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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Film Club

25.02.2014
American Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1
Fee: Free

About the Event

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster’s unpublished story.

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state’s senior senator–presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys’ camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor. Taylor first tries to corrupt Smith and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story. In 1989, the Library of Congress added the movie to the United States National Film Registry, for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

In English, with English subtitles. IMDB: 8,4 %. 129 minutes.


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