The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film)
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film) is a psychological drama that reenacts the infamous 1971 Stanford University study in which college students role-played prisoners and guards, exploring the rapid descent into abusive behavior and loss of identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stanford Prison Experiment | 3 |
| The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film) canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film) Context triple: [Ezra Miller, notableWork, The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film)]
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A.
Experimenter
Experimenter is a 2015 biographical drama film about social psychologist Stanley Milgram and his controversial obedience experiments.
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B.
Prisoners
Prisoners is a 2013 psychological crime thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve that follows a desperate father’s search for his missing daughter and the moral dilemmas that unfold.
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C.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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D.
Mindhunters
Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
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E.
The Exonerated
The Exonerated is a play (later adapted for film and television) that dramatizes the true stories of wrongfully convicted death row inmates who were later exonerated.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film) Target entity description: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015 film) is a psychological drama that reenacts the infamous 1971 Stanford University study in which college students role-played prisoners and guards, exploring the rapid descent into abusive behavior and loss of identity.
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A.
Experimenter
Experimenter is a 2015 biographical drama film about social psychologist Stanley Milgram and his controversial obedience experiments.
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B.
Prisoners
Prisoners is a 2013 psychological crime thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve that follows a desperate father’s search for his missing daughter and the moral dilemmas that unfold.
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C.
The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film that investigates and exposes the prevalence of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses and the institutional failures in responding to survivors.
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D.
Mindhunters
Mindhunters is a 2004 psychological thriller film about FBI profiler trainees trapped on a remote island with a serial killer who begins murdering them one by one.
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E.
The Exonerated
The Exonerated is a play (later adapted for film and television) that dramatizes the true stories of wrongfully convicted death row inmates who were later exonerated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award | Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | screenplay by Tim Talbott ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Stanford prison experiment
NERFINISHED
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The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment (research study) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Billy Crudup
NERFINISHED
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Brett Davern NERFINISHED ⓘ Ezra Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ James Wolk NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Keir Gilchrist NERFINISHED ⓘ Ki Hong Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Logan Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Angarano NERFINISHED ⓘ Moises Arias NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelsan Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Braun NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Thirlby NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ Tye Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Jas Shelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Kyle Patrick Alvarez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Fernando Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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psychological film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Billy Crudup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Philip Zimbardo
NERFINISHED
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prison guards (student volunteers) ⓘ prisoners (student volunteers) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Hewitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | rapid escalation of abusive behavior in a simulated prison ⓘ |
| portrays | Philip Zimbardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | Stanford prison experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Brent Emery
NERFINISHED
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Brian Geraghty NERFINISHED ⓘ Greg Little NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Bratman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lizzie Friedman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Abandon Pictures
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Sandbar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2015-01-26 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tim Talbott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Stanford County Jail (mock prison)
NERFINISHED
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Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2015-07-17 ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
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authority and obedience ⓘ loss of identity ⓘ situational vs dispositional behavior ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1970s ⓘ |
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