The Manchurian Candidate screenplay – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:48:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://scripts-onscreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-cropped-sos-logo-truesqr-32x32.png The Manchurian Candidate screenplay – Scripts on Screen https://scripts-onscreen.com 32 32 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Script https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-manchurian-candidate-1962-script-links/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:48:55 +0000 https://scripts-onscreen.com/movie/the-manchurian-candidate-1962-script-links/
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Year:1962
Director:John Frankenheimer
Written by:Richard Condon (Novel), George Axelrod (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
The Manchurian Candidate Script Resources:

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.


Other Links:
  • The Manchurian Candidate ( tt0056218 ) at IMDb
  • The Manchurian Candidate ( 982 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Year:2004
Director:Jonathan Demme
Written by:Richard Condon (Novel), Daniel Pyne (Screenplay), Dean Georgaris (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
The Manchurian Candidate Script Resources:

  • The Manchurian Candidate Script PDF at Script Slug
  • The Manchurian Candidate Script PDF - August 18, 2003 revised at The Daily Script
  • The Manchurian Candidate Script - 2003-08 Draft at IMSDb
  • The Manchurian Candidate Script PDF - (2004). 10/26/02. at Script City ($)
  • The Manchurian Candidate Script PDF - [Axelrod and Daniel Pyne][10-26-02] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Manchurian Candidate Script PDF - [Axelrod and Georgaris][Aug 1999] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Manchurian Candidate Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.


Other Links:
  • The Manchurian Candidate ( tt0368008 ) at IMDb
  • The Manchurian Candidate ( 14462 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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