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Zelig

7.4

Released July 15, 1983Runtime 1h 19min

You wanted more when it was all over!

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $11,798,616
Profit/Loss: $0

Videos

Cast

Woody AllenLeonard Zelig

Mia FarrowDr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick HorganThe Narrator (voice)

John BuckwalterDr. Sindell

Marvin ChatinoverGlandular Diagnosis Doctor

Stanley SwerdlowMexican Food Doctor

Paul NevensDr. Birsky

Howard ErskineHypodermic Doctor

Richard WhitingOther Doctor

Ralph BellOther Doctor

Will HussungOther Doctor

Gale HansenFreshman #1

Michael JeterFreshman #2

Peter McRobbieWorkers Rally Speaker

Richard LittCharles Koslow

Mary Louise WilsonSister Ruth

Alice BeardsleyTelephone Operator

Paula TruemanWoman on Telephone

Garrett M. BrownActor Zelig

Marianne TatumActress Fletcher

Charles DennyActor Doctor

Michael KellActor Koslow

John RothmanPaul Deghuee

Deborah RushLita Fox

Stanley SimmondsLita's Lawyer

Robert BergerZelig's Lawyer

Jeanine JacksonHelen Gray

John DoumanianGreek Waiter

Willy HoltRally Chancellor

Susan SontagSusan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews

Saul BellowSaul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews

Irving HoweIrving Howe - Contemporary Interviews

Marshall Cole Sr.Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews

Ellen GarrisonOlder Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Jack CannonMike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews

Theodore R. SmitsTed Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews

Sherman LoudOlder Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews

Elizabeth RothschildOlder Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Kuno SponholzOswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews

Ed HerlihyPathe News Announcer (voice)

Dwight WeistHearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)

George HamlinExperimental Drugs Doctor

Robert IglesiaMan in Barber Chair

Eli ResnickMan in Park

Edward McPhillipsScotsman

Sol LomitaMartin Geist

Ed LaneMan on Telephone

Sharon Ferrol-YoungMiss Baker

Dimitri VassilopoulosMartinez

Stephanie FarrowSister Meryl

Francis BegginsCity Hall Speaker

Jean TrowbridgeDr. Fletcher's Mother

Ken ChapinOn-Camera Interviewer

Gerald KleinHearst Guest

Vincent Jerman-JerosaHearst Guest

Erma CampbellZelig's Wife

Anton MarcoWrist Victim

Louise DeitchHouse-Painting Victim

Bernice DowisVilification Woman

Bernie HeroldCarter Dean

Elizabeth KaitanGerman Girl (uncredited)

Arthur AndersonOther Doctor (uncredited)

Bubba Dean RamboCharleston Dancer (uncredited)

Kim Johnston UlrichBeauty Contestant (uncredited)

Michael BlevinsLizard Dancer (uncredited)

Jon HaydenReporter (uncredited)

Mae QuestelHelen Kane (voice) (uncredited)

Ruth Leon WeimanMother of a Graduate (uncredited)

Tug WilsonPolice Officer (uncredited)

Crew

Woody AllenDirector

Duncan ScottAdditional Second Assistant Director

Thomas A. ReillyAssistant Director

Jim ChoryAdditional Second Assistant Director

Frederic B. BlankfeinFirst Assistant Director

Tony GittelsonSecond Assistant Director

Kay ChapinScript Supervisor

Woody AllenWriter

Jack RollinsExecutive Producer

Charles H. JoffeExecutive Producer

Robert GreenhutProducer

Ezra SwerdlowUnit Manager

Todd M. ThalerAssistant Production Coordinator

Juliet TaylorCasting

Michael PeyserAssociate Producer

Michael PeyserProduction Manager

Timothy M. BourneLocation Manager

Paula HeroldCasting Associate

Helen RobinProduction Coordinator

Gordon WillisDirector of Photography

Dick HymanOriginal Music Composer

Susan E. MorseEditor

Marjorie DeutschSound Editor

Janet RosenbloomSet Decoration

Bob PaoneSecond Assistant Camera

Danny DanielsChoreographer

James SoriceKey Scenic Artist

Joseph Badalucco Jr.Lead Set Dresser

Tom McKinleyCostume Assistant

Douglas C. HartAssistant Camera

Arne OlsenConstruction Grip

Lyn CarrollCostume Assistant

Joan LopateArt Department Coordinator

Carl TurnquestProjection

Harry Peck BollesAssistant Sound Editor

Bill ChristiansWardrobe Supervisor

Randall ColemanAssistant Sound Editor

Roy B. YokelsonSound Engineer

Lancey Saunders CloughWardrobe Supervisor

Suzanne PillsburyAssistant Sound Editor

Susan RollinsLocation Scout

Fred RosenbergAssistant Sound Editor

Jeffrey SternAssistant Sound Editor

Cheryl HillLocation Scout

Janet Lund RobbinsApprentice Sound Editor

Carol NastLocation Scout

Debra BardAssistant Sound Editor

Richard HornungCostume Assistant

Robert WardKey Grip

Robert ConnorsBest Boy Electric

Lynn SableApprentice Sound Editor

Gina RooseAssistant Sound Editor

Ken RothsteinLocation Scout

Fern BuchnerMakeup Designer

Romaine GreeneHair Designer

Santo LoquastoCostume Design

Mel BourneProduction Design

Leslie BloomSet Decoration

John Caglione Jr.Makeup Artist

Werner ShererHairstylist

Speed HopkinsArt Direction

Rick DiorSound Re-Recording Mixer

David J. SchweitzerSpecial Effects

Richard NordAssistant Editor

Patrick HoganDriver

James SabatProduction Sound Mixer

Dick MingaloneCamera Operator

Dan SableSupervising Sound Editor

John Edward AllenThanks

Kerry HayesStill Photographer

Pamela Scott ArnoldAssistant Editor

Louis SabatBoom Operator

James FanningTransportation Captain

Ken MurrayThanks

Stuart RobertsonVisual Effects Supervisor

Ronald BurkeGrip

Ray QuinlanGaffer

Gail SiciliaUnit Publicist

Irwin YoungThanks

Cosmo SoriceScenic Artist

James MazzolaProperty Master

Frank GraziadeiSound Recordist

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Reviews

A charming mockumentary about a fictional 1920s personality filmed as if cobbled together from old black-and-white footage.

by tmdb28039023

Leonard Zelig is a "human chameleon," but Zelig the film doesn't stop at mimicry. Indeed, this fictional documentary written, directed, and starring Woody Allen differentiates between imitation and parody the same way Hitchcock differentiated between action and suspense. For example, the protago...