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The Manchurian Candidate

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2007-10-16 06:00:32 by clydefro in clydefro
...Manchurian Candidate is. Despite the directors lofty accomplishments, especially throughout the 1960s, hes most remembered for this film and, perhaps, decades of struggles afterwards, probably reaching a low point with the Marlon Brando abomination The Island of Dr. Moreau in 1996. Sure The Manchurian Candidate ranked #67 on AFIs initial list...
 
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The Manchurian Candidate: Blu-ray Review (2008)

2008-07-03 14:35:01 by Christopher Smith in Week in Rewind--Movie Reviews, DVD Reviews, HD DVD & Blu-ray Reviews by Christopher Smith
 
Manchurian Candidate Blu-ray Jonathan Demmes remake of John Frankenheimers jittery, 1962 cold-war classic about political brainwashing arrives on high-definition Blu-ray disc to slay the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more
 
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THE OVERLOOKED JOHN FRANKENHEIMER: "FRENCH CONNECTION II"

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2008-10-13 00:05:18 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Manchurian Candidate , Seven Days in May and Grand Prix , nearly a decade had passed since hed scored a box office hit. The opportunity to work on a high-budget picture of this sort aroused his interest and he accepted the offer The original script for French Connection II was prepared by Robert Dillon, whose previous credits included, most...
 
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Streep as Shaw as Clinton

2008-05-09 13:41:00 by J.J. in As Little as Possible
 
...Manchurian Candidate remake first came out in the summer of 2004, but Hillary Clinton and fictional entity Sen. Eleanor Shaw have become even more alike as the real-life senator continues her crusade to win the Democratic nomination for president. Shaw and Clinton are ravenously ambitious and both, in their own ways, would do anything to...
 
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MGM TO RELEASE JOHN FRANKENHEIMER DVD COLLECTION

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2007-12-27 14:25:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Manchurian Candidate, The Train and Ronin Four Eclectic United Artists Films From The Celebrated Director Available Together On DVD January 22 LOS ANGELES From Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra to Robert De Niro, director John Frankenheimer has guided the acting powerhouses of Hollywood and his views on important social issues, philosophical...
 
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Frankly Speaking (Sinatra, That Is)

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2008-05-08 15:14:07 by Carrie Rickey in Flickgrrl
...Manchurian Candidate ) he defends his masculinity while baring his vulnerability. And we haven't even talked about the velvet rumble of his voice, which David Thomson likened to "a noir sound, like saxophones, foghorns, gunfire and the quiet weeping of women in the background." Sinatra's was also a boudoir sound, like violins, a belt...
 
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Cinema's Sexy-Evil Palin-types

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2008-09-24 18:52:00 by Erich Kuersten in Bright Lights After Dark
...MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE the other day, I got lots of extra frisson from the eerie similarity of vice presidential candidate Sarah Pallin and Jessica Lansbury (above) as the commie puppetmaster wife of a commie-bashing vice presidential candidate Senator John Iselin. In that film, Mrs. Iselin's hysterical red-bashing was just smokescreen defense...
 
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Retro Cinema: Reindeer Games

2007-12-23 00:00:00 by Ryan Stewart in Cinematical
 
...Manchurian Candidate , which is like the movie of all movies." Okay, let me stop you right there, Charlize. Have you actually seen The Manchurian Candidate ? It's a movie where Janet Leigh plays a Chinese workman . Frankenheimer was an artist of the absurd, and sure, Reindeer Games doesn't work on traditional dramatic levels -- you don't care...
 
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Kimberly Elise: The Great Debaters Interview

2007-12-24 02:34:00 by The Sly Fox in The Sly Fox Film Reviews
 
...Manchurian Candidate to Woman, Thou Art Loosed. The problem could be that shes just so accomplished at her craft that when she thoroughly disappears into each role she gives the impression that her performances are almost effortless Nonetheless, she has landed her fair share of accolades elsewhere on the awards circuit, most notably, the...
 
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