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Titolo originale: The Manchurian Candidate
Regia: John Frankenheimer |
Anno: 1962
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Thriller Dramma
Tag: cold war | korean war (1950-53) | stepparents | conspiracy | brainwashed assassin | brainwashing | black and white | election | presidential candidate | sleeper agent | queen of diamonds | korea |
Cast: Frank Sinatra | Laurence Harvey | Angela Lansbury | Janet Leigh | James Gregory | Henry Silva | Leslie Parrish | John McGiver | Khigh Dhiegh | James Edwards | Douglas Henderson | Albert Paulsen | Barry Kelley | Lloyd Corrigan | Madame Spivy | Bess Flowers | Leoda Richards | Reggie Nalder | Colin Kenny | Bert Stevens | Arthur Tovey | Paul Frees | Whit Bissell | James Yagi | Tom Lowell | Joe Adams | Merritt Bohn | Robert Riordan | Raoul Freeman | Rudy Germane | Herschel Graham | Stuart Hall |

Dal romanzo The Manchurian Candidate (1959) di Richard Condon, sceneggiato da George Axelrod: subìto il lavaggio del cervello da parte dei comunisti, un sergente americano rientra dalla Corea trasformato in sicario telecomandato per un attentato politico che potrebbe sovvertire la situazione degli USA. Snobbato ai suoi tempi da 9 critici su 10, attaccato da destra e da sinistra, ma rivalutato più tardi (e non soltanto perché anticipa la fine tragica dei Kennedy) e persino ridistribuito nel 1987. Per l'allucinata costruzione e gli effetti barocchi, a mezza strada tra Hitchcock e Welles, questo thriller fantapolitico può riuscire anche divertente al suo livello di corrosiva satira politica. Squadra di attori di prim'ordine. Rifatto nel 2004 da J. Demme col titolo The Manchurian Candidate.AUTORE LETTERARIO: Richard Condon

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After the parade that greets Shaw coming back from Korea, and as Shaw takes off for Washington, the [...] D
When the colonel comes to put Ben on sick leave Ben first calls him "Mickey" and then in the next br [...] D
When Rosie and Ben meet on the train, the train passes the same water tower and countryside twice. D
Shaw's character wears the stripes of a Sergeant First Class on both his fatigue uniform in Korea an [...] D
Long shots of the convention floor use stock footage from different conventions, with delegates' pla [...] D
After Raymond shoots Jocelyn, he steps over her body as he walks toward the door. In an immediate re [...] D
Raymond's mother explains to her son that when he has assassinated the presidential nominee, Senator [...] D
When Marco visits Raymond Shaw in the hotel room and brings the forced deck of cards, he says to Sha [...] D
At about 46 minutes, when Marco and Eugenie are on the train asking each other if they're married, t [...] D
As the National Anthem is being sung to open the convention, the candidates and their wives are seen [...] D
When Raymond kills Senator Jordan and Jocelyn, there is no blood visible, even though the second bul [...] D
Raymond Shaw is referred to as a "Staff Sergeant," but that rank was abolished for the US Army durin [...] D
When Raymond Shaw shoots Private Bobby Lembeck in the forehead, the sound is not of a 9mm automatic [...] D
The narration states that only 77 men were awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean war while in fac [...] D
As in just about every other movie ever filmed, the Medal of Honor is incorrectly referred to as the [...] D
You can see the countryside passing by outside the train window. It's obvious that the actors are no [...] D
As already noted (as an anachronism) the club in the opening scene (set in 1952) wrongfully has a 50 [...] D
The camera's shadow is visible on the bust of Abraham Lincoln. D
When Rosie picks up Ben at the police station, you can clearly see an actor in the background with n [...] D
As Raymond Shaw deplanes on returning from Korea, the audio describes him as "Staff Sergeant" (E-6), [...] D
Senator Jordan tells Mrs. Iselin that he will begin "impeachment proceedings on the floor of the Sen [...] D
When Raymond kills Senator Jordan and Jocie, he's using a revolver with a suppressor attached. You c [...] D
As Shaw arrives at the airport at the beginning of the film, several discrepancies on his uniform co [...] D
Shaw's and Marco's journeys through Central Park do not accurately reflect the real layout of the fa [...] D
When Shaw is in the hospital bed, The Queen of Hearts card changes position between shots. D
When Raymond is eating with the Jordans in their summer cabin, the film reverses for a second and he [...] D
As Raymond Shaw descends the stairs to enter Jilly's Bar, the camera and crew can be seen reflected [...] D
When Raymond and Marco exit Jilly's Bar, the marquee for LEONARD SILLMAN presents NEW FACES at the A [...] D
When Captain Marco is shown a photo of the Communist official Gomel at the birthday party, the first [...] D
When Major Marco reads two Medal of Honor citations at the end of the movie - from the book The Comp [...] D
The Madison Square Garden is hosting the national political convention, but the side marquee adverti [...] D
In the cab, Rosie tells Marco that she gave her fiance his ring back. But previously on the train, w [...] D
After the fight between Marco and Chunjin in 1954, one title on the movie marquee shows I pirati di [...] D
When Marco and Rosie are talking on the train, the camera occasionally switches to close ups and we [...] D
Rosie tells Marco, "I live on 54th Street, a few doors from The Modern Museum of Art". She should ha [...] D
When Marco and Rosie are talking on the train, there is no train noise to be heard. Obviously, this [...] D
The live TV cameras in the senate hearing and press conference carry the NBC logo used at the time t [...] D
The "sniper rifle" used by Raymond is not Russian, but a WWII Japanese paratrooper rifle, an Arisaka [...] D
Jocie has a 60's hairstyle when she meets Raymond, yet they are supposed to have met in the mid 1950 [...] D
When told to" lend Raymond his pistol", Marco reaches into his holster and produces a Walther P38. T [...] D
When Mrs. Iselin (Angela Lansbury) is shot in the forehead she reaches up for a moment and puts both [...] D
In Shaw's flashback of the summer with Josie Jordan, he is seen eating a meal with Josie and Senator [...] D
The edition of the New York Post that announces the slaying of Senator Jordan and his daughter carri [...] D
Rosie lights a cigarette and gives it to Marco on the train. He smokes it, then stamps it out, then [...] D
In the opening sequence, set in 1952, the bar in Korea has a US flag with 50 stars. In 1952, the US [...] D
At the end of the movie, when Raymond Shaw targets the presidential candidate Benjamin Arthur throug [...] D
Marco's dress uniform coat has two discrepancies: he wears no ribbon for the National Defense Servic [...] D
In the opening sequence when the Korean tells the US soldiers that there is quicksand, Raymond says [...] D
When Marco spots Shaw's Congressional Medal of Honor among the papers and debris on the floor. He re [...] D
The marquee over Madison Square Garden shows that the hockey and basketball seasons have begun. Thes [...] D
At the start, the narrator uses the phrase "Medal of Honor winner", which is also said by Raymond Sh [...] D
When Dr. Yen Lo makes his little "yak dung" joke he parodies the famous Winston cigarettes advertisi [...] D
When Raymond shoots Senator Iselin, the senator jolts in reaction. There's a cutaway and then back t [...] D
Sinatra, in a hotel room in uniform but the jacket is unfastened and he's not wearing a hat, salutes [...] D
While speaking on the Senate floor, Iselin addresses the chair as "Mr. Speaker"; the presiding offic [...] D