[5], Filming began in April 2002, and most of the scenes were shot in and around New York City, 7 months after the 9-11 attacks. The film starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. What seemed like a clever idea the first time feels like a retread the second, as mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) goes back into therapy with Dr. Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal). He starts singing showtunes from West Side Story to get the attention of Ben Sobel, who previously hung up on him while attending his father's funeral. Sands was very familiar with the details of mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante's alleged mental illness, after studying the case during his post-doctoral training. De Niro as a neurotic mobster was a funny idea, and Crystal as a shrink was good casting because of his ability to seem smart even during panic attacks. Movies. Writing about his work in the first movie, I saw him playing not just a mobster, but "an older man who is weary after many years in service, but loyal and patient with his weirdo boss." Once more, there is yet another pressing deadline, so that the dangerous don is ready before his parole hearing. [6] Car chases were filmed on New Jersey Turnpike service roads in Kearney. They extract over $22 million of gold bullion, but LoPresti's thugs take over, revealing themselves to actually have been working for Rigazzi. The crew ambushes the armored car with smoke grenades, and lift it over a fence in the midst of the confusion. But to analyze is to reach your own conclusions about how the elements of a topic, theory, issue, or story fit together to create something that may not be evident at first glance. But the story has the ring of contrivance. After the tests, it appears Paul's mental state is deteriorating, and the FBI approves Paul's release for one month, into Ben's custody, for further therapy. Laura hates this idea, but the FBI insists on it: Vitti's good behavior is Sobel's responsibility. This rouses Ben's suspicion, and he visits Paul. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film Analyze This. Answer: A summary means you are telling the main idea of someone else's article, book, or other text. Analyze That is a 2002 American mafia comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal. Paul attempts to find a legitimate job (he tries a car dealer, a restaurant, and a jewelry store), but his rude manners and paranoia only complicate things further. Now De Niro's focus is on Crystal. Analyze That is a 2002 American mafia comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal. Ben, in a fit of anger, beats one of them, and Paul's men apprehend the others. Lisa Kudrow, then the shrink's girlfriend, now his wife, has a nice off-balance disbelieving way with dialogue that plays against Crystal instead of merely out-shouting him, and there was also the mammoth presence of Joe Viterelli, as Jelly, the boss' loyal chauffeur and sidekick. The majority of the heist scenes were shot in an empty lot in West 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues, and below a West Side Highway underpass. Indeed, this is one of the most difficult cases in Dr Sobel's entire career. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. He responds to this by telling the Rigazzis that he is "out" and seeking a new line of employment. Following the success of the first film, Warner Bros. developed a follow up to the film, with much of the same cast and crew returning. The first film more or less exhausted the possibilities of this idea, as the second one illustrates. "[5], The production arranged for Dr. Stephen A. Sands, a psychiatrist and faculty member of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons to be a technical adviser for the film, and he remained on set during the filming of scenes that involved psychiatric issues. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. For Language and Some Sexual Content, CIFF 2020: Black Perspectives Program Highlights Diverse Voices, CIFF 2020: The Roger Ebert Award Returns to Champion New Voices, Immerse Yourself in Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress. | Feigning mental deficiency to get out of the impenetrable Sing Sing prison, the unrepentant mob boss, Paul Vitti, is now released into the custody of his favourite psychiatrist, Dr Ben Sobel. To summarize is to take ideas and present them again in a more concise way. There is a scene in Analyze This where a helicopter eerily passes through the buildings in the background at the 1h22m mark of the movie.