Film based upon a novel by Richard Condon.

Special features of this DVD: commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay co-writer, Daniel Pyne ; the enemy within: inside The Manchurian candidate ; the cast of The Manchurian candidate ; 5 deleted /extended scenes iwth opton commentary ; outtakes with optonal commentary; Liev Schreiber screen test ; politcal pundits with optional director commentary ; widescreen version ; Dolby Digital.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; production designer, Kristi Zea ; editor, Carol Littleton ; music, Rachel Portman.

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney.

When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House.

MPAA rating: R : for violence and some language.

DVD.

Audio tracks in English and French ; subtitled in English and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.