Analyze That (2002) on Netflix
Paul Vitti is finishing his sentence at Sing Sing when threats inside push him to reach his psychiatrist, Ben Sobel. The FBI wants Ben to judge whether Vitti is faking insanity.
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Plot summary
Paul Vitti, a mobster finishing his sentence at Sing Sing, faces threats from assassins and corrupt guards inside the prison. To get the attention of his psychiatrist, Ben Sobel, he sings showtunes from West Side Story. The FBI brings Ben in to test whether Paul is feigning insanity, then clears him into Ben's custody for a month of therapy. Ben persuades Paul to look for a regular job, and Paul tries a car dealership, a restaurant and a jewelry store. Patti LoPresti tells him the Rigazzi family wants him dead, and he answers that he is out of the life and wants new work. He lands a job as a technical adviser on a television series about the Mafia.
Cast
- Brian Rogalskias Earl
- Patrick Marcuneas Prison Guard
- John F. Goodingas Prison Guard
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Analyze That (2002)
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- Producer Jane Rosenthal insisted on shooting Analyze That in New York City just seven months after the September 11 attacks, saying it "would have been unpatriotic not to shoot the picture in New York" and that returning to work there mattered to her personally.
- The production hired Dr. Stephen A. Sands, a psychiatrist and faculty member of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as its technical adviser; he had studied the case of mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante and his alleged mental illness during his post-doctoral training.
- Technical adviser Dr. Stephen A. Sands arranged for Robert De Niro to visit Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric unit to meet patients and psychiatrists and discuss the character's symptoms, and De Niro sometimes participated in their group therapy sessions.
- Former President Bill Clinton visited the set during filming of the heist sequence at the 369th Regiment Armory and said he was pleased the movie was being shot in New York City.
