The Manchurian candidate /
A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote he...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
MGM Home Entertainment,
[1998]
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| Edition: | Widescreen and standard eds. |
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| Summary: | A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote her Joseph McCarthy-like husband's political career. |
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| Item Description: | English, French and Spanish soundtracks with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Videodisc release of the 1962 motion picture. Based on the book by Richard Condon. Rated PG-13. Special features : interview with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer, feature-length audio commentary by John Frankenheimer, trivia and production notes and original theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white, double sided ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; Dolby digital ; single layer ; aspect ratio 1.75:1 (widescreen), 1.33:1 (standard). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Lionel Lindon ; editor, Ferris Webster ; art, Philip M. Jeffries ; music, David Amram ; costumes, Moss Mabry. |
| ISBN: | 0792838289 |