Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Video Release
Written byTruddi Chase
E. Jack Neuman
Directed byLamont Johnson
StarringShelley Long
Tom Conti
John Rubinstein
Alan Fudge
Jamie Rose
Christine Healy
Frank Converse
Music byCharles Fox
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMartin Mickelson
Harry R. Sherman
Lamont Johnson
CinematographyWilliam Wages
EditorSusan B. Browdy
Running time200 minutes
Production companiesNew World Television
ItzBinso Long Productions
P.A. Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMay 20, 1990 (1990-05-20)

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.[1] The four-hour miniseries, which was directed by Lamont Johnson[2] 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 adapted accurately.[3] Voices Within also exists as a 1-hour 46 minute version.[citation needed]

Plot

Truddi Chase phones her therapist to tell him she intends to travel to upstate New York to kill her stepfather. During her plane ride to New York, she flashes back to her traumatic childhood, which was filled with childhood sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her stepfather. To cope with the trauma, she develops dissociative identity disorder, manifesting approximately 90 split personalities over the course of her life, whom she refers to collectively as "The Troops".

As a young woman, Truddi marries a man named Norman, but their marriage is rocky as a result of Truddi's psychological issues. Her condition worsens when they have a daughter, Paige, resulting in the breakdown of her marriage. Truddi seeks assistance, eventually meeting Dr. Stanley Phillips, who seeks to integrate Truddi's numerous personalities. Eventually Truddi decides to confront her stepfather in person.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Long, long way from 'Cheers". New Straits Times. October 2, 1992.
  2. ^ "Lamont Johnson, Emmy-winning Director, Dies at 88". The New York Times. October 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "Many challenges for Shelley Long in dramatic, schizophrenic role". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. May 20, 1990. p. TV Today 57. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Difficult Multi-Personality Role Played Expertly by Shelley Long". The Daily Gazette. May 19, 1990.

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Films directed by Lamont Johnson
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