| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 803 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 803.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.75:1); mono. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Hendersen, Albert Paulsen, Barry Kelley, Lloyd Corrigan, Madame Spivy. |
| Note |
Music composed and conducted by David Amram ; director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Ferris Webster ; costumes by Moss Mabry ; set decorator, George R. Nelson ; costumer, Wesley V. Jefferies. |
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Based on the novel by Richard Condon. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
| Awards |
National Film Registry selection, 1994. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Summary |
Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary (from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer); Angela Lansbury (new interview with the actor); Errol Morris (new interview with the filmmaker); George Axelrod, John Frankenheimer, and Frank Sinatra (conversation recorded in 1988 between director John Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra discussing the films' production); Susan Carruthers (new interview with the historian and author); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by critic Howard Hampton. |
| Subject |
Condon, Richard -- Film adaptations.
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Brainwashing -- Drama.
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Assassins -- Drama.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Cold War -- Drama.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Conspiracy films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Frankenheimer, John, 1930-2002, film producer, film director.
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Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001, film producer.
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Axelrod, George, screenwriter, film producer.
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Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, actor.
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Harvey, Laurence, actor.
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Leigh, Janet, actor.
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Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022 actor.
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Silva, Henry, 1926-2022 actor.
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Gregory, James, 1911-2002, actor.
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Parrish, Leslie, actor.
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McGiver, John, 1913-1975, actor.
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Dhiegh, Khigh, actor.
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Edwards, James, 1918-1970, actor.
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Henderson, Douglas, 1919-1978, actor.
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Paulsen, Albert, 1925-2004, actor.
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Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991, actor.
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Corrigan, Lloyd, 1900-1969, actor.
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Spivy, Madame, 1907-1971, actor.
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Amram, David, composer (expression)
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Lindon, Lionel, director of photography.
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Sylbert, Richard, production designer.
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Webster, Ferris, 1912-1989, editor of moving image work.
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Mabry, Moss, costume designer.
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Nelson, George, 1927-1992, set designer.
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Jefferies, Wesley V., 1906-2000, costume designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Condon, Richard.
Manchurian candidate.
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Carruthers, Susan L. (Susan Lisa), interviewee (expression)
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Hampton, Howard, 1958- writer of supplementary textual content.
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United Artists Corporation, production company.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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M.C. Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681431208 |
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1681431203 |
| Standard No. |
715515170314 |
| Music No. |
CC2595D The Criterion Collection |
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