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What many people tend to ignore is that blanks can be downright lethal if the calibre is big enough, or if fired into a sensitive part of the head. Justified, in that this wasn't known when the film was made. Historical Villain Upgrade: Later reviews of the study revealed that both the guards and the prisoners were coached into their roles and many instances of cruelty were the subjects acting, making it highly unlikely that this would have happened.
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The head scientist was even aware how quickly the experiment was escalating, he just chose to ignore it For Science!. Within just a few days the guards are terrorizing and humiliating the prisoners to keep order, right up to abusing their position of power to commit murder and rape. Gone Horribly Wrong: The plot is based on the Stanford Prison Experiment, but goes further.Going for the Big Scoop: In the nutshell, the experiment goes pear-shaped because Tarek Fahd (Prisoner #77), the newspaper spook looking for a good story, would continuously piss off the guards ( who at that point just wanted to get paid) until they've had it with him.Elvis Impersonator: Eckert works as an Elvis impersonator on the outside, which he demonstrates during his initial interview.
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By the end the Guards are beating the Prisoners into comas, keep the junior scientists who are supposed to be monitoring the experiment captive so they can't interfere, and one of them even tries to rape a woman from the staff. At first the Guards limit themselves to minor abuses such as forcing #82, who's lactose intolerant, to drink his required dosage of milk, but when the prisoners start to riot (largely because of prodding from Prisoner #77, who's a plant from a newspaper looking for a good story) they start resorting to increasingly violent methods to keep control over them.