Analyze This
| Analyze This | |
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| Directed by | Harold Ramis |
| Written by | Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan |
| Produced by | Jane Rosenthal, Paula Weinstein |
| Starring | Robert de Niro, Billy Crystal |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Running time | 103 min |
| Budget | $30,000,000 |
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 Dr. 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 notorious gangster, who, for the integrity 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 Sobol up with microphones to spy on Vitti, which threatens doctor-patient confidentiality, not to say 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
External links
- Analyze This at IMDb