(Photo: Everett Collection, inset is AP)Kentucky Republican Rand Paul spoke inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for nearly 13 hours, making his speech (surprisingly) the ninth-longest in the Senate's history. The reason Paul stopped? He had to go to the bathroom.

But before Paul, there was Thurmond. The late Strom Thurmond filibustered his way to the Senate's all-time record when he protested the 1957 Civil Rights Act for 24 hours and 18 minutes.

The following is Yahoo! Movies' review of the best political speeches on film, inspired by Sen. Paul's recent time-limited tenacity:

Jimmy Stewart filibusters so hard he faints in 1939's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

Open Road Films/EW.comFile this under the “What’s Up Front” Department.

Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker who’s never been afraid to go over the top, as anyone who has seen “Sin City,” “Desperado,” “Planet Terror,” or “Once Upon A Time In Mexico” already knows. And the first posters Rodriguez has released for the sequel to his 2010 cult favorite “Machete” show he’s ready to pump up the outrageousness.

Easily the most “whoa!” inducing image is Sofia Vergara as Lady Desdemona, who shows off a pair of very deadly weapons – a brassiere with built in machine guns spitting deadly charges from her breasts. Vergara’s ample curves have been a big part of her fortune, but it looks like Rodriguez had found new ways to take advantage of their power.

Another poster offers a first look at Lady Gaga, who co-stars in the movie as La Chameleon. The pop star is decked out in true blonde bombshell fashion, looking leggy and well coiffed, but her outfit includes two unusual accessories – a sizable handgun with a silencer, and a

Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall' (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

Now that Sam Mendes is official out as director of the next James Bond picture, who is going to be guiding 007's next assignment? A British bookie has stepped in to make the guessing game interesting.

Roadside AttractionsWhoever thought Shakespeare would be the fun and comic books would be the work?

Most filmmakers would fall into a deep six-month slumber after undertaking the gargantuan task that was "The Avengers." Joss Whedon invited a bunch of his pals over to his house and made a movie of "Much Ado About Nothing."

This particular post-"Avengers" activity wasn't always the plan. In September 2011, when Whedon was about to wrap principal photography on the Marvel superhero mashup, he was planning an anniversary trip to Italy with his producer wife, Kai Cole. She apparently suggested they ditch the travel plans and instead use the time to film that "Much Ado" adaptation he'd been talking about ever since he heard Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof as Beatrice and Benedick at one of the regular Shakespeare readings Whedon and Cole hosted at their California home.

Whedon and Cole set up shop through their own Bellweather production company, which was designed for run-and-gun micro-budget projects (as opposed

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in 1977's 'Star Wars' (Photo: Everett Collection)The cat keeps creeping out of the "Star Wars" bag when it comes to the reports that original cast members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher will reprise their roles from the classic sci-fi film.

The latest evidence: George Lucas has opened his big mouth.

Lucas all but confirmed that the actors who originally played Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia will reclaim their famed characters in "Star Wars: Episode VII." "We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison -- or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, 'Look, this is what's going on,'" Lucas (accidentally?) told Bloomberg Businessweek.

MGM's 'The Wizard of Oz'.

Sure, “Oz the Great and Powerful” has us brimming with excitement about Sam Raimi’s fantastical re-imagining of the enchanted land of Oz. But to be honest with you, all this talk about the new one has us clamoring to revisit the original Technicolored masterpiece, “The Wizard of Oz” (1939).

Because, because, because, because of all of the wonderful things the original still does, we present these fascinating facts about “The Wizard of Oz”. There’s facts about Shirley Temple playing Dorothy, political conspiracy theories, giggle fits and more. Oh my!