Movie
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Overview
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-07-17
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Abandon Pictures, Coup d'Etat Films, Sandbar Pictures, Priority Pictures, IFC FIlms
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Billy Crudup as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
- Michael Angarano as Christopher Archer
- Ezra Miller as Daniel Culp / Prisoner 8612
- Tye Sheridan as Peter Mitchell / Prisoner 819
- Olivia Thirlby as Dr. Christina Maslach
- Nelsan Ellis as Jesse Fletcher
- Moisés Arias as Anthony Carroll
- Nicholas Braun as Karl Vandy
- Gaius Charles as Paul Vogel
- Keir Gilchrist as John Lovett
- Ki Hong Lee as Gavin Lee / Prisoner 3401
- Thomas Mann as Prisoner 416
Crew
- Kyle Patrick Alvarez - Director
- Tim Talbott - Screenplay
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