The Manchurian candidate
By: producers, George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer ; screenplay, George Axelrod ; directed by John Frankenheimer
Contributors: Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, actor; Lansbury, Angela, 1925- actor; Harvey, Laurence, actor; Condon, Richard
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 803; Criterion collection -- 803.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; Assassination; Brainwashing
Other titles: Manchurian candidate (Motion picture : 1962)
Description: A Korean War hero is brainwashed and used as a tool in a political assassination plot to be triggered by his domineering mother.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.

Based on the novel by Richard Condon.

Uncompressed mono, wide screen 1.75:1.

Features: audio commentary from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer; new interview with actor Angela Lansbury; new piece featuring filmmaker Errol Morris discussing his appreciation for The Manchurian candidate; conversation between Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra from 1987; new interview with historian Susan Carruthers about the Cold War brainwashing scare; trailer.

Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English subtitles.