# The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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**Runtime**: 130 min
**Genres**: Thriller, War
**Directed by**: Jonathan Demme
**Written by**: Dean Georgaris, Daniel Pyne
**Starring**: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz

> *Everything is under control.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Desert sands swirling, distant gunfire, helicopter blades. 
A squad's ambush, a hero's medals. 
Jonathan Demme directs this paranoia tinged thriller.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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