Mr. Smith Goes to Washington dvd movie.|
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List Price: $27.95 Our Price: $18.49 You Save: $9.46 Features • Black & White • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 19 October, 1939 DVD Release : 22 February, 2000 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington description 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 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Great Movie, Poor DVD! |
| This is a timeless movie that ages pretty well for a 70-year-old film. The story line is still so relevant today about innocence lost and about the underdog defying all odds and who can resist a good David v Goliath story anyway? The script is excellent and so is the acting from the brilliant cast and this movie showed me just how good an actor James Stewart was. This movie is about 2 hours long but you don't feel it as it moves along at a nice pace and is so riveting as well.
The only thing I don't like about the dvd is the poor visual and sound quality which is in the original mono. Many patches of imperfection is present in the video and seeing as how Disney was able to upgrade "Snow White" which is an even older film to Dolby Digital 5.1, at least this option should have been available on this dvd as well. In addition, the special features are sparse with only a few trailers and a very short "Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers" piece and a commentary by the same as content. Hopefully, a newer, digitally remastered both visually and audiowise version will be released soon. Otherwise, contentwise, this is a very good movie and like a true classic should be will stand many repeat viewings without getting stale. |
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