| | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Classic Videos, Essential Cinema, Politics, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, Personal Triumph, AFI Top 50 Heroes | | Starring | James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Beulah Bondi, H.B. Warner, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Harry Carey, Sr. | | Director | Frank Capra | | Art Director | Lionel Banks | | Composer | Dimitri Tiomkin | | Costume Designer | Robert Kalloch | | Director of Photography | Joseph Walker | | Editor | Al Clark, Gene Havlick | | Featured | Charles Lane, William Demarest, Grant Mitchell, Jack Carson, Porter Hall, Ann Doran, Russell Simpson, Ruth Donnelly
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Freshman senator Mr. Smith fights government corruption with a filibuster in this Frank Capra film starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart. Frank Capra's much-loved political parable staring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, is a classic of American cinema.
When a Wisconsin senator dies, patriotic boy scout leader Jefferson Smith is appointed his successor. Smith's appointment comes at the suggestion of crooked political strategist Jim Taylor who needs a "yes man" in the office -- and the innocent starry-eyed Smith's considered too naive to suspect foul play. But Smith's savvy secretary Saunders knows the whys and wherefores, the ins and outs of the Beltway. She gives Jeff the info he needs to go head-to-head with corrupt senator Joseph Paine, champion forgotten causes and fight for good old American values.
Two slimy fat-cat legislators recruit Jefferson Smith, an innocent and staunchly principled Montana scout leader, as the state's new Senator, hoping to exploit his naviete and community pride to bring home pork-barrel funds. Once he ascends to Capitol Hill, however, Mr. Smith finds nothing but deep-rooted corruption in Washington, D.C., and, absolutely refusing to submit to cynicism, he tirelessly takes the message of the American people right to their out-of-touch representatives. Based on Lewis R. Foster's novel THE GENTLEMAN FROM MONTANA. Academy Award Nominations: 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (James Stewart), Best Supporting Actor (Harry Carey). Academy Awards: Best Original Story (Lewis R. Foster). MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
The Hopper boys are played by Billy Watson, Delmar Watson, Johnny Russell, Harry Watson, Gary Watson and Baby Dumpling. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Reviews: "...An enjoyable fable..."-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film "One of Hollywood's most perceptive political satires..."
-- Dan Leigh, Sight and Sound Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | List Price | $14.94 (You save $4.65) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1939 | | All Time Sales Rank |  21144  | | CD Universe Part number | 7769725 | | Catalog number | 27978 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 09, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 130 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Black & White | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Black & White; Remastered / Repackaged |
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Movie Review Mr. Smith Goes To Washington DVD Jean Arthur, James Stewart and Claude Rains star in Frank Capra's MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, theaward-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small town senator who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicans out to destroy him. When Frank Capradecided to film the novel "The Gentleman From Montana", he ran into an obstacle Director Rouben Mamoulian owned the rights to the story. Unwilling to sell, Mamoulian eventually traded the material toColumbia on the condition that he be allowed to direct Golden Boy. As Capra began working on the film, now called MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, it was suggested that Gary Copper, the star of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, take the lead. Capra selected Jimmy Stewart instead and the film solidified Stewart's movie career, garnering him his first Academy Award(r) nomination. Receiving a total of eleven 1939 Oscar(r) nominations (including Best Picture and Best Director), and winning one (Best Motion Picture Story), MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON is considered one of Capra's, Stewart's and Columbia's finest films. It also marked the end of an era. It was Capra's final film for the studio.
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