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The Experiment is a 2010 American thriller and drama film directed by Paul Scheuring, who also wrote the screenplay. Based on the Stanford prison experiment and the film Das Experiment, the movie stars Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, and Clifton Collins. It was produced by companies including Stage 6 Films, Inferno Entertainment, Cinedigm, Magnet Media Productions, and Magnet Media Group. The film was distributed via video on demand and direct-to-video by Stage 6 Films and Netflix, with streaming availability on fuboTV and Philo.
Running for 96 minutes, the film features a budget of $21,800,000 and music by composer Graeme Revell. Amy Vincent served as the director of photography. The original language is English. The work has been assessed under the Bechdel test. It carries the tagline "They never imagined it would go this far." Critical reception included a rating of 6.4 on IMDb and an average vote of 6.371 on TMDb. The film is categorized with keywords such as experiment and psychological thriller.
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Film · TMDB
6.420 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Cast
- Adrien Brody as Travis
- Cam Gigandet as Chase
- Forest Whitaker as Barris
- Maggie Grace as Kelly
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Nix
- Fisher Stevens as Archaleta
Themes
- experiment
- psychological thriller
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Das Experiment
- Director
- Paul Scheuring
- Cast member
- David Banner
- Composer
- Graeme Revell
- Cinematographer
- Amy Vincent
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 858153
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
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- publication date
- 2010-01-01
- title
- The Experiment
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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