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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) is streaming on Apple TV+. Also available on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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You can watch The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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.
How quickly can ordinary college students transform into sadistic captors when given absolute authority? This chilling recreation of a real psychological study tracks the terrifying erosion of morality within a makeshift prison.
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Kyle Patrick Alvarez
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Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Thirlby, Nelsan Ellis, Moisés Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
You can watch The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Cast
Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Thirlby, Nelsan Ellis, Moisés Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist
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