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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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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 shocks, 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. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and the **San Francisco International Film Festival**
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Anthony Edwards, Jim Gaffigan, John Palladino
Originally produced by Magnolia Pictures in 2015
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English