Movie
Crazy, Not Insane
Overview
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-03-18
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dorothy Lewis as Self
- Laura Dern as Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
- Eric Lewis as Self - Dorothy's Son
- Gillian Lewis as Self - Dorothy's Daughter
- Richard Burr as Self - Defense Attorney
- Bill Hagmaier as Self - Former FBI Special Agent
- Park Dietz as Self - Forensic Psychiatrist
- Catherine Yeager as Self - Clinical Psychologist
- Jonathan Pincus as Self - Neurologist
- Diane Sawyer as Self (archive footage)
- Bill O'Reilly as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Scorsese as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Alex Gibney - Director
- Alex Gibney - Writer
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