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Few Good Men (1992) staring Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Tom
Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, and Cuba Gooding Jr.:
Two Marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an
unsanctioned disciplinary action. The Navy assigns who they believe is
a lightweight defense attorney to handle the case. The movie concludes
with a dramatic courtroom confrontation between the defense attorney and a
high ranking military official. It is a good movie that examines the
consequences of blindly following orders. The movie received 3 Academy
Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor--Jack
Nicholson. |
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Evers Boys (1997) staring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne:
This movie is based on the true story of the decades-long Tuskegee
experiment. Faced with having their federal funding cut off
entirely, the staff of a syphilis treatment center in Tuskegee, Alabama is
forced to institute a government-mandated research project in which they
study--without the patients' knowledge--the effects of the disease on
untreated black patients from 1932 to 1972. The government only apologized for the mistreatment of these patients in 1997. The movie touches on a
wide range of ethical issues surrounding program design and
evaluation. It also illustrates the importance of accountability
and oversight. |
| Boiler Room (2000) staring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin
Diesel, Nia Long, and Nicky Katt: Seth Davis (Ribisi) runs a small
time casino out of his apartment until he is recruited to join a hot
new stock brokerage firm that is far from the traditions of Wall
Street. Trained by the firm's young turks (Diesel and Katt),
Seth quickly takes to the new job, its instant riches, and the hope of
his father's approval. It all seems to good to be true and is
when Seth learns the secrets behind the firm and its unethical and
illegal activities. The firm is an excellent depiction of moral
dilemmas confronting Seth and the impacts of his actions on his family
and new found friends. |
| Wall
Street (1987) staring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen,
Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, James Spader, and Hal Holbrook: It
is the story of how an unscrupulous, multi-millionaire corporate raider
persuades an ambitious young broker to acquire information about his
father's company, profiling the complex crime of "insider trading"
in this indictment of '80's style finance. The movie is an excellent
illustration of how greed and the lust for power can lead to ethical and
moral dilemmas. Michael Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor. |
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