The Experiment Page #3

Synopsis: 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Paul Scheuring
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
R
Year:
2010
96 min
688 Views


- Flying Man?

- Yep.

The man who flies.

- What's he do besides fly?

- See that?

What you just said,

"What else he do besides fly?"

That's how jaded people have become.

We're talking about flying here.

Like a human being, actually flying.

And no cape, nothing.

Just flying, you know?

Like you or me in this cell

just kind of taking off

like nothing could limit us.

Like we could just go, go, go.

Tell me, honestly,

who is not gonna want to read that?

I shouldn't be talking about this anyway.

My agent would kill me if he knew I was.

- You got an agent, huh?

- Yeah, couple.

How you like that, 77?

Looks like we got a heavy hitter

in the box with us.

Yeah, we do.

9:
00, ladies! Lights out!

- Really, come on.

- What?

- What is it?

- Move along, f***-butt.

Yum, yum, come on, people. Move along!

Hey, hey, hey. You gotta clean your plate.

Come on, man. That's not gonna happen.

What are you?

Spokesman for the union now?

Look, nobody's trying to be difficult.

We'll eat everything else, just not that.

I mean, look at it.

It literally might be dog sh*t.

It's beans. Come on, eat them.

Come on, guys.

It's not like I'm being

unreasonable here, right?

I mean, we got rules, okay?

Rule number one:

You gotta clean your plate.

Rule number six says,

"You gotta eat dog sh*t."

It's not dog sh*t.

It's dog sh*t.

Well, that's too bad.

'Cause you gotta eat it anyway.

Okay, I'm gonna just...

Oh, my God. My dog sh*t!

You f***ing sh*t. Out of there.

Look, okay, memo to Adolf,

uniform's not real. Okay, baby?

Hey, Moulin Rouge, you gotta eat it.

Nobody's leaving here

until their plates are clean.

You heard the man, huh?

The word is clean.

- Clean? Is that the word?

- Yeah.

Now it's clean.

He just earned you guys

some more push-ups.

Push-ups. You heard the man! Push-ups!

I'll give you push-ups. Push this up!

Complete wrong move, ass-licker.

Step back!

- You shouldn't have done that!

- Keep it up, girls. Get it out of your system.

That's right, you goose-stepping p*ssy!

I will see you girls tonight.

Feel the wrath of Flying Man!

Flying Man?

Yeah.

This is our house, b*tches!

This is our house!

Only reason,

only f***ing reason they did that

was 'cause they knew

they weren't gonna get their asses kicked.

You take away someone's fear

of getting punched in the f***ing mouth,

all of a sudden,

they're the biggest cocksuckers

on the f***ing planet.

That may be true, but the rules are the rules.

We don't use violence.

Well, we obviously gotta do something.

I mean, we are being tested

just as much as they are.

They made me look like a f***ing p*ssy

is what they did.

Yeah.

I got an idea.

I pledged for a fraternity once.

And during Hell Week, the brothers,

they would break down our will.

They would try to humble us

for the initiation that was gonna come.

I mean, the rules,

they were pretty much the same as here.

I mean, they couldn't hurt us.

But they could do something much worse,

they could humiliate us.

That's what we have to do.

Is we have to humiliate them.

What? What are you doing?

- What the hell is the matter with you?

- That is for inciting them.

- What? What are you talking about?

- Shut up.

You need to shut up. All right?

There will be no more incidents

like there was today.

Is that understood?

I said, is that understood?

- Yes.

- Yes.

Yes, what? 'Cause I can't hear you.

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

Who's the b*tches now, b*tches?

Great job, guys. Great job.

- Dude, I...

- Great job.

- Nice speech.

- Good job, good job.

I'll catch up later.

Excuse me? Excuse me?

I'm having heat flashes.

I think my blood sugar is low.

Capote, just shut the f*** up, okay?

- What are you talking about, man?

- I'm having low blood sugar.

If I gotta say "Shut the f*** up"

one more time...

You all right?

Okay, everybody's had their fun.

I'm gonna suggest

that we act like gentlemen

for the rest of the way.

That we play by the rules

these last 11 days.

And everybody can go home happily

with their money.

How's that sound?

Where is 51?

Where's 51?

Let's go.

I need sugar.

Look, diabetic.

Says he's diabetic on his application.

So he needs insulin, that's what it is.

No, no, no. Look.

It says he regulates it through diet.

Yeah, man, it's in his own words.

He's the one that filled this out.

This is not a big deal. It's not.

I mean, my f***ing grandma

has basically the same thing,

and she just gets moody in between meals.

Trust me, this is not a big deal.

Fifty-one, you need to get up.

Let's go, come on. Get up.

Hey, I wanna do this.

I do. I just need a Twix bar.

There's one in my bag if you can find it.

Twix bar. Is that what you wanna eat?

Get him up. Get him up. Come on. Come on!

- Are you kidding me?

- You're all right.

- Hey, why don't you let the man be?

- You know the rules, 77.

All prisoners must participate in rec.

And you do not address me

unless I have spoken to you first.

The man... Look at him.

The man can't do it.

You do understand that

this is a prison experiment, right?

Yes.

And you do understand

the roles that we've been given?

- Obviously.

- You are a prisoner.

You don't give orders, we give orders.

Have I made myself completely clear

to you now?

Let the man lie down.

Do I need to escalate matters right now?

Is that what I should do?

What is that supposed to mean?

It means that you won't shut up.

And I am trying to figure out

how I'm supposed to deal with that.

- Why don't you try being rational?

- How is this for rational?

Do I look rational now? Do I?

- Let's put the sugar in him real quick, man.

- Put it away.

Do I look rational now?

You hit me and the experiment is over.

You know that and I know that.

Easy now, brother. Come on.

Okay. It's okay.

All right, everyone, back in their cell.

Let's go, guards!

Get them back in their cells!

- Let's go.

- Get in!

I don't need an escort.

This ain't right! I ain't playing that sh*t.

Go. Move!

What do you think they want from us?

Why would you run a prison experiment?

Throw some animals in a cage

and you get to find out which one

of us is gonna be the lions

and which ones are gonna get gut.

I like to think we're slightly higher

on the evolutionary chain than monkeys.

It don't matter how evolved you think we are.

You lock up any animal long enough

and the strong's gonna eat the weak.

That's just the way it is.

You learn that in prison, 17?

- You must think I'm somebody else, slick.

- No.

Just that tattoo you got there is an Aryan tat,

so I figured, you know,

you probably got that in the pen.

Expert in the penitentiary system,

are you, boy?

I just watch a lot of Discovery Channel.

You will not interfere

with my ability to make a paycheck.

You understand?

We're cool. No sweat.

So, what were you in for anyway?

- Did you really just ask me that?

- Yeah. I just asked you that.

- You better pump your brakes, boy.

- Oh, yeah?

- Why's that?

- Lf you don't start respecting the guards,

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Paul Scheuring

Paul T. Scheuring (born November 20, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director of films and television shows. His work includes the 2003 film A Man Apart and the creation of the television drama Prison Break, for which he was also credited as an executive producer and head writer. more…

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