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| Year: | 1983 |
| Rating: | 7.7(13667) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Directed by: | Woody Allen |
| Actors: | Woody Allen Patrick Horgan John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Mia Farrow |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Woody Allen | |
| Actors | |
| Woody Allen | as Leonard Zelig |
| Patrick Horgan | as The Narrator |
| John Buckwalter | as Dr. Sindell |
| Marvin Chatinover | as Glandular Diagnosis Doctor |
| Stanley Swerdlow | as Mexican Food Doctor |
| Paul Nevens | as Dr. Birsky |
| Howard Erskine | as Hypodermic Doctor |
| George Hamlin | as Experimental Drugs Doctor |
| Ralph Bell | as Other Doctor |
| Richard Whiting | as Other Doctor |
| Will Hussong | as Other Doctor |
| Robert Iglesia | as Man in Barber Chair |
| Eli Resnick | as Man in Park |
| Edward McPhillips | as Scotsman |
| Gale Hansen | as Freshman #1 |
| Michael Jeter | as Freshman #2 |
| Peter McRobbie | as Workers Rally Speaker |
| Sol Lomita | as Martin Geist |
| Ed Lane | as Man on Telephone |
| Charles Denny | as Actor Doctor |
| Michael Kell | as Actor Koslow |
| Garrett M. Brown | as Actor Zelig |
| Richard Litt | as Charles Koslow |
| Dimitri Vassilopoulos | as Martinez |
| John Rothman | as Paul Deghuee |
| Francis Beggins | as City Hall Speaker |
| Ken Chapin | as On-Camera Interviewer |
| Gerald Klein | as Hearst Guest |
| Vincent Jerosa | as Hearst Guest |
| Stanley Simmonds | as Lita's Lawyer |
| Robert Berger | as Zelig's Lawyer |
| Anton Marco | as Wrist Victim |
| John Doumanian | as Greek Waiter |
| Will Holt | as Rally Chancellor |
| Bernie Herold | as Carter Dean |
| Irving Howe | as Himself - Contemporary Interviews |
| Saul Bellow | as Himself - Contemporary Interviews |
| Bruno Bettelheim | as Himself - Contemporary Interviews |
| John Morton Blum | as Himself - Contemporary Interviews |
| Marshall Coles Sr. | as Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews |
| Jack Cannon | as Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews |
| Theodore R. Smits | as Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews |
| Sherman Loud | as Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews |
| Kuno Sponholz | as Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews |
| Ed Herlihy | as Pathe News Announcer |
| Dwight Weist | as Hearst Metrotone Announcer |
| Gordon Gould | as Radio Announcer |
| Wendell Craig | as Universal Newsreel Announcer |
| Jurgen Kuehn | as German U.F.A. Newsreel Announcer |
| Max Amann | as Himself (with Hitler and Streicher) |
| Arthur Anderson | as Other Doctor |
| Michael Blevins | as Lizard Dancer |
| Wilhelm Brückner | as Himself - Walking Behind Hitler |
| Al Capone | as Himself |
| Charles Chaplin | as Himself |
| Calvin Coolidge | as Himself - Pinning Medal |
| Sepp Dietrich | as Himself - with Hitler and Streicher |
| Joe DiMaggio | as Himself - Playing Baseball |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | as Himself |
| Lou Gehrig | as Himself |
| Josef Goebbels | as Himself |
| Harold 'Red' Grange | as Himself |
| Hermann Göring | as Himself |
| William Randolph Hearst | as Himself |
| Rudolf Hess | as Himself |
| Adolf Hitler | as Himself |
| Willy Holt | as A Chancellor |
| Robert Ley | as Himself - with Goebbels |
| Charles A. Lindbergh | as Himself |
| Adolphe Menjou | as Himself |
| Tom Mix | as Himself - At San Simeon |
| Franz Pfeffer von Salomon | as Himself with Hitler and Streicher |
| Billy Rose | as Himself |
| Babe Ruth | as Himself - Swinging Bat |
| Julius Schaub | as Himself - Walking Behind Hitler |
| Gregor Strasser | as Himself - with Back to Hitler |
| Julius Streicher | as Himself - with Hitler and Hess |
| Franz von Epp | as Himself - with Goebbels and Ley |
| Jimmy Walker | as Himself - Mayor of New York |
| Actresses | |
| Mia Farrow | as Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher |
| Mary Louise Wilson | as Sister Ruth |
| Alice Beardsley | as Telephone Operator |
| Paula Trueman | as Woman on Telephone |
| Marianne Tatum | as Actress Fletcher |
| Sharon Ferrol-Young | as Miss Baker |
| Stephanie Farrow | as Meryl Fletcher |
| Jean Trowbridge | as Dr. Fletcher's Mother |
| Deborah Rush | as Lita Fox |
| Jeanine Jackson | as Helen Gray |
| Erma Campbell | as Zelig's Wife |
| Louise Deitch | as House-Painting Victim |
| Bernice Dowis | as Vilification Woman |
| Susan Sontag | as Herself - Contemporary Interviews |
| Bricktop | as Herself - Contemporary Interviews |
| Ellen Garrison | as Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews |
| Elizabeth Rothschild | as Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews |
| Josephine Baker | as Herself |
| Fanny Brice | as Herself |
| Marion Davies | as Herself |
| Dolores del Rio | as Herself |
| Marie Dressler | as Herself |
| Elizabeth Kaitan | as German Girl |
| Carole Lombard | as Herself |
| Mae Questel | as voice of Helen Kane |
| Kim Johnston Ulrich | as Beauty Contestant |
| Claire Windsor | as Herself |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, German |
| Gross: |
USA - 9,772,241 USD (16 October 1983) |
| Plot: | 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. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Leonard the Lizard" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells "Doin' the Chameleon" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells "Chameleon Days" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman Performed by Mae Questel "You May Be Six People, But I Love You" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman Sung by Bernie Kuce, Steve Clayton and Tony Wells "Reptile Eyes" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman Sung by Rose Marie Jun (as Rosemarie Jun) "The Changing Man Concerto" (1983) Composed by Dick Hyman "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" (1929) Music by Fats Waller (as Thomas Fats' Waller) and 'Harry Link Lyrics by Billy Rose Sung by Roz Harris "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1925) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Sam Lewis (as Samuel M. Lewis) and Joe Young Sung by Norman Brooks "Ain't We Got Fun" (1921) Music by Richard A. Whiting (as Richard Whiting) Lyrics by Ray Egan (as Raymond B. Egan) and Gus Kahn Performed by The Charleston City All Stars Courtesy of MCA Records "Sunny Side Up" (1929) Music and Lyrics by Ray Henderson Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva (as B.G. Desylva) Performed by The Charleston City All Stars Courtesy of MCA Records "I'll Get By" (1928) Music by Fred E. Ahlert Lyrics by Roy Turk Performed by The Ben Bernie Orchestra Courtesy of MCA Records "I Love My Baby, My Baby Loves Me" (1925) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Bud Green Performed by The Charleston City All Stars Courtesy of MCA Records "Runnin' Wild" (1922) Music by A.H. Gibbs Lyrics by Joe Grey and Leo Wood Performed by The Charleston City All Stars Courtesy of MCA Records "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1937) Written by Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb (as John Loeb) Performed by The Guy Lombardo Orchestra Courtesy of RCA Records "Charleston" (1923) Music by James P. Johnson Lyrics by Cecil Mack Performed by Dick Hyman "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (1922) Written by Fred Fisher Performed by Dick Hyman "Five Feet Two, Eyes of Blue" (1925) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Sam Lewis (as Samuel M. Lewis) and Joe Young Performed by Dick Hyman "Anchors Aweigh" (1906) Music by Charles A. Zimmerman Music modified by Domenico Savino (as Domenico Sanino) (1950) Lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles (as Alfred H. Miles) Additional Lyrics by George D. Lottman (1950) Performed by Dick Hyman "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (1908) (uncredited) Music by Albert von Tilzer (as Von Tilzer) Variations in the score for the baseball scenes "The Internationale" (1888) (uncredited) Music by Pierre Degeyter Variations in the score when unions are mentioned |
Goofs
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Fact errors: Last name of Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld is misspelled (Zeigfeld) on title card for Pathe newsreel. Fact errors: The speaking person in his 60s in one of the modern interviews in the film is subtitled as "Former SS-Obergruppenführer Oswald Pohl". If the interviews were conducted in the early 1980s, the person is evidently too young; the real Pohl was born in June 1892, so he would have been in his late 80s/early 90s at the time - of course if he had not been hanged for war crimes in 1951. |
Quotes
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[Leonard Zelig is apologizing on radio to all the people he misrepresented himself to] Leonard Zelig: My deepest apology goes to the Trochman family in Detroit. I...I never delivered a baby before in my life, and I... I just thought that ice tongs was the way to do it. Leonard Zelig: I have an interesting case. I'm treating two sets of Siamese twins with split personalities. I'm getting paid by eight people. Leonard Zelig: I love baseball. You know, it doesn't have to mean anything. It's just very beautiful to watch. Leonard Zelig: [while under hypnosis] Oh... the pancakes! [Zelig thinks he's a psychiatrist.] Leonard Zelig: I worked with Freud in Vienna. We broke over the concept of penis envy. Freud felt that it should be limited to women. The Narrator: The Ku Klux Klan, who saw Zelig as a Jew, that could turn himself into a Negro and an Indian, saw him as a triple threat. Leonard Zelig: But I've never flown before in my life, and it shows exactly what you can do, if you're a total psychotic! The Narrator: That Zelig could be responsible for the behavior of each of the personalities he assumed means dozens of lawsuits. He is sued for bigamy, adultery, automobile accidents, plagiarism, household damages, negligence, property damages, and performing unnecessary dental extractions. Zelig's Wife: He married me up at the First Church of Harlem. He told me he was the brother of Duke Ellington. Wrist Victim: He was the guy who smashed my car up. It was brand new. Then he backed-up over my mother's wrist. She's elderly... and uses her wrist a lot. House-Painting Victim: He painted my house a disgusting color. He said he was a painter. I couldn't believe the results. Then he disappeared. Leonard Zelig: I would like to apologize to everyone. I... I'm awfully sorry for, for marrying all those women. It just, I don't know, it just seemed like the thing to do. Leonard Zelig: And to the, to the gentleman who's appendix I took out, I...I'm, I don't know what to say, if it's any consolation I... I may still have it somewhere around the house. Leonard Zelig: [in a hypnotic trance] My brother beat me. My sister beat my brother. My father beat my sister and my brother and me. My mother beat my father and my sister and me and my brother. The neighbors beat our family. The people down the block beat the neighbors and our family. Leonard Zelig: I'm 12 years old. I run into a Synagogue. I ask the Rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning of life... But, he tells it to me in Hebrew. I don't understand Hebrew. Then he wants to charge me six hundred dollars for Hebrew lessons. |
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