Analyze This
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Analyze This is a 1999 movie produced by Warner Brothers Studios. Directed by Harold Ramis, it features Robert De Niro as a gangster and Billy Crystal as a psychiatrist. It was written by screenwriter Peter Tolan and former Naked Angels playwright Kenneth Lonergan. A sequel, Analyze That was released in 2002.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Paul Vitti
- Billy Crystal as Ben Sobel M.D.
- Lisa Kudrow as Laura MacNamara Sobel
- Chazz Palminteri as Primo Sidone
- Joe Viterelli as Jelly
- Kyle Sabihy as Michael
Plot
Ben Sobel is a psychiatrist about to get married with a mostly boring life, and unsupportive parents. Paul Vitti, a mob boss, who, for the sake of his job needs to keep his calm, starts suffering panic attacks, and realizes he needs psychological help, especially in light of a major mobster meeting due soon.
Because of a haphazard car accident and some exchange of business cards, the two meet and Vitti bosses Sobel to be his full-time psychologist. In the process, Vitti ruins Sobel’s wedding and turns his practice and his life topsy-turvy. In addition, the FBI keep trying to hook Sobel up with microphones to spy on Vitti, which threatens doctor-patient confidentiality, not to mention Sobel’s life.
Slowly but surely, Vitti makes progress as he digs into his youth and questions his choice of profession, which ripples the whole mob with surprise and suspicion.
See also
- Analyze That
- The Sopranos
- . This is a 2002 Bollywood adaptation, starring Sanjay Dutt (in the De Niro role), Amitabh Bachchan (in the Billy Crystal role), Aishwarya Rai, and Ajay Devgan.
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