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With Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun. In 1971, twenty-four 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 psychology building.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Kyle Patrick Alvarez
- 2015-07-17
A 2015 docudrama film based on the 1971 psychological experiment by Philip Zimbardo, in which students played prisoners or guards for 14 days. The film stars Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller and others, and was directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez.
In this psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as a Stanford University professor who cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail with astonishing results.
The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a psychological experiment performed during August 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors.
Jul 17, 2015 · Students of high school or university psychology classes are probably familiar with the Stanford Prison Experiment. Run in 1971 at the behest of the U.S. Navy, the experiment intended to investigate the cause of conflict between guards and prisoners in military correctional facilities.
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Jun 12, 2015 · Watch the official trailer of the psychological thriller based on the notorious true story of a college psych study gone wrong. See how 24 student volunteers became prisoners and guards in a simulated jail and behaved like sadists and submissives.
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- IFC Films