Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'The Manchurian Candidate' Page #5

Well, they're gonna have to make

their own decisions.

I am proud...

[CROWD CHEERING]

... to offer into nomination

the name of the next vice president

of these United States:

Raymond Shaw!

TV NEWSCASTER 1:
A remarkable

development. Twenty-four hours ago,

New York Congressman

Raymond Prentiss Shaw

wasn't even being mentioned

as a possible candidate

for the vice presidential nomination

four years from now,

much less this current convention.

Some incredible news

from the convention floor tonight.

Like a long shot

catching the favorite

on the back stretch

of the Kentucky Derby,

Raymond Shaw has overtaken

Senator Thomas Jordan

to gain the vice presidential

nomination.

TV NEWSCASTER 2:

Raymond Shaw bears the lineage

of the fabled

Prentiss family dynasty.

Grandson of legendary industrialist

and diplomat Tyler Prentiss,

son of controversial

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw,

who took over the seat

vacated by her husband,

the esteemed John Shaw,

when he died tragically

over 20 years ago.

For many, Raymond Prentiss Shaw

is an enigma.

The millionaire

Harvard honors student

who enlisted in the infantry,

refusing the officer's commission

to which he was entitled.

Media-shy and reclusive,

Raymond Shaw's life

was forever changed

on the killing fields of Kuwait,

where he won the Congressional

Medal of Honor for combat bravery.

Two members of Sergeant Shaw's

famed "Lost Patrol,"

PFC Edward Ingram

and PFC Robert Baker III,

were killed.

Their guide, a civilian contractor,

disappeared in the ambush.

But Sergeant Shaw

heroically fought off the enemy

and guided the shell-shocked

survivors of the Lost Patrol

across hostile terrain to safety.

Raymond Shaw is probably

the kindest, bravest, warmest...

Most selfless human being

I've ever known.

TV NEWSCASTER 2:

The celebrated war hero,

who dedicated himself to

public service after Desert Storm.

The Medal of Honor winner, beloved

by the men of the Lost Patrol.

TV NEWSCASTER 3:
He quickly

turned his energies to public service

in his adopted state of New York.

- The revolutionary science

of biogenetics,

which has literally transformed...

INGRAM:

Captain Marco!

MAN:
The revolutionary science

of biogenetics.

The revolutionary science

of biogenetics,

which has literally transformed...

INGRAM:
Captain Marco!

BAKER:
Raymond Shaw

is the most selfless

human being I've ever known.

Raymond Shaw is probably

the kindest, bravest, warmest...

Yet note the complexity

of the frontal lobe.

Nevertheless...

MELVIN:

Captain.

Help me.

Sergeant Shaw.

Captain.

Suffocate Private Baker. Kill him.

SOLDIERS:
Raymond Shaw is

probably the kindest, bravest, warmest,

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