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Title: Zelig (1983)
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| Woody Allen | ... | Leonard Zelig | |
| Mia Farrow | ... | Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher | |
| Patrick Horgan | ... | The Narrator (voice) | |
| John Buckwalter | ... | Dr. Sindell | |
| Marvin Chatinover | ... | Glandular Diagnosis Doctor | |
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Stanley Swerdlow | ... | Mexican Food Doctor |
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Paul Nevens | ... | Dr. Birsky |
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Howard Erskine | ... | Hypodermic Doctor |
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George Hamlin | ... | Experimental Drugs Doctor |
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Ralph Bell | ... | Other Doctor |
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Richard Whiting | ... | Other Doctor |
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Will Hussung | ... | Other Doctor (as Will Hussong) |
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Robert Iglesia | ... | Man in Barber Chair |
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Eli Resnick | ... | Man in Park |
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Edward McPhillips | ... | Scotsman |
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Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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mockumentary | character name as title | man wears eyeglasses | woman wears eyeglasses | newsreel |Genres:
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(1983)
Composed by Dick Hyman
Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells
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Goofs
The speaking person in his 60s in one of the modern interviews in the film is subtitled as "Former SS-Obergruppenführer Oswald Pohl". If the interviews were conducted in the early 1980s, the person is evidently too young; the real Pohl was born in June 1892, so he would have been in his late 80s/early 90s at the time - of course if he had not been hanged for war crimes in 1951. See more »Quotes
Zelig's Wife: He married me up at the First Church of Harlem. He told me he was the brother of Duke Ellington.See more »
Soundtracks
Leonard the Lizard(1983)
Composed by Dick Hyman
Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells
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25 August 1983 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$60,119, 17 July 1983Gross USA:
$11,798,616Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,798,616Company Credits
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"Zelig" is a very clever movie, the kind you just know Woody Allen is capable of. In this "mockumentary," Woody plays Leonard Zelig, an insecure man who goes to the ultimate length to fit in. Mia Farrow offers the love interest as Dr. Eudora Fletcher. In "Zelig," we get to see Woody spliced into old footage, including the Nazi rally. This came before the effect became used more often, in movies like "Forrest Gump." I see this as a transition in Woody's movies. It comes somewhere between his early funnier movies, like "Bananas" and "Take the Money and Run," and his later, more introspective ones, like "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "Husbands and Wives." It makes a statement about individuality, and produces laughs in the process.