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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

Frasi

Bennett Marco: I've been having this nightmare. A [...] D
Raymond Shaw: Twelve days of Christmas! One day of [...] D
Bennett Marco: What's your name? Eugenie Rose Cha [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: [to her husband] I keep telling you n [...] D
Benjamin K. Arthur: Nor would I ask of any fellow [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: I know you will never entirely compre [...] D
Bennett Marco: You Arabic? Eugenie Rose Chaney: N [...] D
Yen Lo: Why don't you pass the time by playing a l [...] D
[a nightmare switches between a ladies' garden clu [...] D
[Shaw has been conditioned to obey when seeing the [...] D
Raymond Shaw: It's a terrible thing to hate your m [...] D
Marco: [During the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin] Wha [...] D
Chunjin: I need job. Raymond Shaw: Job? Chunjin: [...] D
Raymond Shaw: Senator Iselin is not my father. Rep [...] D
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: No evasions, Mister Secre [...] D
[a general greets Medal of Honor winner Staff Sgt. [...] D
Raymond Shaw: I've got a job on a newspaper. Resea [...] D
Eugenie Rose Chaney: Are you Arabic? Bennett Marc [...] D
Raymond Shaw: My dear girl, have you ever noticed [...] D
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: There's just one thing, b [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: [at meal time] I'm sorry, hon'. Would [...] D
Dr. Yen Lo: His brain has not only been washed, as [...] D
Bennett Marco: Raymond Shaw is the kindest, braves [...] D
Marco: [During the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin] How [...] D
Marco: I could never figure out what that phrase m [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: Why don't you pass the time by playin [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: It has been decided that you will be [...] D
Marco: [during the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin] Wha [...] D
Dr. Yen Lo: Attractive plant you have here. Zilko [...] D
Marco: Intelligence officer. Stupidity officer is [...] D
Bennett Marco: I remember... I remember. I can see [...] D
[last lines] Bennett Marco: Poor Raymond. Poor fr [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: Oh, Raymond, what is the matter with [...] D
Raymond Shaw: You couldn't have stopped them, the [...] D
Jocie: Darling. [pause] Raymond Shaw: What? Joc [...] D
[the presidential nominee is making his acceptance [...] D
Bennett Marco: You in the railroad business? Euge [...] D
Yen Lo: A little humor, my dear Zilkov, always wit [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: Raymond, I'm your mother. How can you [...] D
Dr. Yen Lo: I'm sure you've all heard the old wive [...] D
Eugenie Rose Chaney: Maryland is a beautiful state [...] D
Marco: It's not that Raymond Shaw is hard to like. [...] D
Col. Milt: [gesturing towards a pile of books] You [...] D
Psychiatrist: Human fish, swimming at the bottom o [...] D
Mrs. Iselin: [cordially, at a party the Iselins ar [...] D