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Zelig (1983)
Director: Woody Allen
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of Allen's miniaturist exercises in style, Zelig is a one-joke movie about a man so self- effacing that he takes on the physical appearance of the person he is with. In addition to the chameleon-like ability for personal metamorphosis, Zelig manifests an equally unique capacity for materialising at important social gatherings and significant historical events - at a garden party given by novelist Scott Fitzgerald, on the balcony of the Vatican during a Papal address, behind a ranting Adolf Hitler at a Nazi rally. Employing skilfully doctored black-and-white photographs and newsreel footage, Allen has created a painstaking and mildly amusing fictional documentary about a non-person who never lived.Author: NF
Cast & crew
Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Garrett Brown, Stephanie Farrow, Mary Louise Wilson, Sol Lomita, John Rothman full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 79 mins
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