Mr Smith Goes to Washington [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee
	Video by:	Sony Pictures
	Sales Rank:	104367

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Actor(s):
James Stewart
Jean Arthur
Claude Rains
Edward Arnold
Guy Kibbee

Creators:
Joseph Walker (Cinematographer)
Frank Capra (Producer)
Al Clark (Editor)
Gene Havlick (Editor)
Lewis R. Foster (Writer)
Myles Connolly (Writer)
Sidney Buchman (Writer)

Director(s):
Frank Capra

Recording label: Sony Pictures
EAN: 9780767847162
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 0767847164
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC,
Release Date: 2000-02-22
Universal product code (UPC): 043396047600
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

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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

Running time: 129 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)