I would like to know who you would cast in a remake of this film. Only the main characters. Jeff, Saunders, Dis, The VP, Pain, Taylor, ect.
shareWhat's up with the remake frenzy on the IMDb boards? Are people nuts, or what?
REMAKE OF MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
MAIN CHARACTERS:
Clarissa Saunders ... Jean Arthur
Jefferson Smith ... James Stewart
Senator Joseph Harrison Paine ... Claude Rains
DIRECTOR:
Frank Capra
Release year: 1939
think this movie needs to be redone. I personally love the movie and show it to my students when we cover the Legislative Branch in class. I think with our current state of affairs in politics it would be a good movie to redo and maybe help recreate some old-fashion patriotism.
Who would you cast?
Jeff Smith: Leonard DiCaprio, Jim Carey, or Steve Carrell
Saunders: Amy Adams or Christa Miller
Taylor: John Goodman or Jack Nicholson
Sen. Paine: Harrison Ford or Dustin Hoffman
Governor Hopper: Dan Akroyd or Bill Murray
Chick McGann: John C. Reilly
Susan Paine: Megan Fox or Kate Walsh
President of the Senate: Richard Jenkins