
I give them both a … ah, it’s just a stupid number. The German version has a 7.9 on IMDB… not sure I’d give such high marks… The American version only got a 6.4. Sure, the main guard captain in the German version really plays the part perfectly (Germans make excellent guards………) but Whitaker was demented!!! 20 men are chosen to take part in the functions of guards and offenders. I think it was the incredible acting of both Brody and Whitaker, but especially Whitaker, that really got to me. Also, I think it’s more realistic that they were constantly being watched, the American version left out the role of the observer, the professor completely out. 20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and.

R 1 hr 36 min Jul 15th, 2010 Drama, Thriller. The German version was more realistic in that they used a fake prison located in a basement, just like the original experiment, while the Americans went and got a real prison. (2010) 'They never imagined it would go this far'. Brings to mind Nikos Kazantsakis’ book: Christ Recrucified.Īnyway, I first watched the The Experiment 2010 version, with actors Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker and only afterwards did I watch the 2001 version, German version with actor Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run). Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order. Fearing that they will lose their 14,000 pay check if there is a riot among the prisoners, they tie Travis (Adrien Brody) to a chair, shave his head, kick him to the ground, then several guards urinate on. Read reviews and buy The Experiment (Blu-ray)(2010) at Target. Within two days, the guards are doing horrifically cruel things to the inmates. Ask the nicest group of people to be in a position of power of another group and ultimately the niceis will become abusive and violent. The experiment is not ended, even after the 30 minutes pass. Scheuring and starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Maggie Grace, about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971. The idea is that, in part, when someone plays a role they end up becoming that which they are enacting. The Experiment is a 2010 American drama thriller film directed by Paul T.

Then they get to reenact those roles for the following 2 weeks. Das Experiment screenwriter Mario Giordano works with writer/director Paul Scheuring to craft this remake based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment. 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control. Get a random group of people, divide them into two groups, one group you designate as the Guards and the other as the Prisoners. In this gripping thriller, a group of men volunteers to take on the roles of guards and inmates at a. An experiment to understand more about violence, and about human nature (I guess that’s why they did it…).

The chosen individuals are made to play the roles of both prison guards and prisoners to see how they behave in these positions. Such a powerful concept…īased on an experiment conducted in 1971, the Stanford Prison Experiment. A psychodrama based on the true story of a group of scientists who organized 20 people to carry out a psychological experiment for a cash reward.
