Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (feat. Terence Johnson)
And the Runner-Up Is
English - September 02, 2020 07:00 - 2 hours - 157 MB - ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsFilm History TV & Film Film Reviews awards film movies oscars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Kevin welcomes Terence Johnson, director, writer, producer, film critic and owner of LeNoirAuteur.Net, to talk about Frank Capra's classic 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,' the likely runner-up in the 1939 Oscar race that lost to 'Gone with the Wind.'
0:00 - 1:27 - Introduction
1:28 - 40:49 - 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' review
40:50 - 2:02:16 - Why 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' lost Best Picture
2:02:17 - 2:13:36 - Shoulda been a contender
2:13:37 - 2:16:56 - Did 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' deserve to win?
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Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich