Fittingly, the climax to "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" involves a filibuster, after this week when the current President was tweeting his disdain for filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate that don't allow him to get what he wants when he wants it. In the movie's iconic scene, one which did much to get Stewart an Oscar nomination, Smith finally stands up for himself and against the rampant corruption in the Senate — Capra's film, often called his best, was clearly ahead of its time — and refuses to yield the floor.