Fours
People who live principally in their imagination and feelings. May be artistic,
articulate and inspiring or whiny, elitist and negative.
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Amadeus
Tom Hulce - 7
F. Murray Abraham - 4 (3 wing)
Emperor - 9
Mozart's father - 1
(4/7 dynamic)
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My Life and Times
With Antonin Artraud
Sami Frey - 4
Reasonably good fact-based study of a crazy Four.
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The Bell Jar
Marilyn Hassett-4 (5 wing)
Somewhat pedestrian film; very good central performance by Hassett.
Cherry 2000
David Andrews-4
Melanie Griffith-2ish 9ish
Ben Johnson-9
Tim Thomerson-7
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Chloe in the Afternoon
Bernard Verley-4
Zouzou-7
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Cries & Whispers
Liv Ullmann - 4 & 9
Harriet Andersson - 4
Ingrid Thulin - 4 (5 wing)
Thulin's husband - 1
(4/9 dynamic, 4/1 conflict)
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The Fourth
Man
Jeroen Krabbe - 4
Renee Soutendijk - 2 (3 wing)
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
Meryl Streep-4 (5 wing)
Jeremy Irons-5ish
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The Green Room
François Truffaut-4 (5 wing)
Weak Francois Truffaut film; Truffaut, however, makes a great Four.
The Hairdresser's Husband
Jean Rochefort-4
Anna Galiena-9
Rochefort's a sweet Intimate Four perpetually in love with his Niney
wife.
Hamlet, 1948
Laurence Olivier-4
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Heart Of Darkness
John Malkovich - 4
Dull for the first hour, then its good; Malkovich is a distinct Four.
Heavenly Creatures
Kate Winslet-4 (3 wing)
Melanie Linskey-4 (5 wing)
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Henry & June
Fred Ward - 7 (8 wing)
Maria de Medeiros - 4
(7/4 dynamic)
Muddled, sometimes interesting movie; de Mederios' Four is a pretentious,
image-addled Four.
Impromptu
Judy Davis - 4 (3 wing)
Hugh Grant - 5 (4 wing)
Emma Thompson - 2 (3 wing)
George Coraface - 2
(4/5 dynamic)
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Janis
Janis Joplin-4
Biography of the singer, a clear Four.
Moonstruck
Nicolas Cage-4
John Mahoney-7
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New York Stories
Nick Nolte-4
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Nico/Icon
Nico-4 (5 wing)
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Out Of Africa
Meryl Streep - 4
Robert Redford - 7
Klaus Maria Brandauer - 7
(4/7 dynamic & conflict)
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The Phantom Of The Opera
Claude Rains-4 (5 wing)
The best film version; Rains is excellent as the melancholy monster.
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson-1
Kate Winslet-4 (3 wing)
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando - 8
Vivien Leigh - 4 (3 wing)
Kim Stanley - 2ish
(4/8 conflict)
A classic; Leigh's Four is desperate and vivid.
A Tale of Winter
Charlotte Very-4
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Tchin, Tchin (aka A Fine Romance)
Julie Andrews - 1
Marcello Mastroianni - 4
Labored comedy; Mastroianni as a Four who always wants what he can't
have.
Titanic
Kate Winslet-4 (3 wing)
Leonardo DiCaprio-7ish
Bill Paxton-7ish
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The Turning Point
Anne Bancroft-4
Shirley MacLaine-8
Tom Skerritt-9
Leslie Browne-9
Martha Scott-1 (2 wing)
Anthony Zerbe-7
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Fives
People who pull back from the world and live in their mind. May be wise,
farsighted and knowledgeable or abstract, stingy and schizoid.
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An Angel At
My Table
Kerry Fox-5
Father-1
Sister Isabel-8
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Another Woman
Gena Rowlands-5
John Houseman-1
David Ogden Stiers-1ish
Betty Buckley-2ish
Sandy Dennis- 2ish
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Awakenings
Robin Williams - 5 (6 wing)
Robert De Niro - 9ish
De Niro's mother - 2
John Heard - 1
Julie Kavner - 9ish
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Batman Returns
Michael Keaton-5
Michael Keaton (as Batman)-8
Danny DeVito-4
Michelle Pfeiffer-phobic 6
Michelle Pfeiffer-counterphobic 6
Christopher Walken-3
Michael Gough-2
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Blue
Juliette Binoche - 5 (4 wing, self-preservation subtype)
Somber, beautiful movie about a withdrawn Five.
Carrington
Jonathan Pryce - 5 (4 wing)
Emma Thompson - 1
(5/1 dynamic)
Good character study; Pryce is an abstracted, charming eccentric.
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84 Charing Cross Road
Anthony Hopkins - 5
Anne Bancroft - 7
(5/7 dynamic)
Stagey but likable 2 character movie; Hopkins is a shy Five bookseller.
Crumb
R Crumb-5 (4 wing)
Documentary about the bizarre, dissociated life and psyche of Five R. Crumb.
Un Coeur En Hiver
(A Heart in Winter)
Emannuelle Beart-2ish
Daniel Auteuil-5 (4 wing)
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The Dark Backward
Judd Nelson-5
Weird comedy; Nelson is a very good Five.
The Edge
Alec Baldwin-7
Anthony Hopkins-5
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Goodbye, Mr Chips
Peter O'Toole-5
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Heavy
Pruitt Taylor Vince - 5
Small but good movie; Vince is a deeply withdrawn Five.
Lolita
Sue Lyon-8
James Mason-5
Shelley Winters-2
Ironic serio-comedy; good 8-5 dynamic.
Manhunter
William Petersen-5
Tom Noonan-5 or 6
Exceptional prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs;" a Five
who can enter the minds of madmen does it too well.
Monsieur Hire
Michel Blanc - 5
Sandrine Bonnaire - 6ish
Detective - 4
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Moulin Rouge
José Ferrer-5 (4 wing)
Fine character study; Ferrer is excellent as solitary painter Toulouse
Lautrec.
The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis-5 (6 wing)
Jerry Lewis-8
Stella Stevens-1ish
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Only The Lonely
John Candy - 9 (1 wing)
Maureen O'Hara - 2 (1 wing)
Ally Sheedy - 5
(9/2 dynamic, 5/9 dynamic)
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Pretty As a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
David Lynch - 5
The eccentric in-his-own-world film director, a Five with a 4 wing.
Proof
Russell Crowe (Andy) - 7
Hugo Weaving (Martin) - 5
(7/5 dynamic)
Perversely entertaining film; a clear Five and a Seven.
Red
Jean Louis Trintignant - 5 (4 wing, self-preservation subtype)
Irene Jacob - 2ish
Haunting elliptical film; clear vouyueristic Five.
sex, lies &
videotape
James Spader - 5
Andie MacDowell - 9
Peter Gallagher - 3
Laura San Giacomo - 8
(5/9 dynamic, 9/8 conflict,
3/8 dynamic)
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Shadowlands
Anthony Hopkins-5
Debra Winger-8 (9 wing)
Beautifully acted, a tearjerker; Winger's Eight prods Hopkin's shy
Five to life.
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Colm Feore-5 (4 wing)
The film's dissociated style reflects it's main character, a schizoid
Five; splendid portrait of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
Turtle Diary
Ben Kingsley - 5 (6 wing)
Glenda Jackson - 5 (4 wing)
Eleanor Bron - 2
Michael Gambon - 8ish
(5/5 dynamic)
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The Vanishing
Bernard Pierre Donnadieu
("Mr Lemorne") - 5 (6 wing)
Gene Bervoets ("Rex Hofman") - 4
(4/5 dynamic)
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Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Richard Burton-5
Elizabeth taylor-7 (8 wing)
Brilliant lacerating drama; Burton is an angry Eightish Five.
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Sixes
People who anticipate the world's dangers. When healthy they are often courageous,
loyal and effective or cowardly, masochistic and paranoid.
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Annie Hall
Diane Keaton-6
Woody Allen-6
Popular Woody Allen movie; full of Sixness.
The Apartment
Jack Lemmon - 6 (7 wing)
Fred MacMurray - 3
Shirley MacLaine - 9
Ray Walston - 3ish
(6/3 dynamic, 6/9 dynamic)
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Apartment Zero
Colin Firth - 6
Hart Bochner - 3
Warped but interesting thriller; clear 3-6 conlict.
The Big Easy
Ellen Barkin-6 (counterphobic)
Dennis Quaid-7
Charming character-driven mystery; Quaid is a rationalizing Seven,
Barkin a straight-arrow Six.
The Big One
Michael Moore-6 counterphobic
Moore is a funny anti-authoritarian pest out to embarass corporate heads.
Broadcast News
William Hurt - 9
Holly Hunter - 6 (counterphobic)
Albert Brooks - 6 (7 wing)
Lois Chiles - 3ish
Jack Nicholson - 3ish
(6/9 dynamic, 6/6 dynamic)
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Career Girls
Katrin Cartlidge-8
Lynda Steadman-6
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The China Syndrome
Jack Lemmon - 6
Michael Douglas - 8
Jane Fonda - 3ish
Wilford Brimley - 9
Scott Brady - 8
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Carrie
Sissy Spacek - 6 (5 wing)
Piper Laurie - 2 (1 wing)
Amy Irving - 9ish
Nancy Allen - 3ish
(6/2 dynamic)
Effective horror movie; Spacek is a victimized Six with a power she
can't control.
The Christmas Wife
Julie Harris - 6 (5 wing)
Jason Robards - 7
(7/6 dynamic)
Graceful well-acted 2 character movie with clear Enneagram styles.
City Slickers
Billy Crystal - 6
Daniel Stern - 9
Bruno Kirby - 7
Jack Palance - 8
(6/8 dynamic)
Solid comedy; Crystal masters his fears.
Class Action
Gene Hackman - 8
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - 6 (counterphobic)
Her mother - 1
Larry Fishburne - 1ish
Colin Friels - 3
(6/8 dynamic)
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Crimes &
Misdemeanors
Woody Allen - 6
Martin Landau - 6 (5 wing)
Anjelica Huston - 2
Alan Alda - 7 (8 wing)
Jerry Orbach - 8
Mia Farrow - 3ish
Sam Waterston - 1
(6/2 conflict, 6/7 conflict,
6/1 dynamic)
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Dead Calm
Billy Zane-6 counterphobic
Sam Neill-5ish
Nicole Kidman-3ish
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Death And The Maiden
Sigourney Weaver - 6 (counterphobic)
Ben Kingsley-5ish
The entire story hinges on whether the Six is paranoid or accurate in her
suspicions.
Hamlet
Mel Gibson - Counterphobic 6
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Hannah & Her Sisters
Michael Caine - 6ish
Woody Allen - 6
Dianne Wiest - 6
Max Von Sydow - 4
Mia Farrow - 2
Barbara Hershey - 9ish
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Husbands & Wives
Woody Allen - 6
Judy Davis - 6 (counterphobic)
Mia Farrow - 2
Liam Neeson - 4
Sydney Pollack - 3ish
Juliette Lewis - 9ish (8 wing)
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I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Brian Wilson-6 (5 wing)
Documentary about Beach Boy Wilson, an endearing nervous-wreck Six.
Innerspace
Martin Short - 6 (7 wing)
Dennis Quaid - 7 (8 wing)
(6/8ish dynamic)
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Ishtar
Warren Beatty-6
Dustin Hoffman-6
Charles Grodin-3
A notorious failure but its actually funny; the leads are hapless
losers.
I've Heard The Mermaids Singing
Sheila McCarthy - 6 (5 wing)
Paule Baillargeon - 4 (3 wing)
(6/4 dynamic)
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L'Enfer (The Hell)
Emannuelle Beart-2ish
Francois Cluzet-6
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Lonely Hearts (Australian)
Wendy Hughes - 6 (5 wing)
Hughes's father - 1 (2 wing)
Hughes's mother - 2
Norman Kaye - 9
Kaye's sister - 2
(6/9 dynamic, 6/1 dynamic)
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Lost In America
Albert Brooks-6
Julie Hagerty-9
Amusing Albert Brooks film; watch him destroy his life before the
opening credits are over.
The Mad Plumber
Ivar Kants-counterphobic 6
Audascious black comedy; Kants is a raving dangerous counnterphobic
Six.
The Offence
Ian Bannen-6
Sean Connery-8
Intense police drama; Connery is an aggressive Eight outwitted by
a weaking Six.
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Pascali's Island
Ben Kingsley - 6 (5 wing)
Charles Dance - 3 (4 wing)
(6/3 dynamic)
Unusual interesting story; Kingsley is a double-agent whose cowardice
damages everyone.
Patti Rocks
Chris Mulkey - 6 (7 wing)
John Jenkins - 1
Karen Landry - 7 (8 wing)
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The Producers
Gene Wilder-6
Zero Mostel-7
Wild funny comedy; Wilder is a teeth-chatteringly phobic Six.
Psycho
Anthony Perkins-6
Frightening classic; the only clear style is very clear: Perkins
as a hostile Six.
Ransom
Mel Gibson - 6 (counterphobic,
7 wing)
Gary Sinese - 8
Engrossing hit movie; highlights the difference between a counterphobic
Six and an Eight.
The Red Badge Of Courage
Audie Murphy-6
Capable mounting of the classic book; Real life war hero Murphy plays
a coward.
Roger & Me
Michael Moore-6 counterphobic
This time Moore, the anti-authoritarian pest, is after the president of
General Motors.
Safe Passage
Susan Sarandon-6 counterphobic
Robert Sean Leonard-1
An amazingly vivid counterphobic Six.
Secret Honor
Philip Baker Hall (as Richard Nixon)-6
Film of a one man play; Richard Nixon as a flaming paranoid.
Send Me No Flowers
Rock Hudson-6
Clint Walker-3
Doris Day-2ish
Tony Randall-1ish
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Starting Over
Jill Clayburgh-6
Burt Renyolds-9
Character driven comedy; Clayburgh plays a touchy single woman with
Sixish "intimacy issues."
Straw Dogs
Dustin Hoffman-6
Inflammatory but viscerally compelling; Hoffman is a timid coward
who learns to fight.
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman - 6 (counterphobic,
7 wing)
Bill Murray - 9ish
Dabney Coleman - 3
Jessica Lange - 9ish
Teri Garr - 6
Sydney Pollack - 6 (7 wing)
Great mainstream comedy; Hoffman is an argumentative hothead Six.
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart-6 (counterphobic)
Tim Holt-9ish (1 wing)
Walter Huston-7
Classic story about greed and paranoia; Bogart goes crazy with Six
suspicion.
What About Bob?
Bill Murray - 6 (7 wing)
Richard Dreyfuss - 3 (4 wing)
Julie Hagerty - 9 (1 wing)
(6/3 conflict)
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When Harry Met Sally
Meg Ryan-6
Billy Crystal-7
Like a good Woody Allen movie; Ryan has the Diane Keaton role as
a bundle of likable contradictions.
A Woman Under The Influence
Gena Rowlands - 6
Peter Falk - 8
(8/6 conflict)
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