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The Experiment
Why this pick
A tightly controlled social experiment becomes an escalating study of power, conformity, and institutional cruelty, with the same claustrophobic pressure and morally unsettling realism.
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MOVIE2015 2h 35m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1971, 24 male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford University psychology building. The students who are guards become abusive, as does Zimbardo himself, as they immerse themselves in their assigned roles.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Logan Miller
Jerry Sherman / Prisoner 5486
Johnny Simmons
Jeff Jansen / Prisoner 1037
Ezra Miller
Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612
Tye Sheridan
Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819
Olivia Thirlby
Dr. Christina Maslach
Nicholas Braun
Karl Vandy
Gaius Charles
Paul Vogel
Keir Gilchrist
John Lovett