The Great McGinty

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film political satire film

The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire film written and directed by Preston Sturges, notable for its sharp, comedic take on corruption and machine politics.

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The Great McGinty canonical 7
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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
political satire film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Preston Sturges ⓘ
awardYear 1941 ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy William C. Mellor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
dialogueStyle rapid-fire witty dialogue ⓘ
director Preston Sturges ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Stuart Gilmore ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle The Great McGinty ⓘ
surface form: Down Went McGinty
hasCharacter Catherine McGinty ⓘ
Dan McGinty ⓘ
The Boss ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first writer-director projects at a major Hollywood studio ⓘ
motionPictureRating Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Victor Young ⓘ
narrativeDevice flashback ⓘ
notableFor sharp comedic take on corruption and machine politics ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American political satire cinema ⓘ
producedBy Paul Jones ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1940-08-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 82 ⓘ
screenDebutAsDirectorFor Preston Sturges ⓘ
screenwriter Preston Sturges ⓘ
setting American city politics ⓘ
stars Akim Tamiroff ⓘ
Allyn Joslyn ⓘ
Brian Donlevy ⓘ
Muriel Angelus ⓘ
William Demarest ⓘ
studio Paramount Pictures ⓘ
studioEra Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
theme machine politics ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
rise and fall of a politician ⓘ
writer Preston Sturges ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → notableWinnerExample → The Great McGinty ⓘ
Jules Furthman → workedOn → The Great McGinty ⓘ
The Great McGinty → hasAlternateTitle → The Great McGinty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Down Went McGinty
Hans Dreier → notableWork → The Great McGinty ⓘ
Brian Donlevy → notableWork → The Great McGinty ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → bestOriginalScreenplayWinner → The Great McGinty ⓘ
John F. Seitz → notableWork → The Great McGinty ⓘ
John F. Seitz → workedOn → The Great McGinty ⓘ