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    The Stanford Prison Experiment

    Poster of the movie The Stanford Prison Experiment
    2015     Dramatic thriller    
    USA
    2h 2min
    R
    Guide for parents: offensive language, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, offensive language, sexuality.

    What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment. Featuring an extraordinary cast of rising young actors, including Ezra Miller, Olivia Thirlby, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, and Thomas Mann.

    Directed byKyle Patrick Alvarez
    Written byTim Talbott
    CompanyIFC FilmsIFC FilmsIFC Films

    Starring

    Billy Crudup
    Ezra Miller
    Olivia Thirlby
    Tye Sheridan
    Keir Gilchrist
    Michael Angarano
    James Wolk
    Moises Arias
    Ki Hong Lee
    Nelsan Ellis
    Johnny Simmons
    Nicholas Braun
    James Frecheville
    Miles Heizer
    + MORE

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    8 years ago

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