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==Media depictions== {{more citations needed section|date=August 2017}} * ''[[Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View|Obedience to Authority]]'' ({{ISBN|978-0061765216}}) is Milgram's own account of the experiment, written for a mass audience. * ''Obedience'' is a black-and-white film of the experiment, shot by Milgram himself. It is distributed by [[Alexander Street Press]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Deception in the Digital Age|last1=Malin|first1=Cameron H.|last2=Gudaitis|first2=Terry|last3=Holt|first3=Thomas|last4=Kilger|first4=Max|publisher=Elsevier|date=2017|isbn=9780124116399}}</ref>{{rp|81}} * ''[[The Tenth Level]]'' was a fictionalized 1975 [[CBS]] television drama about the experiment, featuring [[William Shatner]] and [[Ossie Davis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations|series=J-B Warren Bennis Series|editor-last1=Riggio|editor-first1=Ronald E.|editor-last2=Chaleff|editor-first2=Ira|editor-last3=Lipman-Blumen|editor-first3=Jean|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date=2008|isbn=9780470186411}}</ref>{{rp|198|q=Milgram's work has also captured the ramatic and literary imagination. In 1976, CBS aired the film The Tenth Level, a made-for-TV drama starring William Shatner as th Milgram-like character.}} * [[Henri Verneuil]] 's ''[[I as in Icarus]]'' (1979) has a lengthy 15-min scene replicating Milgram's experiment<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=i+as+in+icarus+milgram&client=firefox-b-e&sca_esv=48a32a8a53a0fe13&udm=7&biw=1360&bih=615&ei=0ithZ-zcMNbf2roPk7XH-AU&oq=I+as+in+Icarus+milgra&gs_lp=EhZnd3Mtd2l6LW1vZGVsZXNzLXZpZGVvIhVJIGFzIGluIEljYXJ1cyBtaWxncmEqAggAMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKSIMrUIgGWNsWcAF4AJABAJgBfKABwwWqAQM2LjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgigAocGwgIHEAAYgAQYE8ICBhAAGBMYHsICCBAAGBMYFhgewgIGEAAYFhgewgIFECEYoAGYAwCIBgGSBwMxLjegB4sS&sclient=gws-wiz-modeless-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:77796dab,vid:G9_gnsEdUCg,st:0 ''I as in Icarus'': the film excerpt replicating Milgram's experiment (subtitled in English), duration: 7min 44s.] {{access-date|17 December 2024}}</ref> * [[Peter Gabriel]]'s 1986 album [[So (album)|''So'']] features the song "[[We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)]]" based on the experiment and its results. * ''[[Batch '81]]'' is a 1982 Filipino film that features a scene based on the Milgram experiment.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gomez |first=Jerome |title=Batch '81: The Making of a Mike de Leon Film |publisher=[[Asian Film Archive]] |year=2017 |location=Singapore |pages=42}}</ref> * ''Atrocity'' is a 2005 film re-enactment of the Milgram Experiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movingimage.us/science/sloan.php?film_id=214|title=Atrocity.|access-date=March 20, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427161233/http://www.movingimage.us/science/sloan.php?film_id=214 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = April 27, 2007}}</ref> * ''[[The Heist (Derren Brown special)|The Heist]]'', a 2006 TV special by [[Derren Brown]], features a reenactment of the Milgram experiment. * [[Dar Williams]] wrote the song "Buzzer" about the experiment for her 2008 album ''[[Promised Land (Dar Williams album)|Promised Land]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Parker |first= Chris |date= August 12, 2009 |title= Dar Williams' 'Buzzer' |url= https://indyweek.com/music/dar-williams-buzzer/ |magazine= INDY Week |access-date= June 1, 2024 |archive-date= June 1, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240601155658/https://indyweek.com/music/dar-williams-buzzer/ |url-status= live }}</ref> * ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', a 2010 video game published by [[Bethesda Softworks]] plays verbal prods told by the experimenter inside a death chamber in Vault 11. * "[[Authority (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|Authority]]" is an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' inspired by the Milgram experiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MAYOR+OF+TELEVISION+BLOG.-a0178244977|title=Mayor of Television Blog.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144704/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MAYOR+OF+TELEVISION+BLOG.-a0178244977|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> * ''[[Experimenter (film)|Experimenter]]'', a 2015 film about Milgram, by [[Michael Almereyda]], was screened to favorable reactions at the 2015 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/experimenter-sundance-review-768093|title= 'Experimenter': Sundance Review|magazine= The Hollywood Reporter|date= January 28, 2015|access-date= January 30, 2015|archive-date= February 1, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150201074236/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/experimenter-sundance-review-768093|url-status= live}}</ref> * ''[[Ted (TV series)|Ted]]'' satirically depicts and cites the Milgram Experiment in one episode as Ted prods drunk partygoers to celebrate the [[invasion of Poland]]. * The [https://milgram.jp/ Milgram Project] is a Japanese interactive music project from [[Deco*27]] and Yamanaka Takuya. As the name implies, it is directly inspired by the real-life experiment. * The experiments play prominently in the novel "The Learners" (2008) by [[Chip Kidd]]. * In the 1984 movie [[Ghostbusters]] Professor Venkman (Bill Murray) is shown conducting an experiment on ESP with a male and a female student. The experiment involves Peter showing the students the back of a playing card with a symbol on it. If the student whose turn it is to guess what symbol is on the card guesses incorrectly, they get an electric shock.
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