Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyi firimu yakasarudzwa kumatanhatu Academy Awards, ichikunda maviri (Best Actor uye Best Screenplay). Pamutambo wa1940
, James Stewart akanga asingatarisiri kukunda uye akanga asiri kuronga kupinda mhemberero yacho, asi akadanwa uye "akarairwa" kuti aratidze muhomwe yezvokudya. Akati akanga avhotera Henry Fonda nokuda kwokuita kwake mu"The Grapes of Wrath", uye nguva dzose akanzwa kuti mubairo wacho wakanga wapiwa kwaari somuripo wokusawana nokuda kwokufananidzira kwake Jefferson Smith mu"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" gore rakapfuura. Donald Ogden Stewart, kune rumwe rutivi, akazivisa pakukunda Oscar "wake" kuti: "Handina munhu wokutenda kunze kwangu ndimene!"