I've never actually seen this one, just the Denzel and Liev Schreiber one. Sammy doing us right again as usual (this one appears to be the better movie). Things to remember (when you look at certain things)- The Manchurian Candidate was released October 24, 1962. The Kennedy Assassination was November 22, 1963. Operations like these are 24/7/365, Sammy. And very real. All across the planet, governments expended enormous amounts of resources on it, for centuries now. They never stop. They never sleep. Not even the sleepers. Water will sleep before the enemy does.
One of my favorite movies. Unique and completely plausible. Love his "Seconds" also. Made me look at Rock Hudson in a whole different way. Frank did pretty good , too. Thanks for another direction of film journey.
Lansbury elicits chills in a stellar turn as Mrs. Iselin. Riveting work by a top notch actor. She had played a few bad girls before in films but *nothing* like this character. Eventually she was offered the part of Nurse Ratched in the memorable 1975 drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but after reading the screenplay she turned it down. In an interview she once said, "If you play this role, then how would you ever top it?"
Thank you Sammy for reacting to The Manchurian Candidate. You are the first UA-cam reactor that I know of who has ever reacted to this movie. I actually watched this movie because I’m a fan of the actor Laurence Harvey. If you are interested in watching more of his movies I would suggest the British movie Room At The Top which came out in the late 1950s if you can find it.
Angela Lansbury as Mrs. John Iselin is an example of a hidden villain done right. She spends the first half of the movie almost as a source of comic relief with her cuckolded husband, almost a darker counterpart to her Elvis mother character in Blue Hawaii - she's not a nice or likable character but your attention is more focused on the more obvious espionage going on in the film. So when you first hear her say "Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire" it just body slams you as the viewer because it comes completely out of left field, and by the time she gives her speech to the brainwashed Raymond the true depths of her evil nature finally sinks in
She is a top tier villain in this movie. Absolutely bone-chilling. She is probably best known for Murder She Wrote, and Beauty and the Beast. I also liked her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Court Jester, and Gaslight (1944).
@@Bfdidc What's weird is how these days her Mrs. Iselin is considered playing against type for her but at the time THIS is the kind of role she was known for playing (mid-upper class housewives and mothers, usually prejudiced, and more often than not to actors/actresses not that much younger than her in real life). It makes her reinventing herself on Broadway and television into a much softer and more lovable persona all the much more remarkable. For emphasis I watched a couple clips from this on TV as a kid and one of my parents pointed to the screen and said "that's Mrs. Potts" and I went "really...?" LOL
It's a nifty piece of comedy in its way, especially how the camera lingers on the ketchup bottle in that sequence. I do wonder if many people today "get" that joke/reference in this film. Is Heinz known for the number 57 today as much as it was in the mid 20th century? "57 varieties" was a marketing slogan that became a household thing, even though Heinz was making well over 60 products back then. Well, at any rate, it's a funny choice in the script.
Sen. Iselin was a parody of Joseph McCarthy, and the ketchup/57 story is so well-known, my own college history prof told it about McCarthy, although I still don't know whether he got it from the movie.
The climax in this film took its cue from the more suspenseful climax of Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956), an attempted assassination during a concert at Albert Hall. That in turn was a remake of Hitchcock’s 1934 film of the same name, where the attempted assassination occurred earlier in the film. Now, you really must see Frankenheimer’s “Ronin,” which I think is the best spy/heist thriller ever. The acting and directing in this film are terrific, but my daughter has pointed out the unbelievable absurdity of the romance between Shaw and Jocelyn, which is a very serious flaw in the movie, I think. Similarly flawed, although more forgivable at the time, is the lack of security in the climactic scene.
Josie never saw the darker aspects of Raymond’s personality; altho she could tell he was troubled, his interactions with her revealed the best in his nature, so it isn’t unbelievable that she liked him and Laurence Harvey is attractive in a unique way. She knew him before his service in the war, which always changes a person. Laurence Harvey often played roles that had a mysterious quality, and could be withdrawn and inscrutable but had elements of charm and a suave demeanor. And after living with his parents, Raymond must have felt that Josie and her Dad were a breath of fresh air for him, so his attraction to her is unsurprising.
The incident in the bar with the jump in the lake was unplanned (as was Josie’s choice to dress as the Queen of Diamonds) and demonstrated the weakness in the enemy’s plan because there is no way to completely control and restrict every influence that Raymond might come across. Also, the identical dreams that Ben and Allen had showed that even brainwashing couldn’t prevent PTSD, and that the men would try to figure out the mystery of the situation which led to the downfall of the enemy’s plan.
the shooting scene at the end - you mention "mission impossible" - not scene that movie - but there is an earlier movie "the Paralax View" (with Warren Beaty) in early 70's that is a direct copy also. Good movie FYI BTW I never knew John Frankenhimer(sp) directed this movie!!!!!!!!! - I know of this movie since the 1980's and even have the Bluray of, but did not know he directed it. I know of "john" from a movie of the same time - but forgotten today, that i stumbled upon on VHS rental around 2002, and liked so much also have the Bluray of. "7 Days in May" - better than Manchurian (IMO - both excellent - but one is a Classic and the other is Forgotten - both are themes on the same subject and date to the same time - 7 Day is 1964 - so 2 years later. Both "cold war" both themes are "what is a Patriot"? and "who is the enemy?". 7 Days in May - all star cast, top 10 of all time, and somehow forgotten today ;-(. directed by the same fellow as was this movie. 2-cents. enjoy your reactions, been watching for a few months now. carry on ;-).
Wow ... their mother-son relationship is so believable despite one being younger than the other, I would've thought at least a couple more years difference
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Hi. I was two years old when this came out. What an f’ed up world I entered then. It’s worse now. Sorry I couldn’t change things for the better while during my time here. I’ll be heading back to dirt and dust without a credit.
If you enjoyed this movie, then 'The Parallax View' should be your next watch. Warren Beatty - quite a thriller politics movie. As always, check the trailer.
It was accidental, not everyone is a spy. ;-) Shaw was not a General, the Medal of Honor bestows upon the wearer (even if only a private) the respect equivalent of the POTUS, but without the rank.
Sammy, there are exceptions to the rule, but the rule is that remakes suck. The Denzel movie isn’t a bad movie, but it’s a pale, gutless movie compared to this masterpiece of a film. When Sinatra sees the Korean guy in Shaw’s apartment, this is the absolute first martial arts fight in the history of American cinema. When Sinatra put his hand through the table, he broke his hand, but without missing a beat, he kept fighting until the scene was finished. Sammy the plot re: Angela Lansbury’s character, I.e. senator Iselin’s wife is a bit hard to discern. Here is my take: she was involved in the plot from day 1, but she must have been told that Raymond would be the hero, but not also the pawn in their plans. This is why she was pissed. I really think Ms. Lansbury’s portrayal is of one of the most evil characters in cinema history.
The remake has an impressive cast and director. However, the plot goes way off course trying to fit current concerns into the story, and reconfigures the characters, sometimes veering into stereotypes or at least making them rather cliche and confusing. The ending was anticlimactic and unremarkable. Overall, the plot became too convoluted and like it was meant to be a showcase for specific points and was trying too hard to conform to current trends in film.
Apologies for exposure malfunction through the video. Hope everyone enjoys this picture as much as I did :)
I've never actually seen this one, just the Denzel and Liev Schreiber one.
Sammy doing us right again as usual (this one appears to be the better movie).
Things to remember (when you look at certain things)-
The Manchurian Candidate was released October 24, 1962.
The Kennedy Assassination was November 22, 1963.
Operations like these are 24/7/365, Sammy. And very real. All across the planet, governments expended enormous amounts of resources on it, for centuries now. They never stop. They never sleep. Not even the sleepers.
Water will sleep before the enemy does.
One of my favorite movies. Unique and completely plausible. Love his "Seconds" also. Made me look at Rock Hudson in a whole different way. Frank did pretty good , too. Thanks for another direction of film journey.
Totally plausible, almost too scarily in fact ... Really enjoyed this picture :)
Classic movie, Angela Landsbury should have got an Oscar for this one, so chilling.
A fantastic performance indeed!
Wow! This is such a classic film. One of the greatest movies ever made. Angela Lansbury is such a great actress. The ending is absolutely epic.
Agreed! That ending was phenomenal :)
Lansbury elicits chills in a stellar turn as Mrs. Iselin. Riveting work by a top notch actor. She had played a few bad girls before in films but *nothing* like this character.
Eventually she was offered the part of Nurse Ratched in the memorable 1975 drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but after reading the screenplay she turned it down. In an interview she once said, "If you play this role, then how would you ever top it?"
Interesting! Excited to watch more of her work :)
Hell, yes! One of my all time favorites! Kudos for checking it out.
WOHOO! Glad to have been recommended the picture :)
Thank you Sammy for reacting to The Manchurian Candidate. You are the first UA-cam reactor that I know of who has ever reacted to this movie. I actually watched this movie because I’m a fan of the actor Laurence Harvey. If you are interested in watching more of his movies I would suggest the British movie Room At The Top which came out in the late 1950s if you can find it.
Angela Lansbury as Mrs. John Iselin is an example of a hidden villain done right. She spends the first half of the movie almost as a source of comic relief with her cuckolded husband, almost a darker counterpart to her Elvis mother character in Blue Hawaii - she's not a nice or likable character but your attention is more focused on the more obvious espionage going on in the film. So when you first hear her say "Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire" it just body slams you as the viewer because it comes completely out of left field, and by the time she gives her speech to the brainwashed Raymond the true depths of her evil nature finally sinks in
She is a top tier villain in this movie. Absolutely bone-chilling. She is probably best known for Murder She Wrote, and Beauty and the Beast. I also liked her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Court Jester, and Gaslight (1944).
@@Bfdidc What's weird is how these days her Mrs. Iselin is considered playing against type for her but at the time THIS is the kind of role she was known for playing (mid-upper class housewives and mothers, usually prejudiced, and more often than not to actors/actresses not that much younger than her in real life). It makes her reinventing herself on Broadway and television into a much softer and more lovable persona all the much more remarkable. For emphasis I watched a couple clips from this on TV as a kid and one of my parents pointed to the screen and said "that's Mrs. Potts" and I went "really...?" LOL
14:40, apparently 57 was the number on the Heinz Ketchup bottle the senator had at the breakfast table.🤷
Good Catch!
It's a nifty piece of comedy in its way, especially how the camera lingers on the ketchup bottle in that sequence. I do wonder if many people today "get" that joke/reference in this film. Is Heinz known for the number 57 today as much as it was in the mid 20th century? "57 varieties" was a marketing slogan that became a household thing, even though Heinz was making well over 60 products back then. Well, at any rate, it's a funny choice in the script.
Sen. Iselin was a parody of Joseph McCarthy, and the ketchup/57 story is so well-known, my own college history prof told it about McCarthy, although I still don't know whether he got it from the movie.
@@ericjanssen394 facially Islin looked closer to Nixon. I think.
The climax in this film took its cue from the more suspenseful climax of Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1956), an attempted assassination during a concert at Albert Hall. That in turn was a remake of Hitchcock’s 1934 film of the same name, where the attempted assassination occurred earlier in the film. Now, you really must see Frankenheimer’s “Ronin,” which I think is the best spy/heist thriller ever.
The acting and directing in this film are terrific, but my daughter has pointed out the unbelievable absurdity of the romance between Shaw and Jocelyn, which is a very serious flaw in the movie, I think. Similarly flawed, although more forgivable at the time, is the lack of security in the climactic scene.
Josie never saw the darker aspects of Raymond’s personality; altho she could tell he was troubled, his interactions with her revealed the best in his nature, so it isn’t unbelievable that she liked him and Laurence Harvey is attractive in a unique way. She knew him before his service in the war, which always changes a person. Laurence Harvey often played roles that had a mysterious quality, and could be withdrawn and inscrutable but had elements of charm and a suave demeanor. And after living with his parents, Raymond must have felt that Josie and her Dad were a breath of fresh air for him, so his attraction to her is unsurprising.
The incident in the bar with the jump in the lake was unplanned (as was Josie’s choice to dress as the Queen of Diamonds) and demonstrated the weakness in the enemy’s plan because there is no way to completely control and restrict every influence that Raymond might come across. Also, the identical dreams that Ben and Allen had showed that even brainwashing couldn’t prevent PTSD, and that the men would try to figure out the mystery of the situation which led to the downfall of the enemy’s plan.
Interesting! Didn't think about it that way, but there is a point here, that their plan to control Raymond's mind wasn't entirely in their control
the shooting scene at the end - you mention "mission impossible" - not scene that movie - but there is an earlier movie "the Paralax View" (with Warren Beaty) in early 70's that is a direct copy also. Good movie FYI
BTW I never knew John Frankenhimer(sp) directed this movie!!!!!!!!! - I know of this movie since the 1980's and even have the Bluray of, but did not know he directed it.
I know of "john" from a movie of the same time - but forgotten today, that i stumbled upon on VHS rental around 2002, and liked so much also have the Bluray of.
"7 Days in May" - better than Manchurian (IMO - both excellent - but one is a Classic and the other is Forgotten - both are themes on the same subject and date to the same time - 7 Day is 1964 - so 2 years later. Both "cold war" both themes are "what is a Patriot"? and "who is the enemy?".
7 Days in May - all star cast, top 10 of all time, and somehow forgotten today ;-(. directed by the same fellow as was this movie.
2-cents. enjoy your reactions, been watching for a few months now.
carry on ;-).
Really appreciate these recommendations! Hopefully I could get to some of them soon :)
Sinatra's best work in film.
Interested to get into more of his work, he looked great in this picture :)
@@latenightswithsammy Von Ryan's Express, High Society, The Man With The Golden Arm, From Here To Eternity and Suddenly are all excellent.
I have always believed that Rosie was a US Government Agent placed to help Maj. Marco unbeknownst to him!
Interesting! Just remembering the scenes again, and that would make perfect sense seeing how Maj. Marco was alone
And they spent their Honeymoon at an out of the way motel near Fairvale, California.
Angela Lansbury, (the mother), was only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey, (the son).
Wow ... their mother-son relationship is so believable despite one being younger than the other, I would've thought at least a couple more years difference
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Hi. I was two years old when this came out. What an f’ed up world I entered then. It’s worse now. Sorry I couldn’t change things for the better while during my time here. I’ll be heading back to dirt and dust without a credit.
If you enjoyed this movie, then 'The Parallax View' should be your next watch. Warren Beatty - quite a thriller politics movie. As always, check the trailer.
It was accidental, not everyone is a spy. ;-)
Shaw was not a General, the Medal of Honor bestows upon the wearer (even if only a private) the respect equivalent of the POTUS, but without the rank.
Same Year
the based on a true story film
Birdman of Alcatraz
You should check it out
Interesting! Thanks for sharing this recommendation :)
Sammy, there are exceptions to the rule, but the rule is that remakes suck. The Denzel movie isn’t a bad movie, but it’s a pale, gutless movie compared to this masterpiece of a film.
When Sinatra sees the Korean guy in Shaw’s apartment, this is the absolute first martial arts fight in the history of American cinema.
When Sinatra put his hand through the table, he broke his hand, but without missing a beat, he kept fighting until the scene was finished.
Sammy the plot re: Angela Lansbury’s character, I.e. senator Iselin’s wife is a bit hard to discern. Here is my take: she was involved in the plot from day 1, but she must have been told that Raymond would be the hero, but not also the pawn in their plans. This is why she was pissed.
I really think Ms. Lansbury’s portrayal is of one of the most evil characters in cinema history.
The remake has an impressive cast and director. However, the plot goes way off course trying to fit current concerns into the story, and reconfigures the characters, sometimes veering into stereotypes or at least making them rather cliche and confusing. The ending was anticlimactic and unremarkable. Overall, the plot became too convoluted and like it was meant to be a showcase for specific points and was trying too hard to conform to current trends in film.
If Hillary had a son ........
😂
What Pumpkinhead Jr. couldn't do. Because none of them would go into the military.
@@leftcoaster67 Stop making fun of Biden!!