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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee
directed by: Frank Capra

: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767828017
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767828011
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 22, 2000
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 7877
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1939



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Political heavyweights decide that Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an obscure scoutmaster in a small town, would be the perfect dupe to fill a vacant U.S. Senate chair. Surely this naive bumpkin can be easily controlled by the senior senator (Claude Rains) from his state, a respectable and corrupted career politician. Director Frank Capra fills the movie with Smith's wide-eyed wonder at the glories of Washington, all of which ring false for his cynical secretary (Jean Arthur), who doesn't believe for a minute this rube could be for real. But he is. Capra was repeating the formula of a previous film, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, but this one is even sharper; Stewart and Arthur are brilliant, and the former cowboy star Harry Carey lends a warm presence to the role of the vice president. Bright, funny, and beautifully paced, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is Capra's ode to the power of innocence--an idea so potent that present-day audiences may find themselves wishing for a new Mr. Smith in Congress. The 1939 Congress was none too thrilled about the film's depiction of their august body, denouncing it as a caricature; but even today, Capra's jibes about vested interests and political machines look as accurate as ever. --Robert Horton



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic Movie. Timeless Message About Honor & Integrity in A Corrupt Society.
Frank Capra's classic "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" was originally intended as a sequel to "Mr. Deeds ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - We need another Mr. Smith
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I can see why the congress at the time this movie was made tended to sneer at the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - This is one movie I could watch over and over and over
I only saw this movie for the very first time this week and I have to say that it is already my most favorite ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - This Movie Bleeds, Red, White and Blue
This movie sends a very strong message to the American people, as not all politicians are corrupted or on the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Mr. Smith goes to Washington
Fasinating insight into political shenanigans involving self serving citizens who buy governmental favors from ... Read More

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