The Manchurian candidate
(DVD) 

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

Special features: optional commentary by director Jonathan Demme and screenplay writer Daniel Pyne; The enemy within: inside The Manchurian candidate (14 min.); the cast of The Manchurian candidate (12 min.); 5 deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary by the director and by writer Daniel Pyne (10 min.); 2 outtakes with optional commentary by the director and by writer Daniel Pyne (3 min.); Liev Schreiber screen test (3 min.); political pundits with optional director commentary (10 min.).

Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editors, Carol Littleton, Craig McKay ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Kristi Zea.

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella.

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.

DVD format, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

In English or French; with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.