The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
- Directed by
- Kyle Patrick Alvarez
- Genre
- prison film, docudrama, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 999 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
College students volunteer for a psychology experiment where some are assigned as prisoners and others as guards. Over the course of a few days, the simulation spirals out of control as the guards become abusive and the prisoners break down.
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What happens
The Stanford Prison Experiment is a 2015 American docudrama psychological thriller film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, written by Tim Talbott, and starring Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Thirlby, and Nelsan Ellis. The plot concerns the 1971 Stanford prison experiment, conducted at Stanford University under the supervision of psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, in which students played the role of either a prisoner or correctional officer. The project was announced in 2002 and remained in development for twelve years, with filming beginning on August 19, 2014, in Los Angeles. The film was financed and produced by Sandbar Pictures and Abandon Pictures, and premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, before beginning a limited theatrical release on July 17, 2015. The film received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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