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    Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal team with Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri and director/co-writer Harold Ramis to make you a comedy offer you can't refuse in this laugh-out-loud mob hit. De Niro, deftly spoofing the wiseguy roles that have been a staple of his estimable career, plays powerful New York crime family racketeer Paul Vitti. Crystal, always one joke ahead of sleeping with the fishes, is shrink Ben Sobel, who has just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster. Yes, Sobel is a family psychiatrist. But surely this isn't the kind of family he had in mind.

STARRING:

Robert De Niro: Paul Vitti
Billy Crystal: Dr. Ben Sobel
Lisa Kudrow: Laura MacNamara Sobel
Joe Viterelli: Jelly
Chazz Palminteri: Primo Sidone

SCREENWRITER: Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, Kenneth Lonergan

DIRECTOR: Harold Ramis

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B -

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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
(nominated)

Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) - Robert De Niro
(nominated)
 
 
 

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THE GEEK BOX
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• Robert De Niro's character Paul Vitti was supposedly based loosely on John Gotti, and one can't help but notice the similar last names.
• De Niro was responsible for the casting of Chazz Palminteri, who De Niro recommended after working with him in A Bronx Tale.
• Harold Ramis and Peter Tolan worked together for the first time on this movie, and then went on to write Bedazzled together, which would come out just one year later. Ramis also directed that film.
• Robert De Niro tried to get Martin Scorsese to direct this film when the project was still in it's infancy, but Scorsese was tied to other projects at the time.
• Billy Crystal was the first person to sign on to the project, and was reportedly very nervous about acting with Robert De Niro.

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