Peter Sarsgaard
Stanley Milgram
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Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story or Experimenter for a alternative title, is a 2015 American biographical drama film written, directed and co-produced by Michael Almereyda. It depicts the experiments Milgram experiment in 1961 by a social psychologist Stanley Milgram.
Oct 16, 2015 · A film based on the true story of the social psychologist who conducted controversial experiments on obedience to authority. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Michael Almereyda
- 2015-10-16
A film about Dr. Stanley Milgram, the social psychologist who conducted famous experiments on obedience to authority. The film explores his work, his controversies and his personal life with a prismatic and playful style.
Sep 30, 2015 · With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to ...
- 2 min
- 87.2K
- Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
Experimenter is a biopic of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who conducted controversial experiments on human obedience and conformity. The film explores the implications of his work and the ethical dilemmas it raises, with a gripping performance by Peter Sarsgaard.
- (82)
- Michael Almereyda
- PG-13
- Peter Sarsgaard
Experimenter Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) conducts an experiment in which people think they're delivering electric shocks to strangers. Ignoring pleas for mercy, most subjects don't stop because they've been told to go on.
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment in which people think they’re delivering electric shocks to an affable stranger (Jim Gaffigan) strapped into a chair in another room.
