It seems like we’ve been hearing about The Stanford Prison Experiment for years, but the official trailer proves the wait has been worth it. The trailer’s compelling, disturbing, and incredibly intense, and hopefully the feature film is just as riveting. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, The Stanford Prison Experiment stars Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Olivia Thirlby, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, and Thomas Mann.
The Stanford Prison Experiment opens in theaters on July 24, 2015.
The Plot:
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.
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