Title The Manchurian Candidate Overview 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. Tagline This summer everything is under control. Genres Drama, Thriller, Mystery Keywords senator, gulf war, canoe, kuwait, conspiracy, war hero, u.s. congress, implant Production Companies Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Clinica Estetico Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 129 Release Year 2004
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 96 million USD