

Crazy, Not Insane
2020-03-18 · 117 min · ★ 7.2
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.
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- Directors
- Alex Gibney
- Production companies
- Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films
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- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Laura DernLiterary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
Park DietzSelf - Forensic Psychiatrist
Diane SawyerSelf (archive footage)
Bill O'ReillySelf (archive footage)
Martin ScorseseSelf (archive footage)
Robert De NiroSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Hillary ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Joe BidenSelf (archive footage)
Ted BundySelf (archive footage)
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