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Analyze This
Analyze This Language English
Budget $80 million
Box office $176,885,658
Analyze This is a 1999 gangster comedy film directed by
Harold Ramis, who co-wrote the screenplay with play-
wright Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan. The film stars
Robert De Niro as a mafioso and Billy Crystal as a psychi-
atrist. A sequel, Analyze That, was released in 2002.
Plot
In a voiceover, mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) nar-
rates a brief history of the Mafia during 1957: in the wake
of Albert Anastasia’s death, the dispute over whether Vi-
to Genovese, Carlo Gambino or Joe Bananas will ascend to
mob supremacy results in the Apalachin Meeting in up-
state New York. The meeting breaks up when it is raided
by the FBI, and the Mafia doesn’t call a nationwide sum-
mit again until the present day.
Promotional poster
Vitti and his best friend Dominic (Joseph Rigano) are
Directed by Harold Ramis discussing the upcoming meeting at a restaurant. Do-
minic warns that the mafia is in deep trouble, due to
Produced by Paula Weinstein
Jane Rosenthal the FBI’s unprecedented success in turning "made" mob-
sters into informants and putting bosses in prison, not to
Screenplay by Kenneth Lonergan mention competition from incoming Chinese and Russ-
Peter Tolan
ian gangsters. As they exit the restaurant, Dominic warns
Harold Ramis
Vitti to look out for Young Turk boss Primo Sindone
Story by Kenneth Lonergan (Chazz Palminteri). Vitti turns back to get a toothpick,
Peter Tolan which saves his life when gunmen drive past and gun
Starring Robert De Niro down Dominic.
Billy Crystal Psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) is facing his own
Lisa Kudrow problems: his son from his first marriage keeps listening
Chazz Palminteri
to his sessions, his patients are not challenging enough
Joe Viterelli
and his wedding, to Laura MacNamara (Lisa Kudrow) in
Music by Howard Shore Miami, is coming soon. Sobel accidentally rear-ends a car
Cinematography Stuart Dryburgh belonging to Paul Vitti and the trunk pops open, but Jelly
(Joe Viterelli), one of Vitti’s henchmen, takes the blame
Editing by Craig P. Herring because someone is bound and gagged in there (which
Christopher Tellefsen
Sobel and his son do not notice as they are arguing). So-
Studio Village Roadshow Pictures bel gives Jelly his business card in case he changes his
TriBeCa Productions mind about compensation.
Distributed by Warner Bros. During a meeting with his friends, Vitti suffers a pan-
ic attack and privately tells Jelly that he needs to see a
Release date(s) March 5, 1999 psychiatrist for "a friend" of his, but it has to be kept a
Running time 103 minutes secret. Jelly recommends Sobel.
Vitti visits Sobel claiming his friend needs therapy.
Country United States
Sobel realises the friend is Vitti himself, but impresses
Australia
Vitti enough to want to see him whenever necessary. So-
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bel leaves with his son for his wedding in Miami, but Vit- Vitti. The FBI intervenes and the mobsters are arrested
ti, Jelly and their men follow him. Vitti failed to perform while Sobel is taken to hospital.
while having sex with his girlfriend and blames Sobel’s Sobel visits Vitti in Sing Sing prison and Vitti thanks
"bad service". Vitti explains he has been having a hard Sobel for all the help he has given him. The film ends
time and Sobel suggests the source of the problem might with Sobel dancing with his newly-wed wife to Tony Ben-
be stress. Vitti is impressed and makes Sobel his psychia- nett songs at their house, which are played live by Ben-
trist. nett as a favor from Vitti.
The next day Vitti has another panic attack and re-
quests to see Sobel. Vitti explains his bleak history with
his father to Sobel, who thinks this might have some-
Cast
thing to do with Vitti’s problems. The wedding day ar- • Robert De Niro as Paul Vitti
rives, but so does an assassin, sent by Primo to kill Vitti. • Billy Crystal as Ben Sobel M.D.
The assassin kills one of Vitti’s friends, but is subdued by • Lisa Kudrow as Laura MacNamara
Vitti and Jelly, who throw him out of a window to his • Chazz Palminteri as Primo Sindone
death just before Sobel can say "I do". Sobel confronts • Joe Viterelli as Jelly
Vitti and argues with him until he becomes angry. Sobel • Kyle Sabihy as Michael
suggests he take his anger out on Primo, but in a calm • Pat Cooper as Sal Masiello
way. Vitti phones Primo and attempts to forgive him, but • Joe Rigano as Manetta
ends up threatening to kill him. • Leo Rossi as Carlo Mangano
Sobel and his family return to New York, where they • Richard C. Castellano as Jimmy
find a gigantic fountain in their garden (a gift from Vitti) • Pasquale Cajano as Frankie Zello
and the FBI in their house. The FBI have monitored Vitti • Gene Ruffini as Joe Baldassare
for the past few weeks and noticed Sobel with him. They • Judith Kahan as Elaine Felton
request Sobel spy on Vitti but he initially refuses, until • Tony Bennett (Guest starring) as Himself
changing his mind when the FBI play a recorded tape of • DonnaMarie Recco as Shiela
Vitti speaking with another mobster, in which Vitti re- • Bill Macy as Dr. Isaac Sobel
veals his intention to kill Sobel (the tape was altered by • Rebecca Schull as Dorothy Sobel
the FBI in an attempt to sway Sobel to their side: Vitti • Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Shulman
had actually said that he would kill anyone who harmed
Sobel). Sobel wears a tape recorder in his next meeting
with Vitti, but throws it away once he hears from Jim-
Box office performance and re-
my that Vitti’s father was murdered before his eyes when ception
Vitti was still a child, at the very restaurant where they
The film grossed $177 million in total. It scored a 68% ap-
are having lunch. Sobel believes he might be able to help
proval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Vitti after all, but Vitti, informed that Sobel was working
with the FBI, takes him to a secluded place to kill him. So-
bel and Vitti get into another argument, and Vitti cries External links
upon being reminded of his father’s murder, which he • Analyze This at the Internet Movie Database
blames himself for.
• Analyze This at Box Office Mojo
Assassins sent by Primo ambush them and a gunfight
• Analyze This at Rotten Tomatoes
ensues. Primo’s men are killed by Jelly and Jimmy, and
• Analyze This at the TCM Movie Database
Vitti thanks Sobel for saving his life. The day of the meet-
• Analyze This at AllRovi
ing arrives, but Vitti has another crisis, rendering him
unable to attend. Jelly interrupts Sobel’s wedding, re-
questing Sobel attend the meeting as Vitti’s consigliere.
Sobel is terrified, but his self-confidence builds and he
cheeks Primo to the point that Primo pulls a gun on
him. Vitti arrives, ordering Primo to stand down and an-
nounces he knows a traitor in his own family killed Do-
minic, but will not seek revenge and instead retire from
the mafia. Once outside, another gun battle ensues be-
tween Vitti and Primo’s men, during which Sobel inad-
vertently takes a bullet to the shoulder whilst protecting
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• Australian films
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• 1990s comedy films
• 1999 films
• American criminal comedy films
• Films directed by Harold Ramis
• Films set in Miami, Florida
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• Mafia comedies
• Films about psychiatry
• Village Roadshow Pictures films
• Warner Bros. films
• Films shot in New York City
• Films shot in New Jersey
• Films shot in Florida
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