# The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Richard Condon, and a reimagining of the previous 1962 film.

## Dialogue

    Eleanor: I will do whatever is necessary to protect America from anyone who opposes her. I can't... am I the only person in this room who's been reading these NSA reports?
    Healy: I've read them.
    Eleanor: All right, then. You know... you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.
    Becket: Oh, Ellie. That's a bit extreme.
    Eleanor: And it's not from random terrorists, but from covert alliances of disaffected nations who've all been made bold by this kind of Jordan one-worlder who believes that human beings are essentially good and that our powers are somehow, I don't know, shameful or evil and never to be used. Make no mistake. The American people are terrified. They know something's coming. They can feel it. And we can either shovel them the same old shit and call it sugar or we can arm them. We can arm them with a young, vibrant Vice President. We can give them heat, energy! Give them a war hero with heart, forged by enemy fire in the desert! In the dark! When American lives hung in the balance!
    Noyle: Hello, Captain. Do you remember me?
    Detective: When your commanding officer gave us your file, you are the real deal. Special Forces, Rangers, Delta. [saying it with a deep interest]
    Raymond: I served under him. He was a good man.
    Eleanor: Well, that's what the neighbors always say about serial killers.
    [manipulating Raymond]
    Eleanor: Sergeant Shaw.
    Raymond: [abruptly] What...?
    Eleanor: Sergeant Raymond Shaw.
    Raymond: Mother, I...
    Eleanor: Raymond Prentiss Shaw.
    Raymond: Yes.
    Eleanor: Listen.
    Eleanor: Oh, God! Where all the men anymore? My father, Tyler Prentiss, never asked, "Is this okay? Is this okay?" You know what I'm saying, Mark? He just did what needed to be done.
    Raymond: Are we friends, Ben? I want to believe we were friends.
    Ben: We are connected and that's somthing nobody can take from us. You could have me locked up, but you didn't. That's proof that there's something deep inside. There's a part that they can't get to. And it's deep of us. And that's where the truth is.
    Eleanor: The assassin always dies, baby. It's necessary for the national healing.
    Delp: I thought you said you lost this.
    Ben: I bit a guy. I found another one.
    [last lines]
    Noyle: [voiceover] Now, when you're rescued and returned with your patrol to command headquarters, what will be among the first of your duties that you'll undertake?
    Ben: I'll recommend Sergeant Shaw for the Medal of Honor, sir. He saved our lives. He terminated the enemy. Led us across the desert to safety.
    Noyle: Excellent. And there were casualties?
    Ben: There's always casualties in war, sir.

## Taglines

* Everything is under control.
* ....is anyone seeing the truth?
* This summer everything is under control.

## Cast

* Denzel Washington - Major Bennett Marco
* Meryl Streep - Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw
* Liev Schreiber - Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw
* Jon Voight - Senator Thomas Jordan
* Kimberly Elise - Eugenie Rose
* Vera Farmiga - Jocelyne Jordan
* Jeffrey Wright - CPL Al Melvin
* Simon McBurney - Dr. Atticus Noyle
* Bruno Ganz - Delp
* Ann Dowd - Congresswoman Beckett
* Ted Levine - Colonel Howard
* Miguel Ferrer - Colonel Garret
* Dean Stockwell - Mark Whiting
* Charles Napier - General Sloan
* Jude Ciccolella - David Donovan
* Tom Stechschulte - Governor Robert "Bob" Arthur
* Pablo Schreiber - PFC Eddie Ingram
* Anthony Mackie - PFC Robert Baker III
* Robyn Hitchcock - Laurence Tokar
* Obba Babatundé - Senator Wells
* Željko Ivanek - Vaughn Utly

### Cameos

* Al Franken - a reporter
* Sidney Lumet - a political pundit
* Anna Deavere Smith - a political pundit
* Roy Blount, Jr. - a political pundit
* Fab Five Freddy - a political pundit
* Roger Corman - the Secretary of State
* Beau Sia (on a TV screen) - a presenter
* Gayle King (on a TV screen) - a presenter