The Manchurian candidate
(DVD) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Based upon the film screenplay by George Axelrod and based upon a novel by Richard Condon.

Widescreen.

Special features: Commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay co-writer Daniel Pyne; The enemy within: inside the Manchurian candidate; The cast of the Manchurian candidate; deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary; outtakes with optional commentary; Liev Schreiber screen test; Political pundits with optional director commentary.

Music by Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; edited by Carol Littleton, Craig McKay ; production designer, Kristi Zea ; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto.

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella, Simon McBurney, Vera Farmiga, Obba Babatundé, Željko Ivanek, Paul Lazar, John Bedford Lloyd, Anthony Mackie, Tom Stechschulte, BeBe Winans, Robyn Hitchcock, Charles Napier, David Keeley, Alyson Renaldo, Pablo Schreiber.

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. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.

MPAA rating: R; for violence and some language.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English or French dialogue; optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the deaf and hearing impaired.