The Experiment (2010 film)

The Experiment
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul T. Scheuring
Screenplay byPaul T. Scheuring
Based onDas Experiment
by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Mario Giordano
Christoph Darnstädt
Don Bohlinger
Produced byPaul T. Scheuring,
Jeanette B. Milio
StarringAdrien Brody
Forest Whitaker
Cam Gigandet
Clifton Collins Jr.
Fisher Stevens
Maggie Grace
CinematographyAmy Vincent
Edited byPeter S. Elliot
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
companies
Stage 6 Films
Alliance Cinema
Magnet Media
Mercator
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing (North America/Australia/New Zealand)
Inferno Distribution (International)
Release dates
  • July 15, 2010 (2010-07-15) (PiFan)
  • September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21.8 million

The Experiment is a 2010 American drama thriller film directed by Paul T. Scheuring[1] and starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., and Maggie Grace,[2] about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971.[3]

The film is a remake of the 2001 German film Das Experiment,[4] which was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.[5]

  1. ^ BD Horror News – Paul Scheuring to Write and Direct 'The Experiment' Remake Archived November 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ First Experiment pics
  3. ^ The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University
  4. ^ International One-Sheet: The Experiment
  5. ^ Trailer for The Experiment Redux Slips Online