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Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976)
I wish this was readily available
One of the best management videos around. I want to show it to a bunch of people!
After a day at the office, John Cleese dreams of being tried for his conduct of meetings. Cleese plays it like Basil Fawlty, of course. It's funny and instructive.
The focus is on the conduct of meetings, providing meaningful agendas, and being effective. If you spend much of your working life in meetings, you need to see this film.
While it came out in 1976, it is a true classic, and is not at all dated - unlike most management films.
Pleasantville (1998)
Very good, just misses great
Without giving away the key elements of the plot, it's hard to express my reservations about what happens in Pleasantville. I feel that just at the climax, there's a small but significant change in the rules of the universe of Pleasantville. What's annoying is that it would only have been fifteen seconds or so of screen time to do it right.
The mixture of comedy, drama, and romantic elements is excellent, and the concept is well-handled.