The Stanford Prison Experiment

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The Stanford Prison Experiment is a psychological thriller directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. After premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival the film won two awards: the Alfred P. Sloan Prize awarded to a Sundance film that focuses on a scientific or technological subject, and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. The film stars Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, and Thomas Mann.

What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, The Stanford Prison Experiment is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment.

The film was released in the U.S. in July and has received positive reviews, currently sitting on an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Stanford Prison Experiment is rated 14A.