In 1971 the basement of the Stanford Psychology Building was turned into a mock prison. Student volunteers assumed the role of prisoners and guards in what was supposed to be a 14 day experiment. The study had to be stopped after 6 days when guards became sadistic and prisoners were traumatized.
From Wikipedia: “the story of the experiment is soon to be filmed by Christopher McQuarrie (Oscar-winning writer of The Usual Suspects) from a script he wrote with Tim Talbott.”
