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.
18 January 1944, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
25 July 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 29, 1891 in New York City, New York, USA
12 January 1893, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
24 March 1955, Ripon, California, USA
April 29, 1863 in San Francisco, California, USA
14 August 1909, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 January 1910, Palo Alto, California, USA
1960
29 August 1922, Staten Island, New York, USA
9 February 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 August 1894, Alderson, West Virginia, USA
25 April 1897, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1933, New York City, New York, USA
1960
27 November 1915, New York City, New York, USA
3 June 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
1942
23 April 1937
4 May 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 April 1889, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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.
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
September 08, 2007
Woody Allen's Zelig (1983) perfected the fake documentary a year before This Is Spinal Tap.
July 31, 2004
Brilliant early film of the woodman shows his creative genius as a filmmaker.
December 08, 2006
Hilarious Woody Allen vehicle, a mockumentary with special effects ahead of its time.
May 01, 2017
A sublime comic parable about the quest for identity.
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.
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.
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.
February 24, 2004
Mildly amusing one-joke move.
May 20, 2003
Zelig is small but it's one of those Allen comedies by which all his other films will be compared.
