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Release Date: 1983

Cast: Paul Nevens, Mia Farrow, Richard A. Whiting, Stanley Swerdlow, John Buckwalter, Marvin Chatinover, Caitlin O'Heaney, Woody Allen

Categories: Movies, Black-And-White, Media Satire, Indie, Fantasy Comedy, Parody, Mockumentary, Comedy

Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Leonard Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone who comes near him. The film was shot almost entirely in the style of 1920s-style black-and-white film newsreels, which are seamlessly interwoven with stock footage from the era, including cleverly filmed re-enactments of historical events. Narration is likewise largely in newsreel style. While being mostly set in the 1920s, the... MORE

Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Leonard Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone who comes near him. The film was shot almost entirely in the style of 1920s-style black-and-white film newsreels, which are seamlessly interwoven with stock footage from the era, including cleverly filmed re-enactments of historical events. Narration is likewise largely in newsreel style. While being mostly set in the 1920s, the storyline occasionally shifts to present day (1983) interviews, shot in color. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who notices that while mingling with the guests, Zelig sings the praises of the affluent classes in a refined, snobbish accent, but while in the kitchen with the servants, he seethes with rage at the fat cats in a thick proletarian voice. He soon gains international fame as a "human chameleon". Dr. Eudora LESS