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 Mill
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Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
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The Stanford prison experiment, also referred to as the Zimbardo prison experiment, was a controversial psychological experiment performed in August 1971 at Stanford University. It was designed to be
The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)
…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…
Plaque at the location of the Stanford prison experiment
Screening applicants
Prisoners in bed in cell
Arrest of prisoners