“The Manchurian Candidate” quotes
(2004)
Jonathan Demme
directed this movie
in 2004
Title The Manchurian Candidate
Year 2004
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Year 2004
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Plot – Surprised by an ambush during the first Gulf War, Major Ben Marco loses his consciousness. He and his team are saved by Sergeant Raymond Shaw. After the war, the popularity raised by his heroic gesture leads Shaw to the vice presidency. Mark suspects something. He's obsessed by nightmares and thinks the accident during the war conceals a diabolical plot.
All actors – Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Teddy Dunn, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Tim Artz, Denzel Washington, Robyn Hitchcock, Liev Schreiber, Antoine Taylor, Joseph Alessi, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Bill Irwin, Kimberly Elise, Al Franken, Jon Voight, Meryl Streep, Paul Lazar, Danny Darst, Stephanie McBride, Molly Hickok, Victoria Haynes, Adam LeFevre, Roger Corman, Leona E. Sondreal, Zeljko Ivanek, Jim Roche, Ann Dowd, Obba Babatundé, Harry Northup, James B. Howard, Walter Mosley, Gordon Brummer, Gayle King, Brad Holbrook, Stacey Newsome Santiago, Kristen Shaughnessy, Prue Lewarne, Forrest Sawyer, Ukee Washington, Ed Crane, Kaity Tong, Roma Torre, William Meisle, Dan Olmstead, Sakina Jaffrey, Simon McBurney, Charles Napier, Robert W. Castle, John Aprea, Tom Stechschulte, Jane DeNoble, Vera Farmiga, Jude Ciccolella, Dean Stockwell, John Bedford Lloyd, David Keeley, Christopher M. Russo, Michael C. Pierce, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Marin Ireland, Glen Hartell, Tracey Walter, Alyson Renaldo, Edwidge Danticat, Kenneth Utt, Bruno Ganz, Enrique Correa, David Neumann, Neda Armian, Paul Johnson, James McCauley, BeBe Winans, Darrell Larson, Kate Valk, Beau Sia, Duana Butler, Big Jim Wheeler, Lauren Roselli, Stephen Richardson, Shing Ka, Malcolm Simpson, Cassius Kumar Wilkinson, Josephine Demme, Gabriela Fung, Denzel Delahoussaye, Aaron Scoenfeld, Geovonne Long, Jonathan Borst, Michael Shehata, Tom Chapin, Jiggs Walker, Joey Perillo, Buzz Kilman, Marie Runyon, Eliza Simpson, Julie Adamy, Andre B. Blake, Tymberly Canale Harris, Lilly McDowell, Joshua Elrod, Craig Branham, Sidney Lumet, Reno, Anna Deavere Smith, Roy Blount Jr., Fab 5 Freddy, Reggie Austin, Jaclynn Tiffany Brown, E. Jean Carroll, Thomas Daniel, Wally Dunn, Daryl Edwards, Reginald Footman, Ann Pearl Gary, James Howard, Hugh Karraker, Jeremy Knaster, Carol Jean Lewis, Al Lopez, Pete Macnamara, Josh Mowery, Mitch Roberson
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“Somebody got into our heads with big steel-toe boots, cable cutters and a chainsaw and they went to town. Neurons got exposed and circuits got rewired. Our brain cells got obliterated, Raymond.”
“I will do whatever is necessary to protect America from anyone who opposes her.”
“- Eleanor Shaw: All right, then. You know... you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.
- Congresswoman Becket: Oh, Ellie, that's a bit extreme.
- Eleanor Shaw: And it's not from random terrorists, but from covert alliances of disaffected nations who've all been made bold by this kind of Jordan...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Atticus Noyle: Now, when you're rescued and returned with your patrol to command headquarters, what will be among the first of your duties that you'll undertake?
- Ben Marco: I'll recommend Sergeant Shaw for the Medal of Honor, sir. He saved our lives. He terminated the enemy. Led us across the desert to safety.
- Atticus Noyle: Excellent. And...” (continue)(continue reading)“Make no mistake. The American people are terrified. They know something's coming. They can feel it. And we can either shovel them the same old shit and call it sugar or we can arm them.”
“- Ben Marco: You said the army implants, they were for emergency medical data, right?
- Delp: The ones they publicized were. There was a parallel project of all kinds of scary implantables. The Clinton watch dogs finally freaked out about it, closed down.
- Ben Marco: Parallel project? How'd you know about that?
- Delp: Manchurian Global funded...” (continue)(continue reading)“This isn't an election, this is a coup.”
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