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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 965 1980s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 19m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
935 audience votes
Key crew
- Dick HymanOriginal Music Composer
- Woody AllenDirector
- Woody AllenWriter
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
Stills
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Themes
great depressioncelebritymockumentarychameleonpsychiatristfound footagenewsreel footageelectroconvulsive therapy1920s1930shistorical imagesmocking
The Best Movies of 1983
Zelig is #5 of 60
