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 |
| Production | Meg Liberman | Casting |
| Production | Marc Hirschfeld | Casting |
| Sound | Mader | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Christopher Ellis | Editor |
| Art | Jeff Ginn | Production Design |
| Camera | Levie Isaacks | Director of Photography |
| Production | James P. Jimirro | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | David Jablin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Larry Rapaport | Producer |
| Writing | David Hurwitz | Writer |
| Directing | David Jablin | Director |
| Crew | Marco Bianco | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert Racki | Stunts |
| Crew | Branko Racki | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Lucescu | Stunts |
| Crew | John Stoneham Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Edward A. Queffelec | Stunts |
| Crew | Bryan Renfro | Stunts |
| Production | Sandie Periera | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | David McAree | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cathie McGaw | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Cybèle May | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Partridge-Raynor | Costume Designer |
| Art | Brandt Gordon | Art Direction |
| Art | Brendan Smith | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Perry Hoffman | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Keira Morrisette | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Edgar Bennett | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Maribeth Daley | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Sandra Meret | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Selene Strilesky | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Robert Blair | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Shorter | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail 'Freddie' Godden | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robyn Rosenberg | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Stuart French | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Matt Birman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Brock Jolliffe | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Debby Gross | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Susan Forrest | Local Casting |
| Production | Donna Dupere | Extras Casting |
| Sound | Ray Spiess Jr. | Music Editor |
| Sound | William H. Angarola | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rick Hinson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ray Spiess Jr. | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Patrick Burns | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jon Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Todd Orr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mark Harris | Sound Recordist |