| Playing Time |
01:38:04 |
| Cast |
Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim℗¡Gaffigan. |
| Summary |
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment that remains relevant to this day, in which people think they're delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger (Jim Gaffigan) strapped into a chair in another room. Disregarding his pleas for mercy, the majority of subjects do not stop the experiment, administering what they think are near-fatal electric shots, simply because they've been told to. Milgram's exploration of authority and conformity strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster. His wife Sasha (Winona Ryder) anchors him through it all. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Feature Film.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Sarsgaard, Peter.
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Ryder, Winona, 1971-
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Jim℗¡Gaffigan.
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| Music No. |
EXPERIMENTERMAG Magnolia Pictures |
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