Sybil (2007 film)

Sybil
Based on	Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Written by	John Pielmeier
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Tammy Blanchard Jessica Lange JoBeth Williams
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norman Stephens Mark Wolper
Producer(s)	Michael Mahoney
Cinematography	Donald M. Morgan
Editor(s)	Mike Brown
Running time	89 minutes
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Television Wolper Organization
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	May 28, 2007 (Italy) June 7, 2008 (USA)

Sybil is a 2007 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and written by John Pielmeier based on the 1973 book of the same name by Flora Rheta Schreiber which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (more commonly then as "split personality", now called dissociative identity disorder). This is the second adaptation of the book, following an Emmy Award-winning 1976 miniseries that was broadcast by NBC. The university scenes were filmed at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.

In January 2006, The Hollywood Reporter announced CBS had greenlit the project, but it was shelved after completion. The film was released in Italy, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Norway, and Hungary before finally being broadcast in the US by CBS on June 7, 2008.

Troubled Columbia University art student and later student teacher Sybil Dorsett is referred to psychiatrist Cornelia Wilbur by Dr. Atcheson, a colleague who believes the young woman is suffering from female hysteria. As her treatment progresses, Sybil confesses she frequently experiences blackouts and cannot account for large blocks of time. Wilbur helps her recall a childhood in which she suffered physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of her disturbed mother Hattie.

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