Akkam’s Razor

I have to present a film clip demonstrating Organizational Politics and Power in film.  I'm intentionally excluding the low hanging fruit, like A Few Good Men.  Most of the references in the academic literature also refer to 12 Angry Men, so that one is out.  I was hoping to find something with an easily accessible clip online.  The film I'd most like to use is The Caine Mutinty, but I can neither find a relevant online clip or an accessible hard copy.

Other contenders might be the letter scene from Saving Private Ryan, possibly something from Gladiator or Braveheart, Dr. Strangelove, Three Kings, or Independence Day. It's somewhat clichéd to use war movie, though, and again, I do want to avoid the low-hanging fruit.

Some of the other ones that came to mind include One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, the Shawshank Redemption, and the Dead Poet Society, also all referenced in the literature.

So I stopped, reframed, and got unconventional.  Surely there's much to be learned from the Godfather movies (though not the third, blehh!), and the various Star Wars and Star Trek films, right? 

From a money is power frame, there's Wall Street, the Hudsucker Proxy, and Glengarry Glenn Ross.  All three of them are well suited.

From a pop culture perspective, there's the Matrix, Charlie Brown Christmas, the Wizard of Oz, or maybe something from the Simpsons or Seinfeld.  There has to be something there, right?  Who couldn't learn from Costanza?

Lastly, there's the one's that strike my political streak, like Good Night and Good Luck, Network, or 1776.

Any thoughts?

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