Mr Smith Goes To Washington [DVD] [1939] |
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![Mr Smith Goes To Washington [DVD] [1939]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZC76NCK2L._SL160_.jpg "Mr Smith Goes To Washington [DVD] [1939]")
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Staring:
James Stewart,
Jean Arthur,
Claude Rains,
Edward Arnold,
Guy Kibbee
Director:
Frank Capra
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £2.49
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Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5035822038134
Format: Black & White, Classical, Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL, Subtitled
Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2001-02-26
Running Time: 125
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1939-10-19 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In Frank Capra's bright, funny and beautifully paced satire Mr Smith Goes to Washington political heavyweights decide that Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an obscure scoutmaster in a small town, would be the perfect dupe to fill a vacant US Senate chair. Surely this naïve bumpkin can be easily controlled by the senior senator (Claude Rains) from his state, a respectable yet corrupted career politician. Capra fills the film 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. 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 the halls of power. The 1939 US 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, Amazon.com
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Jimmy Stewart, 2009-07-10
A classic James Stewart performance. Put in the context of the outbreak of WW II, a must see film.
 Classic Americana, 2009-04-20
Although very formal, sedately paced and even a little dated by today's standards of cinematic freneticism "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" remains the classic cinematic love-letter to American democracy.
A True Classic, 2009-02-04
If in some parts this film shows its age and is a little bit corny, the performance of James Stewart overrides this. Truly Jimmy at his best. Watch out for the amazingly lit scene in Washington station - sometimes things were better in black and white! Just sit back and enjoy!
A film on love, sincerity and faith in human values, 2008-12-29
This film is a very touching story of love, sincerity and faith on human values, a beautiful tribute to the democracy, a nice film for youngers and olders...
Mr smith, with his faith in the truth fascinates the young lady... I stop... I don't want to spoil.
Arsenic And Old Lace [1944]
A politic lesson, 2010-02-07
You want to know how to be a politic? This is not the movie but show us what was going on 60 years ago on DC and gives us a touristical tour of the city. Still the most of functions are the same in the senate. It is good to watch a high school lesson on TV.
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