Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
Acting
Dinklage, Goggins, Whitford—three completely different Jesuses, all devastating.
Direction
Avnet lets the absurdity breathe without mocking the pain.
Director
Jon Avnet
Richard Gere
Dr. Alan Stone
Peter Dinklage
Joseph
Walton Goggins
Leon
Bradley Whitford
Clyde
Charlotte Hope
Becky
Julianna Margulies
Ruth
Kevin Pollak
Dr. Orbus
James Monroe Iglehart
Benny
Stephen Root
Dr. Rogers
Jane Alexander
Dr. Abraham
Julian Acosta
Dr. Francisco
Danny Deferrari
Neil
Chris Bannow
Louis
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Victoria Rogers
Christina Scherer
Carolyn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Milton Rokeach's controversial 1959 experiment at Ypsilanti State Hospital, which he later admitted was unethical.
The film was shot in 2016 but shelved for three years—ironically mirroring how society shelves the mentally ill.
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