Announced a few weeks ago as an exclusive at Best Buy, MGM has now announced a general release for The Manchurian Candidate (Blu-Ray) on May 10th.

It will retail for 9.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99.

NOTE: Because we picked up some from Best Buy it is currently available for rent.


SYNOPSIS:
Eerie, shocking, daring, thrilling and mesmerizing, The Manchurian Candidate 'will leave you breathless' (People)! Featuring an all-star cast, including Angela Lansbury in an Oscar-nominated performance, this 'chilling and controversial' (Leonard Maltin) film 'may be the most sophisticated political satire ever made' (Pauline Kael).

When a platoon of Korean War G.I.s is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies' garden club party. Or do they? Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) can't remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical plot orchestrated by the utterly ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) and involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey), her senator husband (James Gregory) and a secret cabal of enemy leaders.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Interview with Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod and John Frankenheimer
• Audio Commentary by John Frankenheimer
• 'Queen of Diamonds' featurette with Angela Lansbury
• 'A Little Solitaire' featurette with William Friedkin
• How to Get Shot
• Original theatrical trailer