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Jun 29, 2020 · David and Lisa (1962) ... Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
Margolin is Lisa, a 15-year-old schizophrenic who speaks only in rhyme, when she speaks at all. David rejects the help of psychiatrist Alan Swinford (Howard Da Silva) but makes an emotional connection with Lisa. Because of his contact with Lisa, David eventually opens up to Swinford and his mother.
Janet Margolin,(Lisa Brandt),"Annie Hall",'77, was another mentally disturbed young girl, pretty and seemed to glow when she looked at David. Howard Da Silva,(Dr. Swinford),"The Great Gatsby",'74 was the shrink in charge of the mental facility and had a full time job just trying to get David & Lisa to open up their twisted and disturbed minds.
Mar 31, 2015 · David is wound up very tightly and reacts very negatively toward being touched. Lisa has two personalities (with two names) and often speaks only in rhymes. Both are mastefully portrayed by Keir Dullea (later of _2001_) and Janet Margolin. In the beginning, David meets Doctor Alan Swinford.
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Brief Synopsis. Read More. A remake of Frank and Eleanor Perry's 1962 film "David and Lisa," based on the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin about two teenagers who live at the Borders School, a school for disturbed youth. David is a brilliant but troubled teen obsessed with time and death. No one seems to be able to reach him, unt.
It retells the strange, appealing, and utterly fascinating story of two mentally disturbed adolescents: David, the only son of wealthy parents, who is tortured by his mania against being touched, and Lisa, the waif with a split personality. One of her selves will speak only in childish rhymes and insists on being spoken to in the same manner.
Kate. Karen Lynn Gorney. ... Josette (as Karen Gorney) Janet Lee Parker. ... Sandra. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Frank Perry.
