♦ Classic Movie vs Modern Remake: The Manchurian Candidate

A 1962 psychological thriller, which starred Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, along with Angela Lansbury, is now a vintage classic movie.

Lifting a description from Wikipedia, this movie is a “Cold War neo-noir suspense thriller”.

Using my own description?

This movie really makes you wonder about the drastic effects of psychological experimentation on individuals (without their knowledge) and how far those with military or political authority are willing to go to achieve their own selfish ambitions. It’s a suspense thriller alright. It holds your attention from the beginning to the end.

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“The Manchurian Candidate” was given an extreme make-over. It was updated — from Cold War to Gulf War — and the 2004 remake which starred Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep actually had the blessings of Tina Sinatra, daughter of the late Frank Sinatra.