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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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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 August 1983 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
The Cat's Pyjamas See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$60,119, 17 July 1983Gross USA:
$11,798,616Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,798,616Company Credits
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(1983)
Composed by Dick Hyman
Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells
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Goofs
Stock footage, particularly of crowd scenes, from the mid-to-late 1920s, continues into the 1930s decade. See more »Quotes
Wrist Victim: He was the guy who smashed my car up. It was brand new. Then he backed-up over my mother's wrist. She's elderly... and uses her wrist a lot.See more »
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Leonard the Lizard(1983)
Composed by Dick Hyman
Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells
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