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The Manchurian candidate / United Artists Pictures Inc. ; screenplay by George Axelrod ; produced by George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer ; directed by John Frankenheimer.
LIBRA DVD 012 431
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Condon, Richard. Manchurian candidate, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Condon, Richard--Film adaptations.
- Condon, Richard.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--China--Manchuria--Drama.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Brainwashing--Drama.
- Brainwashing.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Drama.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Vice-presidential candidates--Drama.
- Vice-presidential candidates.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white, double sided ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen and standard versions.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment [distributor], [1998]
- Language Note:
- In English with French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote her Joseph McCarthy-like husband's political career.
- Participant:
- Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; editor, Ferris Webster ; music, David Amram.
- Notes:
- Based on a novel by Richard Condon.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
- Special features: Interview with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer ; feature-length audio commentary by John Frankenheimer ; trivia and production notes ; original theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 0792838289
- OCLC:
- 39457375
- Publisher Number:
- 027616701329
- 907013 MGM Home Entertainment
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