The Five of Me

The Five of Me (1981)

Henry Hawksworth is a man menaced by a multiple personality. There is Dana, the conservative family man; Johnny, violent and sociopathic; Peter, creative and childish; and Phil, protective and unemotional. "Dana" falls in love with Ann and marries her. Following a crime, "Johnny" is arrested and tried. In court, Henry's multiple personalities are painfully revealed.

Date of release
1981-05-12
TMDB
9.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Paul Wendkos

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Background

The film is based on the true story of Henry Hawksworth, who had dissociative identity disorder. The book on which the film is inspired by, The Five of Me, was written by Hawksworth with Ted Schwarz.

During the filming of this production, an accident occurred on February 21, 1981. Camera assistant Jack Tandberg was killed on the set when he was struck by a driverless stunt car. This is also mentioned in Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story by Mollie Gregory, which suggests a lack of industry standards may have led to Tandberg's death.

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