The Don's Analyst (1997)
Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his dysfuntional family conspires to get him some psycho-therepy. So his boys kidnap a "piasan" shrink and order him to "fix" their father. This film, which premired on Showtime, pre-dated the very similarly plotted "Analyze This" by over a year.
Director: David Jablin
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Kevin Pollak as Julian Reciputo |
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Robert Loggia as Vito Leoni |
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Joseph Bologna as Vincent DeMarco |
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Angie Dickinson as Victoria Leoni |
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Sherilyn Fenn as Isabella Leoni |
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Rick Aiello as Frankie Leoni |
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Robert Cicchini as Donnie Leoni |
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Joe Flaherty as Dr. Lowell Royce |
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Lucy Webb as Susan |
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Joe Pingue as Hood #1 |
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Howard Jerome as Tomaso |
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Louis Di Bianco as Salvatore |
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David Calderisi as Anthony |
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Lou Pitoscia as Tommy the Rope |
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George Santino as Paul Tondini |
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Angelica Trevena as Stripper |
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A.C. Peterson as Nicky |
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Gino Marrocco as Finocchio Maitre D' |
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David Bolt as Dr. Jack Schweigert |
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Paulo Costanzo as Young Vito |
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Courtney Hawkrigg as Young Victoria |
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Daniel DeSanto as Young Vincent |
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Peter Blais as Dr. Byron Frohlich |
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Philip Akin as Dr. Lustig |
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Victor A. Young as Dr. Aaron Beuker |
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Don Dickinson as District Attorney |
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Myra Saunders as Congresswoman DeSalvo |
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Paul James Saunders as Nappo |
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Frank Crudele as Stingo |
| Sound | Mader | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Meg Liberman | Casting |
| Production | David Jablin | Executive Producer |
| Directing | David Jablin | Director |
| Production | Marc Hirschfeld | Casting |
| Camera | Levie Isaacks | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christopher Ellis | Editor |
| Crew | Branko Racki | Stunts |
| Production | James P. Jimirro | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Larry Rapaport | Producer |
| Crew | Marco Bianco | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert Racki | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Lucescu | Stunts |
| Art | Jeff Ginn | Production Design |
| Writing | David Hurwitz | Writer |
| Production | Sandie Periera | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Jon Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | John Stoneham Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Keira Morrisette | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ray Spiess Jr. | Music Editor |
| Crew | Brock Jolliffe | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Debby Gross | Casting Assistant |
| Directing | Selene Strilesky | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Robert Blair | Property Master |
| Directing | Cathie McGaw | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Sandra Meret | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Edgar Bennett | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail 'Freddie' Godden | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Ray Spiess Jr. | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Patrick Burns | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | William H. Angarola | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Edward A. Queffelec | Stunts |
| Directing | David McAree | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Partridge-Raynor | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robyn Rosenberg | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Crew | Matt Birman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Susan Forrest | Local Casting |
| Production | Cybèle May | Associate Producer |
| Art | Brandt Gordon | Art Direction |
| Production | Donna Dupere | Extras Casting |
| Camera | Perry Hoffman | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Rick Hinson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Todd Orr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Bryan Renfro | Stunts |
| Production | Maribeth Daley | Production Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Shorter | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stuart French | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Brendan Smith | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Mark Harris | Sound Recordist |