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The Five of Me (1981)

The Five of Me poster
Directed by
Paul Wendkos
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
9.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with multiple personality disorder tries to understand and manage his condition. The film follows his experiences based on his own writings.

troubledintrospectiveclinicalsomberrestrainedearnestrevealing

What happens

The Five of Me is a 1981 American drama television film directed by Paul Wendkos and written by Lawrence B. Marcus. Based on the 1977 autobiography of the same name written by Henry Hawksworth with Ted Schwarz, the film chronicles the true story of Hawksworth's struggles with multiple personality disorder. David Birney stars as Hawksworth, with Dee Wallace, Mitchell Ryan, John McLiam, James Whitmore Jr., Ben Piazza, Judith Chapman, Robert L. Gibson, and Herb Armstrong co-starring. It aired on CBS on May 12, 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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