Zelig
In this fictional documentary, a man achieves notoriety for his ability to look and act like whoever he's around. Becoming a celebrity in his own right, he then inspires a song, a dance craze, and a Warner Bros.
27 November 1915, New York City, New York, USA
January 3, 1897 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
12 January 1893, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
29 April 1921, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
24 June 1904, Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
18 February 1951, Houston, Texas, USA
25 July 1922, Davenport, Iowa, USA
16 April 1889, Walworth, London, England, UK
24 September 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
2 April 1908, Texas, USA
29 June 1926, Bronxville, New York, USA
7 November 1948, USA
24 March 1955, Ripon, California, USA
November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California, USA
23 August 1898, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
24 April 1905, Jackson, Michigan, USA
15 March 1921, Indiana, USA
August 20, 1889 in Munich, Germany
28 March 1925, Richmond, Virginia, USA
July 31, 2004
Brilliant early film of the woodman shows his creative genius as a filmmaker.
February 24, 2004
Mildly amusing one-joke move.
January 17, 2006
Allen is one of the most recognizable, and least protean, performers.... [P]erhaps ... someone else as Zelig ... could have got the idea across without the blandly explicit dialogue and brought more dimensions to the role, besides.
May 20, 2003
Zelig is small but it's one of those Allen comedies by which all his other films will be compared.
December 08, 2006
Hilarious Woody Allen vehicle, a mockumentary with special effects ahead of its time.
December 22, 2011
A masterpiece: a brilliant, even passionate historical pastiche, a superbly pregnant meditation on American society and individuality, and an eerie fantasy that will live in your dreams.
July 07, 2010
Lampooning documentary tradition by structuring the entire film as a meticulously crafted bogus docu, Woody Allen tackles some serious stuff en route
July 02, 2005
Woody Allen's comedy about a self-effacing man, who swiftly changes identities is original, clever, droll, and extremely well shot by ace lenser Gordon Willis.
June 24, 2006
The comedy tends to the smirk-inducing rather than the laugh-out-loud, and the second half wanders somewhat, but Zelig is a strong contender for Allen's most fascinating film.
September 08, 2007
Woody Allen's Zelig (1983) perfected the fake documentary a year before This Is Spinal Tap.
May 01, 2017
A sublime comic parable about the quest for identity.
