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About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 15, 1983
Box Office
$11.8M
Budget
$13.5M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 6, 2001
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Quotes
See all →The Nature of Zelig's Conformity
Bruno Bettelheim
The question of whether Zelig was a psychotic or merely neurotic was a question that was endlessly discussed among his doctors. Now I myself felt his feelings were really not all that different from the normal, what one would call the well-adjusted, normal person, only carried to an extreme degree, to an extreme extent. I myself felt that one could really think of him as the ultimate conformist.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Zelig's Identity as a Triple Threat
Narrator
The ], who saw Zelig as a Jew, that could turn himself into a Negro and a Chinaman, saw him as a triple threat.
[[Ku Klux Klan]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →W
Woody Allen
Leonard Zelig
M
Mia Farrow
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
P
Patrick Horgan
The Narrator (voice)
J
John Buckwalter
Dr. Sindell
M
Marvin Chatinover
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
P
Paul Nevens
Dr. Birsky
H
Howard Erskine
Hypodermic Doctor
R
Richard Whiting
Other Doctor
R
Ralph Bell
Other Doctor
W
Will Hussung
Other Doctor
G
Gale Hansen
Freshman #1
M
Michael Jeter
Freshman #2
P
Peter McRobbie
Workers Rally Speaker
R
Richard Litt
Charles Koslow
M
Mary Louise Wilson
Sister Ruth
A
Alice Beardsley
Telephone Operator
P
Paula Trueman
Woman on Telephone
G
Garrett M. Brown
Actor Zelig
C
Charles Denny
Actor Doctor
M
Michael Kell
Actor Koslow
