Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
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Cinematography William Wages Country United States | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 20, 1990 (1990-05-20) Awards Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form - Television Cast Similar movies The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Sybil (1976), Frankie & Alice (2010), Lizzie (1957), Girl - Interrupted (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase is an ABC-Network miniseries based on When Rabbit Howls, the autobiography of Truddi Chase, a woman who was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder who allegedly had 92 separate personalities. The four-hour miniseries, which was directed by Lamont Johnson stars Emmy winner Shelley Long as Truddi Chase. Tom Conti co-stars as her doctor. The miniseries aired on May 20 and 21, 1990 and Chase worked closely with screenwriter E. Jack Neuman to assure her autobiography was not compromised in its adaptation. Voices Within also exists as a 1-hour 46 minute version.
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Mean Joe is a large black man who protects the children. Sister Mary is a nun. Lady Catherine Tisseu is conservative and stiff. Ten-Four knows how to cut a business deal. These are just some of the 92 personalities that Truddi Chase came to refer to as "The Troops". These Troops first came to her rescue while, from the age two onward, she was sexually abused by her sadistic stepfather (Ernie Lively). In addition to torture and sexual abuse, the stepfather also battered Truddi's mother and chained a dog in their yard, withholding food and water until the canine finally died. As the torture and sexual abuse worsened, more Troops arrived to aid Truddi.
As a young woman, Truddi marries Norman (John Rubinstein), who she meets while working at an advertising agency. Eventually, they have a daughter, Paige. As Truddi's condition worsens, she seeks therapy to attempt to repair herself and her family. The miniseries begins with Truddi telephoning her therapist (Tom Conti) and telling him she has located her stepfather in upstate New York and is on her way to kill him.
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