The Wisdom We Find in Movies

Many of you know, I used the 1986 movie, Hoosiers in a corporate setting to teach Leadership to management people.  Since seeing that movie, all the way through, over 300 times, I have become aware of a lot of movies that contain real wisdom.  Movies like Family Man, Forrest Gump, Facing the Giants, and Remember the Titans.

Some kind of sneak under the fence but have good messages, like My Cousin Vinny.

The judge, Chamberlain Holler (Fred Gwynne), is a backwoods stickler for detail who has it in for the upstart New York lawyer, Vincent Gambini (Joe Pesci) and almost goes without notice, but looking more closely at him:

1. Rules are rules, and rules are meant to be followed ("I expect you to know this by the time you walk into my court")
2. Ask the right questions ("Did you say 'two yutes'?" and "HOW is it a 'trick question'?")
3. Always follow up ("Mr. Gambini, didn't I tell you to dress lawyerly when you come into this court?")
4. Own your mistakes (after his instruction "let the record show, Counsel is holding up two fingers," He apologizes, and after the trial, meets Gambini out at the curb and congratulates him for the win.