rest of his platoon; Frank Sinatra is Maj. Bennett Marco, who was captured and brainwashed with the others; Angela Lansbury is Shaw’s mother (even though in actual life she was unbiased three years older than Harvey!), a manipulative witch now married to Sen. John Iselin (James Gregory) and conniving to fetch him into the White House. The problem: the boys are all serve home, Shaw has received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the platoon members don’t capture their period of captivity, and Marco is having the _strangest_ dreams . . .
The DVD transfer is obvious and crisp, and the extras are okay. But the steady star is the film itself, which is honest absolutely quick-witted and sometimes wickedly laughable (e.g., exactly _how_ many Communists have been identified? Close-up of a Heinz catsup bottle . . . and the number is . . . ) . The psychological tension here is excruciating; the brainwashing sequences alone will give you the willies.
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The cast performs flawlessly, with even Sinatra holding his own; Harvey is eerily disturbing and Lansbury is honest insensible scary. John Frankenheimer’s direction deserves all the kudos it received, George Axelrod’s screenplay is mostly pleasurable (the exception being that Janet Leigh’s character Rosie is strangely underdeveloped and seems ‘tacked on’), and David Amram’s earn is really cold (I especially like the opening theme) .
And as the existence of a remake indicates, the movie is tranquil unfortunately timely (at least in its mammoth outlines) even though the Chilly War is over. As anyone familiar with e.g. the history of LSD is aware, communist regimes weren’t the only governments in the world to experiment with mind control.
However trustworthy or dreadful the remake turns out to be, we can at least be contented it provided a commercial incentive to release a fresh edition of the 1962 new. Grab it while it’s available.
This is a broad DVD with many obliging bonus features, including the Director’s commentary that adds so considerable to the opinion of how the film was made. The film was shot primarily with wide angle lenses which heightens the execute of some very frightful screens. For example is there anything more astonishing than the scene where the captured, brainwashed prisoners enjoy they are attending a ladies’ garden party, while actually on stage as human guinea pigs in a meeting of communist cadres. Unbiased an improbable juxtaposition of images! The storyline is well developed and never loses the taut feeling of suspense from launch to attain. Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Angela Lansbury are particularly heavenly in their roles. If there is only one criticism, it is that Harvey lapses at times into his unique British accent, which is disconcerting. But given the power of his performance in this role, this is a minor detail that can easily be overlooked. The film is shot in dismal and white, which is far better trustworthy to its chilly war images. Honest puzzled why MGM issued the conceal for this DVD in color? Anyway, highly recommend this DVD!
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