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The Manchurian Candidate   2004         R, 130 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery Director: Jonathan Demme   Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Vera Farmiga, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Sakina Jaffrey, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney, Pablo Schreiber, Dorian Missick, Anthony Mackie   In this updated version of "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), Gulf War veteran Captain Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) is still in the Army, but his squad sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), left the Army a hero and is now running for Vice President. Marco is having nightmares over what happened to their platoon while under the leadership of Shaw and tries to contact him. But, a big player in Shaw's campaign is his mother, Eleanor (Meryl Streep), who is determined to keep Marco away from her son. She wants him to be Vice President—no matter what! Cast Denzel Washington Ben Marco Meryl Streep Eleanor Shaw Liev Schreiber Raymond Shaw Kimberly Elise Rosie Vera Farmiga Jocelyne Jordan Jon Voight Senator Thomas Jordan Jeffrey Wright Al Melvin Sakina Jaffrey Mysterious Arabic Woman Ted Levine Colonel Howard Miguel Ferrer Colonel Garret Bruno Ganz Delp Simon McBurney Atticus Noyle Pablo Schreiber Eddie Ingram Dorian Missick Owens Anthony Mackie Robert Baker

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