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Zelig (1983)

Zelig (1983)

Comedy

You wanted more when it was all over!

Release Date: 1983, July 15
Directors: Woody Allen
Countries: United States of America
Production: Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Cast: John Rothman, Michael Jeter, Bubba Dean Rambo, Gale Hansen, Jon Hayden, Peter McRobbie, Mary Louise Wilson, Garrett M. Brown, Paula Trueman, Jeanine Jackson, Sharon Ferrol-Young, Ed Herlihy

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1930s found footage celebrity chameleon great depression mocking 1920s newsreel footage psychiatrist mockumentary electroconvulsive therapy historical images historical events