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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 biographical drama about the social psychologist who conducted the controversial experiments on obedience to authority. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan and William Shatner, directed by Michael Almereyda.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Michael Almereyda
- 2015-10-16
Oct 16, 2015 · 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.
In 1961, social psychologist Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) conducts controversial experiments designed to measure conformity, conscience and free will.
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- Michael Almereyda
- PG-13
- Peter Sarsgaard
Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey by using electric shock. We follow Milgram, from meeting his wife Sasha through his controversial experiments that sparked public outcry. —ir
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.
