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"2009: 649 2008: 626 2007: 595 2006: 570 2005: 538 2004: 533 "
"Liev Schreiber and Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw "...Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) is a war veteran who commanded a famous U.S. Army raid during the Persian Gulf War. For his role in that mission, Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly defeating the enemy and rescuing all but two of his men. Shaw has gone on to become a famous U.S. Congressman and, thanks to the influence of his mother, Virginia Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw"
"2008: 626 2007: 595 2006: 570 2005: 538 2004: 533 "
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" Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw Jon Voight and Denzel Washington Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan"
“Not a direct remake of the sweaty, paranoid original by John Frankenheimer, but another adaptation of the source material, this version of The Manchurian Candidate still canโt seem to emerge from the omnipresent shadow of the 1962 film. Not entirely fair as this version makes numerous changes (some that pay off, many that donโt) to the narrative and truly tries valiantly to be its own. The problem is, the changes more often than not render the story as a mere political thriller that becomes ephemeral while the other lasts for its political ramifications, trenchant satire and dark humor, or its hothouse of escalating paranoia. ย Jonathan Demmeโs reworking of the material is far too self-serious for much of the time and it throws the material off balance. It plays all of its science” read more