EXCLUSIVE: The Experiment Happens on DVD and Blu-ray September 21

EXCLUSIVE: The Experiment Happens on DVD and Blu-ray September 21

Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of the upcoming Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in the adrenaline-charged drama The Experiment, debuting on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The shocking psychological thriller unfolds when 24 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a study designed to evaluate the affects of power and control. Values are tested and lines are crossed when seemingly normal participants are pushed to the breaking point as the experiment spirals out of control. The powerful remake of the 2002 German film Das Experiment co-stars Clifton Collins Jr. (The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day), Cam Gigandet (Twilight) and Maggie Grace (TV's Lost). The Experiment will be available on Blu-ray for $30.95 and DVD for $24.96 SRP.

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Oscar® winners Adrien Brody (Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006; star in The Experiment, a mind-shattering psychological thriller from the creator of TV's Prison Break. Selected to participate in a two-week research project, a group of men agree to play inmates and guards in a simulation of life within a state prison. But as the 24 volunteers slip deeper into their roles, power corrupts, fears escalate and the experiment spins horribly out of control. Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Clifton Collins Jr. (Crank High Voltage) and Maggie Grace (TV's Lost) co-star in this intensely shocking film.

The Experiment was written for the screen, produced and directed by Paul Scheuring, based on the novel by Mario Giordano. Paul Scheuring, Tracee Stanley, John Michaels, Matty Beckerman and Al-Saadi Qadhafi serve as executive producers, with Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Scott Nemes, Bill Johnson, Maggie Monteith, and Jeanette Buerling producing.

The Experiment has a running time of 96 minutes and is rated R for strong violence, language, some sexual content and nudity.

The Experiment was released September 21st, 2010 and stars Fisher Stevens, Forest Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr., Cam Gigandet, Adrien Brody, Maggie Grace, Ethan Cohn, Travis Fimmel. The film is directed by Paul Scheuring.

Sources: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Itheone
??? So the top part of the article states: "debuting on Blu-ray Disc&#8482 and DVD September 21st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment"
and the bottom part says : "The Experiment comes to theaters September 21st, 2010"
Way to get your story straight movieweb.
3 years agoby @itheone Flag
ed_wood
Sounds really good, is it not going to theaters?
3 years agoby @ed-wood Flag
DoubleR0522
THIS WAS A GOOD MOVIE
3 years agoby @doubler0522 Flag
Marcusx
This was filmed right down the street from my house. Then Iowa decided to pull the plug on things and that tax issue and blah blah blah. Then they left lol
3 years agoby @marcusx Flag