Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'The Manchurian Candidate' Page #2
- Year:
- 2004
- 24 min
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Polls indicate that
more and more voters
are concerned with
personal family safety,
with economic security,
fearing more and more jobs
going overseas
illegal immigrants.
They're concerned with the quality
of air and our water,
the degradation caused by the
rollback in environmental regulations,
by religious and racial polarization,
with the drumbeat of body bags
coming from all over the globe.
for a new agenda.
divided on so many issues,
the choice of a vice presidential
nominee may very well be
the unifying factor for delegates
at this convention.
MAN [ON TV]:
And if this respectpropels me toward the nomination
as your vice presidential candidate,
I will be greatly honored.
We need to look inward,
attend to our own house.
The danger to our country is not only
from some terrorists at large,
terrorists who, by the way,
we've helped engender
with 20 years
No, the real danger
is from suspending civil liberties,
gutting the Bill of Rights,
allowing our fear
to destroy our democratic ideals,
because once we start overturning
our constitutional protections,
our enemies have won.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Raymond? Oh.
- There he is.
- Darling. Shoo.
What, were you gonna make me
stand out there like room service?
I asked downstairs and Miss Freeman,
your wrangler, helpful Miss Freeman,
she said you were up here
practicing your speech.
I don't honestly understand why
you insist upon
isolating yourself, Raymond.
People adore you,
they crave your company,
and yet here you are,
holed up as if you were some sort of
emotionally challenged individual
like your father.
Shut up, Tom.
Instead of Raymond Prentiss Shaw,
handsome, intelligent,
people-loving war hero
with a great deal to offer his party.
- No.
- And his country.
RAYMOND:
No.
- No, what?
- No.
I haven't even asked you
a question yet.
RAYMOND:
No to the questionyou're going to ask.
No to all of the questions
you pretend to want to ask.
Your hair is too flat.
And no, you may not engage
in your usual backdoor
And that tie...
political thuggery to shovel me
onto the presidential ticket.
Tie's wrong. Something less busy.
Oh, you're not interested.
Of course I'm interested.
I wouldn't be here if I wasn't.
But not if it means attacking
the reputation
of a statesman like Tom Jordan,
which I am sure
was part of your plan.
Excuse me, when have I ever
attacked Senator Jordan, despite...
Despite what?
Despite the shameful way
that summer at the shore.
You chased her away, Mother,
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