Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
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Directed byFrank Popper
Written byFrank Popper
Matt Coen
Mike Kime
Produced byFrank Popper
Matt Coen
Mike Kime
StarringJeff Smith
Release dates
  • June 16, 2006 (2006-06-16) (Silverdocs Film Festival)
  • February 7, 2007 (2007-02-07) (United States)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is a 2006 documentary film directed by Frank Popper, which follows Missouri politician Jeff Smith's 2004 Democratic primary election campaign to the United States House of Representatives after the retirement of Dick Gephardt from his seat. The film follows Smith as he challenges Russ Carnahan, a member of the Carnahan political family and the frontrunner of a crowded Democratic primary, to capture the Democratic nomination for the seat. The movie's title references Frank Capra's 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in which a naive but well-meaning man (named "Jefferson Smith") becomes a Senator and fights the cynical nature of Washington.[1]

  1. ^ Page, Janice (November 3, 2006). "Warts-and-all quixotic quest keeps the faith". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 13, 2010.