Movie review
When one of the state's senators unexpectedly dies, the movers and shakers try to find a replacement, and they select the unlikeliest of fellow: Jefferson Smith, a "gee shucks" kind of guy who is as "Mom, baseball, and apple pie" as they come. At first, they think the guy, who goes completely starry-eyed the minute he sees the Capitol dome, will be easy to manipulate. But Smith, who has this damnable integrity and conviction about him, threatens to blow the lid on their shady political machinations. Of course, being the corrupt, money-grubbing bastards they are, they place him to be the fall guy. Smith refuses to go quietly however, which leads to the most famous filibuster in cinema history as he rails against big money and political corruption while espousing the virtues of this great Nation (i.e.