The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Wikidata Q3589, film, IMDb tt0368008, TMDB 14462: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Jonathan Demme as director (Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber); 1 more episode agrees.

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In the store as #674, The Manchurian Candidate (2004).

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Meryl Streep: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (prior collaboration): Meryl Streep → The Manchurian Candidate. Demme worked with Streep on The Manchurian Candidate, so they had an existing relationship.
    “He worked with Meryl on the Venturian candidates.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Tak Fujimoto: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (cinematographer): Tak Fujimoto → The Manchurian Candidate. Fujimoto, Demme's usual cinematographer, semi-retired; his last Demme movie was The Manchurian Candidate.
    “Well, so Tak Fujimoto, I think, sort of semi-retired.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:30:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Trolls: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Trolls → The Manchurian Candidate. Joke that after watching Trolls he wanted to assassinate a presidential candidate, so maybe there is a Manchurian thing going on.
    “I wanted to assassinate a presidential candidate, so maybe there's a whole Manchurian thing happening there too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 0:48:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

W.: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (Stone's view of Bush): W. → The Manchurian Candidate. Stone said Bush seemed programmed and controlled by others, like a Manchurian candidate.
    “There was a sense of a brainwashed president, I'd say, everything was very programmed, like a Manchurian candidate.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:00:44 · Oliver Stone (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (prior collaboration): Meryl Streep → The Manchurian Candidate. Demme worked with Streep on The Manchurian Candidate, so they had an existing relationship.
    “He worked with Meryl on the Venturian candidates.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. people (cinematographer): Tak Fujimoto → The Manchurian Candidate. Fujimoto, Demme's usual cinematographer, semi-retired; his last Demme movie was The Manchurian Candidate.
    “Well, so Tak Fujimoto, I think, sort of semi-retired.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:30:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Trolls → The Manchurian Candidate. Joke that after watching Trolls he wanted to assassinate a presidential candidate, so maybe there is a Manchurian thing going on.
    “I wanted to assassinate a presidential candidate, so maybe there's a whole Manchurian thing happening there too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 0:48:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (Stone's view of Bush): W. → The Manchurian Candidate. Stone said Bush seemed programmed and controlled by others, like a Manchurian candidate.
    “There was a sense of a brainwashed president, I'd say, everything was very programmed, like a Manchurian candidate.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:00:44 · Oliver Stone (0.90 sure it was them)

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