Director: Jonathan Demme

Writers: Dean Georgars; Daniel Pyne; George Axelrod (1962 screenplay); Richard Condon (novel)

Keywords: Drama, Assassination

Remake of the 1962 film of the same name follows a troubled American soldier's discovery of a far-reaching mind control conspiracy.

ABSTRACT
Remake of The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Bennett Marco, a former Major in the U.S. Army troubled by mental illness and doubt about events surrounding his old unit ever since a Gulf War mission that saw subordinate Raymond Shaw transformed into a war hero, finds his problems coming to a head following a conversation with deranged ex-Corporal Al Melvin in a near-future America where now-Congressman Shaw is his party's candidate for Vice President. Implants discovered by Marco in his own body and Shaw's lead to the discovery of a terrifying mind control conspiracy involving weapons manufacturer Manchurian Global, one our fragmented protagonist must somehow work to stop before his nation is plunged into irreversible chaos.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Aprea	Actor	4-Mar-1941		Nick Katsopolis on Full House
Obba Babatundé	Actor	1-Dec-1951		Principal Green on Dawson's Creek
Roger Corman	Film/TV Producer	5-Apr-1926		Frankenstein Unbound
Edwidge Danticat	Author	19-Jan-1969		The Dew Breaker
Kimberly Elise	Actor	17-Apr-1967		Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Vera Farmiga	Actor	6-Aug-1973		Down to the Bone
Miguel Ferrer	Actor	7-Feb-1955	19-Jan-2017	Agent Rosenfield on Twin Peaks
Al Franken	Politician	21-May-1951		US Senator from Minnesota
Bruno Ganz	Actor	22-Mar-1941	16-Feb-2019	Downfall
Robyn Hitchcock	Singer/Songwriter	3-Mar-1953		The Soft Boys
Bill Irwin	Actor	11-Apr-1950		My Blue Heaven
Zeljko Ivanek	Actor	15-Aug-1957		Gov. James Devlin on Oz
Gayle King	TV Personality	28-Dec-1954		Former WFSB-TV anchor
Ted Levine	Actor	29-May-1958		Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs
Sidney Lumet	Film Director	25-Jun-1924	9-Apr-2011	Dog Day Afternoon
Anthony Mackie	Actor	23-Sep-1979		The Manchurian Candidate
Walter Mosley	Author	12-Jan-1952		Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins mysteries
Charles Napier	Actor	12-Apr-1936	5-Oct-2011	Duke Phillips on The Critic
Liev Schreiber	Actor	4-Oct-1967		Actor, voiceover talent
Anna Deavere Smith	Actor	18-Sep-1950		Nancy McNally on The West Wing
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet
Meryl Streep	Actor	22-Jun-1949		The Deer Hunter
Jon Voight	Actor	29-Dec-1938		Midnight Cowboy
Tracey Walter	Actor	25-Nov-1942		Miller in Repo Man
Denzel Washington	Actor	28-Dec-1954		Training Day
Jeffrey Wright	Actor	7-Dec-1965		Basquiat

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