Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political drama directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures, starring James Stewart as an idealistic and naive man appointed to fill a vacant United States Senate seat, who uncovers corruption tied to a powerful political machine back home. The film's climactic sequence, in which Stewart's character conducts an exhausting one man filibuster on the Senate floor, became one of the most famous scenes in American cinema, and the film received eleven Academy Award nominations.
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Did Mr. Smith Goes to Washington win any Academy Awards?
It won the Oscar for Writing (Original Story).
Yes, it won the Academy Award for Writing (Original Story). At the ceremony held in 1940 for the films of 1939, the award went to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, credited to Lewis R. Foster. The film also competed in other categories, as its eleven nominations show.
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Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold.
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October 17, 1939
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United States
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Description, original language
Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political drama directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures, starring James Stewart as an idealistic and naive man appointed to fill a vacant United States Senate seat, who uncovers corruption tied to a powerful political machine back home.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a naive, newly appointed United
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a naive, newly appointed United
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Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Story
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Story.
Wikidata P166: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
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