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...picture Analyze This added a whole new dimension to the gangster film genre: the anxiety-attack prone mafia boss in dire need of psychological help. Moviegoers agreed that this story of the journey of mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) towards mental stability, aided by his reluctant psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), was an innovative comedic undertaking which put its then-unknown production companies on the map of Hollywood fame...
This time, the now-incarcerated gangster Paul Vitti fakes insanity to get himself released from jail and into the custody of Ben Sobel. Sobel, of course, has problems of his own to contend with, including the recent death of his father. Putting the two together again can only mean trouble. And, of course, a great premise for a sequel...
...That different from This? Like many a reformed gangster, Vitti wants to go legit. With the help of Sobel, he tries his hand at various jobs, as a car salesman (“Look at the size of that trunk. You could put three bodies in there”), a jewelry store employee, and as a “technical advisor” on a new gangster movie. Needless to say, these attempts at legitimacy don’t work out as planned. Sobel’s wife Laura (Lisa Kudrow) doesn’t feel particularly hospitable towards mobsters...
...Dava Sobel?s "Longitude" became an international bestseller, translated into more than 20 languages. Sobel, a former NYT science reporter, went on to write "Galileo?s Daughter," the story of the renaissance scientist?s life and times, and his relationship with his daughter, Suor Maria Celeste, a Poor Clare nun. Now, Sobel has edited and translated "Letters to Father: Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633" (Walker; November 16). Kirkus is transported, giving the book a starred review. "The gentle, intelligent voice of Galileo?s daughter speaks across the centuries in 124 remarkable epistles--published for the first time...
...economics of time in a regular practice may preclude such a complete examination," Sobel says...