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The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. 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.
2002 · Directed by Harold Ramis · 96 min · Comedy · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
Back in therapy.
Plot
Near the completion of his sentence in Sing Sing, Paul Vitti's life is threatened by assassins and corrupt guards while incarcerated. 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.
The FBI assigns Ben to perform psychiatric tests on Paul to determine if he is feigning insanity. After the tests, it appears that Paul's mental state is deteriorating, and the FBI approves Paul's release into Ben's custody for one month of further therapy. As Ben drives Paul from prison, Paul immediately reveals that he was faking.
Ben persuades Paul to find a regular job, as requested by the FBI. Paul attempts to find a legitimate job—in a car dealer, a restaurant and a jewelry store—but his rude manners and paranoia complicate things, ending in his getting fired from each job.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Harold Ramis, Peter Steinfeld, Peter Tolan
- Cinematography: Ellen Kuras
- Edited by: Andrew Mondshein
- Music: David Holmes
- Production design: Wynn Thomas
- Produced by: Jane Rosenthal, Paula Weinstein
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Paul Vitti
- Billy Crystal as Dr. Ben Sobel
- Lisa Kudrow as Laura Sobel
- Joe Viterelli as Jelly
- Cathy Moriarty as Patti LoPresti
- Joey Diaz as Ducks
- Jerome Le Page as Convict
- Joseph Bono as Wiseguy
- Brian Rogalski as Earl
- Thomas Rosales Jr. as Coyote
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Face Productions
- Budget: $60,000,000
- Box office: $55,003,135
- Themes: prison, gold, therapist, gangster, sequel
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