Zelig (The Chameleon Man) (1983)

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Woody Allen

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Woody Allen
Leonard Zelig

Mia Farrow
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick Horgan
The Narrator

Stanley Swerdlow
Mexican Food Doctor

Ralph Bell
Other Doctor

Richard Whiting
Other Doctor

Gale Hansen
Freshman #1

Michael Jeter
Freshman #2

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13 years, 8 months ago at Sep 20 22:49

Henrique Rezende

Zelig is full of Allen's style, using a lot of ironic, on the dialogs and the history that he created.
Leonard Zelig is somoene who has the incredible hability to transform himself as the people who's around him (like a Chameleon).
Zelig has a lot of really good jokes, including the soundrack, made for the film, wich have songs called: “Leonard, the Lizard” , “You May Be Six Pe... read more

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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.

Release date: 25 August 1983
UPC: 027616860491

Tags: Comedy (15), 1980s (11), 1983 (8), Mockumentary (7), New York (5), Chameleon (5), Usa (5), Woody Allen (5), 80s (4), Psychology (4), Satire (2), (2), Celebrity (2), Woody (2), 80's (2), Fantasy (2), Media (2), Documentary (2), Mia (1), HQ (1)

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