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Frank Capra's Mr. Smith goes to Washington [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Sidney Buchman ; story by Lewis R. Foster ; directed by Frank Capra

Additional Titles
Mr. Smith goes to Washington and Mister Smith goes to Washington
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Foster, Lewis R., 1898-1974, Buchman, Sidney, 1902-1975, Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991, Stewart, James, 1908-1997, Rains, Claude, 1889-1967, Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956, Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956, Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962, Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981, Columbia Pictures Corporation, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

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Language Note
English dialogue, with optional English, Japanese, Korean or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary
Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored by his home state's crooked political machine. Framed and threatened with expulsion, Jefferson takes to the Senate floor to prove his innocence.
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ISBN
1435937953
9781435937956
Audience Notes
Not rated.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: Commentary by Frank Capra, Jr.; Frank Capra, Jr. remembers -- Mr. Smith goes to Washington; vintage advertising gallery; original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, Joseph Walker; film editors, Gene Havlick, Al Clark; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Participant/Performer Note
Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey, Eugene Pallatte, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Porter Hall.
Technical Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1), Dolby Digital.
Terms of Use and Reproduction
No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
Awards
Academy awards, 1940: Best writing, original story (Foster)
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