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Lesson Plan (2011) Online
Original Title :
Lesson Plan
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / Biography / History
Year :
2011
Directror :
David Jeffery,Philip Carr Neel
Cast :
Ron Jones,Philip Zimbardo,Scott Thomson
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 16min
Rating :
7.3/10

'Lesson Plan' is a documentary featuring interviews of the original students and teacher of the 1967 Third Wave experiment. This exercise in fascism took place in Palo Alto, California. ... See full summary

Lesson Plan (2011) Online

'Lesson Plan' is a documentary featuring interviews of the original students and teacher of the 1967 Third Wave experiment. This exercise in fascism took place in Palo Alto, California. Within one week, 30 students grew to 200 as the Third Wave took on a life of its own, and the students unwittingly re-enacted the roots of the Third Reich.
Cast overview:
Ron Jones Ron Jones - Himself
Philip Zimbardo Philip Zimbardo - Himself, professor, Stanford University
Scott Thomson Scott Thomson - Himself
Sherry Tousley Sherry Tousley - Herself
Richard Schloss Richard Schloss - Himself (as Rick Schloss)
Nancy West Nancy West - Herself
Philip Carr Neel Philip Carr Neel - Himself (as Philip Neel)
Steve Coniglio Steve Coniglio - Himself
Mark Hancock Mark Hancock - Himself
Russel Mulock Russel Mulock - Himself
Jo Ann Wood Jo Ann Wood - Herself
Alyssa Hess Alyssa Hess - Herself
David Rose David Rose - Himself
Joel Amkraut Joel Amkraut - Himself
Wendy Brodie Wendy Brodie - Herself


User reviews

Barinirm

Barinirm

This film will appeal both to baby boomers and their children. It recounts after several decades the effect Mr. Jones had on very malleable children. In an echo of the seven up series we see the theme "show me the child and I will show you the man." The experience left a lasting impression on the students. It involved: carrying cards, informing on each other, and the leader having body guards. The viewer is exposed to about a dozen narratives stitched together, and kept apart. We have kids who told their parents and were banished to the library, kids saluting each other in the hallways, and some believed that they were taking part in a revolution, and that their party leader would have a speech televised nationwide at the end of a week. Given that this was an era when people actually protested on the streets about the war, and the president listened. A good documentary will always show a snapshot of time and place, and more importantly makes the audience think, which this does admirably.

Phillip Neel was one of the original 30 students from "The Third Wave", graduated from UCLA in 1973 with a B.A. in Motion Picture/Television production. He started working at the CBS Network in various capacities. The seamless quilt of the narratives converging is part and parcel of Neel's three emmy nominations for editing. This is David Jeffery's first feature film, and impressive.

The closing credit soundtrack includes "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Dylan. As a child of baby boomer parents who sang folk music in coffee shops in Boston, the lyrics made me stop, listen intently, recommend the film to my parents.