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 The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Review |
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 Mar 5 2005, 11:58 PM
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 I, The Jury  Group: Chief of Staff Posts: 359 Joined: 27-February 05 From: Saginaw, Michigan Member No.: 2  |
Review from Amazon.com
QUOTE You will never find a more chillingly suspenseful, perversely funny, or viciously satirical political thriller than The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel by Richard Condon (author of Winter Kills). The film, withheld from distribution by star Frank Sinatra for almost a quarter century after President Kennedy's assassination, has lost none of its potency over time. Former infantryman Bennet Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by nightmares about his platoon having been captured and brainwashed in Korea. The indecipherable dreams seem to center on Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), a decorated war hero but a cold fish of a man whose own mother (Angela Lansbury, in one of the all-time great dragon-lady roles) describes him as looking like his head is "always about to come to a point." Mrs. Bates has nothing on Lansbury's character, the manipulative queen behind her second husband, Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), a notoriously McCarthyesque demagogue. --Jim Emerson This is a classic movie. I don't know whether it technically fits in with spies or not, but it's close enough for me. One of my favorites. This movie has suspense, action, and a very hot (now very dead) Janet Leigh. Anybody else seen this movie? What did you think? There's a lot of people that believe Janet Leigh's character was another communist agent who was Frank Sinatra's controller. What do you think about that? -------------------- "It was easy."
"But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid." |
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Mar 9 2005, 01:30 AM
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 Sherlockian Group: Global Spy Posts: 592 Joined: 27-February 05 From: Washington DC, USA Member No.: 8 |
Its far better than the remake.
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Mar 9 2005, 01:39 AM
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I, The Jury Group: Chief of Staff Posts: 359 Joined: 27-February 05 From: Saginaw, Michigan Member No.: 2 |
It is definitely a classic. I'll have to dig out and watch it again some time.
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"But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid." |
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Mar 9 2005, 01:42 AM
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Sherlockian Group: Global Spy Posts: 592 Joined: 27-February 05 From: Washington DC, USA Member No.: 8 |
Its just more effective than the remake, which tried to update it and it just didn;t work as well...
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Dec 7 2005, 01:31 AM
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Cadet Group: Field Operative Posts: 41 Joined: 6-December 05 Member No.: 45 |
Great movie!
-------------------- A 20th century detective, created by Sara Paretsky.
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