Billy Jack Goes to Washington is a loose remake of the film that was made by someone who was born where, and is considered the American dream personified?
Billy Jack Goes to Washington:  The film is a loose remake of the 1939 Frank Capra film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". Frank Capra:  Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American dream personified."
Italy