Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Mr. Smith is a boy scout leader who loves hanging out with his scouts. Mr. Taylor was a man holding a lot of political power. Do to the death of a senate member Mr. Taylor tried to replace the position with someone who would listen to whatever he said. Hubert, Mr. Taylor’s second hand man, made the announcement of the new senate member the people became enraged so to please the people they put Mr. Smith in. They chose Mr. Smith because he knew little about being a member of the senate. The first day Mr. Smith arrived in Washington he tried to see all the large monuments in one day. (Having just been to Washington I don’t know how he saw four monuments in one day.) Trying to do this made him late for an appointment to meet the secratary, Chlarissa. The next day he had a press conference. The reporters changed around some of his words to wear it made him seem like he did not like being in DC. When he read the articles he started running around punching reporters.(That was my favorite part of the movie.) He chased one reporter all the way to the news place. When Mr. Smith got in he was about to punch that reporter in the face also, but the other people in their stopped him. Joseph Paine was Mr. Smith’s fathers best buddy. Joseph Paine reads the article about Mr. Smith not liking DC and becomes mad, so in a way he tells Mr. Smith to lay low. Paine tells Mr. Smith to work on a bill thinking that will keep them both out of trouble. Mr. Smith being the boy scout leader he is, wants to pass a bill that will give all boy scouts a place where they can go for a boy scout trip. The place where he wants to build his boy scout retreat is on Willet Creek. Paine had not filled Mr. Smith in on the fact that they plan to build a dam where he wanted his camp. Mr. Smith went to the secretary Chlarissa to get the bill made. When she heard about him building on Willet Creek she also did not tell him. Mr. Smith got the bill made and when they had a senate meeting he announced his bill. Paine asked for him to yield to him and let him speak Mr. Smith thinking that paine would help promote his plan yielded. Much to Mr. Smiths surprise Paine turned the entire bill on him. Paine had False signatures showing that Mr. Smith knew their was plans to build in that area. The rest of the movie was about Mr. Smith fighting against the dam bill. At the end Mr. Smith held the floor for at least 18 hours. Paine brought in papers supposedly from Mr. Smiths town they said all the negative things that everyone else was saying. Mr. Smith said one more speech then fainted from exhaustion. Then you find Paine has a soft heart and that he admits all the wrong he had done so Mr. Smith wins and gets his boy scout retreat. THE END

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