Zelig (1983)
| Release Date | 15 July 1983 |
| US Box Office | $12,000,000 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Alpine, New Jersey, USA |
| Language | English, German |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White, Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Mockumentary, Media Satire, Fantasy Comedy |
| Mood | Comedy on the Edge |
| Themes | Social Climbing, Mental Illness |
| Tones | Quirky, Satirical, Talky, Whimsical |
| Tags | Archival Footage, Celebrity, Conformity, Identity, Newsreels, Psychiatrist, Transformation |
Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone he's near.
Cast and Crew
Cast
John Buckwalter
Dr. Sindell
Marvin Chatinover
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
Stanley Swerdlow
Mexican Food Doctor
Paul Nevens
Dr. Birsky
Howard Erskine
Hypodermic Doctor
George Hamlin
Experimental Drugs Doctor
Ralph Bell
Other Doctor
Richard Whiting
Other Doctor
Will Hussong
Other Doctor
Robert Iglesia
Man in Barber Chair
Eli Resnick
Man in Park
Edward McPhillips
Scotsman
Gale Hansen
Freshman #1
Sol Lomita
Martin Geist
Alice Beardsley
Telephone Operator
Ed Lane
Man on Telephone
Marianne Tatum
Actress Fletcher
Charles Denny
Actor Doctor
Michael Kell
Actor Koslow
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Miss Baker
Richard Litt
Charles Koslow
Dimitri Vassilopoulos
Martinez
John Rothman
Paul Deghuee
Stephanie Farrow
Meryl Fletcher
Francis Beggins
City Hall Speaker
Jean Trowbridge
Dr. Fletcher's Mother
Ken Chapin
On-Camera Interviewer
Gerald Klein
Hearst Guest
Vincent Jerosa
Hearst Guest
Stanley Simmonds
Lita's Lawyer
Robert Berger
Zelig's Lawyer
Jeanine Jackson
Helen Gray
Erma Campbell
Zelig's Wife
Anton Marco
Wrist Victim
Louise Deitch
House-Painting Victim
Bernice Dowis
Vilification Woman
John Doumanian
Greek Waiter
Will Holt
Rally Chancellor
Bernie Herold
Carter Dean
Irving Howe
Himself - Contemporary Interviews
Saul Bellow
Himself - Contemporary Interviews
Bruno Bettelheim
Himself - Contemporary Interviews
John Morton Blum
Himself - Contemporary Interviews
Marshall Coles Sr.
Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews
Ellen Garrison
Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Jack Cannon
Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews
Theodore R. Smits
Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews
Sherman Loud
Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews
Elizabeth Rothschild
Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Kuno Sponholz
Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews
Ed Herlihy
Pathe News Announcer
Dwight Weist
Hearst Metrotone Announcer
Gordon Gould
Radio Announcer
Wendell Craig
Universal Newsreel Announcer
Jurgen Kuehn
German U.F.A. Newsreel Announcer
Max Amann
Himself
Michael Blevins
Lizard Dancer
Wilhelm Brückner
Himself - Walking Behind Hitler
Sepp Dietrich
Himself - with Hitler and Streicher
Hermann Göring
Himself
Rudolf Hess
Himself
Willy Holt
A Chancellor
Elizabeth Kaitan
German Girl
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Himself with Hitler and Streicher
Julius Schaub
Himself - Walking Behind Hitler
Gregor Strasser
Himself - with Back to Hitler
Julius Streicher
Himself - with Hitler and Hess
Franz von Epp
Himself - with Goebbels and Ley
Director
Writer
Producer
Robert Greenhut
producer
Charles H. Joffe
executive producer
Michael Peyser
associate producer
Jack Rollins
executive producer
Original Music
Dick Hyman
Cinematographer
Gordon Willis
Editor
Susan E. Morse
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Casting Director
Juliet Taylor
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Production Designer
Mel Bourne
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Art Director
Speed Hopkins
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Set Decorator
Leslie Bloom
Janet Rosenbloom
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Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto
-
Makeup Department
Fern Buchner
makeup designer
John Caglione Jr.
special makeup
Romaine Greene
hair designer
Werner Sherer
hair stylist
Production Manager
Michael Peyser
production manager
Ezra Swerdlow
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frederic B. Blankfein
first assistant director
James Chory
additional second assistant director, dga trainee
Tony Gittelson
second assistant director
Thomas A. Reilly
additional first assistant director
Duncan Scott
additional second assistant director
Art Department
Joseph Badalucco Jr.
chief set dresser
Joan Lopate
art department coordinator
James Mazzola
property master
Michael Molly
associate art director
Arne Olsen
construction grip
Cosmo Sorice
stand-by scenic artist
James Sorice
master scenic artist
Kenneth Vogt
property man
Anthony Zappia
shop craftsman
Susan Kaufman
assistant to designer
Sound Department
Debra Bard
assistant sound editor
Randall Coleman
assistant sound editor
Marjorie Deutsch
sound editor
Rick Dior
re-recording mixer: Trans/Audio Inc.
Frank Graziadei
sound recordist
Harry Peck Bolles
assistant sound editor
Suzanne Pillsbury
assistant sound editor
Janet Lund Robbins
apprentice sound editor
Gina Roose
assistant sound editor
Fred Rosenberg
assistant sound editor
James Sabat
production sound mixer
Louis Sabat
boom man
Dan Sable
supervising sound editor
Lynn Sable
apprentice sound editor
Jeffrey Stern
assistant sound editor
Roy B. Yokelson
period sound recreator
Special Effects
David J. Schweitzer
special effects consultant
Visual Effects
Joel Hynek
optical effects: R/Greenberg Associates
Steven Plastrik
stills animation: Computer Opticals, Inc.
Stuart Robertson
visual effects co-supervisor, optical effects: R/Greenberg Associates
Karen Siegel Engel
newsreel artcards: Computer Opticals, Inc.
Stunts
Pam Barber
stunt double: Fletcher
Cole Palen
stunt double: Zelig
Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Burke
set grip
Robert Connors
best boy
Brian Hamill
unit photographer
Douglas C. Hart
assistant cameraman
Kerry Hayes
unit photographer, still photographer
Dick Mingalone
camera operator
Robert Paone
second assistant cameraman
Ray Quinlan
gaffer
Robert Ward
key grip
Casting Department
Paula Herold
casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lyn Carroll
costume assistant
Bill Christians
wardrobe supervisor: men
Lancey Saunders Clough
wardrobe supervisor: women
Richard Hornung
costume assistant
Jeffrey Kurland
associate costume designer
Tom McKinley
costume assistant
Mark Burchard
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Pamela Scott Arnold
assistant editor: stills and duping coordinator
John Guidone
negative cutter: J.G. Films
Eugenia Morrison
negative cutter: J.G. Films
Richard Nord
assistant editor: optical and sound coordinator
Christine P. Williams
assistant editor: stock footage coordinator
Kris Cole
apprentice editor
Music Department
The Ben Bernie Orchestra
performers: "I'll Get By"
The Charleston City All Stars
performers: "Sunny Side Up"
Roz Harris
performer: "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling"
Dick Hyman
music adapted by
Bernie Kuce
performer: "Leonard the Lizard"
George D. Lottman
lyricist: : "Anchors Aweigh"
Roy B. Yokelson
music recording engineer
Vince Giordano
musician
Walt Levinsky
music recording supervisor
Transportation Department
James Fanning
transportation captain
Other Crew
Ken Bernstein
production assistant
Timothy M. Bourne
location coordinator
Dell Byrne
stock researcher
Kay Chapin
script supervisor
Danny Daniels
choreographer
James A. Davis
production assistant
Karen Dean
photo researcher
Don Donigi
film laboratory supervisor: Du Art Film Laboratories Inc.
David Epstein
assistant location auditor
Jeff Goodman
stock researcher
James Greenhut
studio manager
Bill Hansard
rear process photography
Joseph Hartwick
location auditor
Cheryl Hill
location scout
Charles Kaufman
production assistant
Judith Lamb
photo researcher
Mary Lance
stock researcher
Peter Lombardi
assistant location auditor
Kati Meister
stock researcher
Philip Moore
retouching strip printer
Charles Musser
stock researcher
Carol Nast
location scout
Gloria Norris
assistant: Mr. Allen
Joseph Pierson
production assistant
Helen Robin
production coordinator
Susan Rollins
location scout
Ken Rothstein
location scout
Gail Sicilia
unit publicist, creative coordinator
Todd M. Thaler
assistant production coordinator
Carl Turnquest Jr.
projectionist
Dennis Kear
stand-in: Woody Allen
Thanks
John E. Allen
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Harold Axe
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Nancy Casey
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Bernard Chertok
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
William K. Everson
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Ralph Friedman
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Rich Herzog
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Dan Jones
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Paul Killiam
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Laura Kreiss
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Adele Lerner
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Walt Levinsky
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Joe Mallon
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Bill Murphy
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
special thanks: "Golden Days of San Simeon" footage now appearing at the Hearst Castle in California
Robert Paquette
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Richard Plagge
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Harold Potter
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
John Rogers
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Andrea Sheen
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Bob Summers
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Ted Troll
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Irwin Young
the producers gratefully acknowledge and wish to thank for their assistance
Production Company
Orion Pictures Corporation
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Distributor
Orion Pictures Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
MGM Home Entertainment
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video
,
Special Effects
Computer Opticals
,
RGreenberg Associates
Miscellaneous
92nd Street YM-YWHA Archives
still photographs courtesy of
AONAlbert G. Ruben Insurance Services
insurance
Bernstein and Freedman P.C.
production accountants
Bettman Archives
still photographs courtesy of
Cinema Services
thanks
Culver Pictures
still photographs courtesy of
Davlin Gallery - New York
thanks
Eoin Sprott Studio
special props
FPG Photoworld
still photographs courtesy of
General Camera Corporation
thanks
Harry Fox Agency, The
thanks
Hastings Sound Editorial
sound effects
Hearst Metrotone News Library
stock footage courtesy of
Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing
vintage clothing
J.G. Films
negative cutting
John E. Allen Inc.
stock footage courtesy of
Kaufman Astoria Studios
thanks
Killiam Shows
thanks
Library of Congress
stock footage
Magno Sound and Video
thanks
Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, The
thanks
Medical Center Archives of New York-PresbyterianWeill Cornell
stock footage courtesy of
Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive
thanks
Museum of the City of New York
thanks
National Library of Medicine
thanks
National Recording Studios Inc.
music recording
Navarro-Bertoni Casting
extras casting
New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission
thanks
New York Daily News Photo Archive
thanks
Olde Rhinebeck Aerodrome
thanks: Vintage Aircraft courtesy of
Optical House, The
titles
RCA Records Photo Archive
thanks
Religious News Service
thanks
Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries
stock footage courtesy of
The National Film Archives
stock footage courtesy of
Trans Audio
re-recording mixer
Transit Film-Gesellschaft
stock footage courtesy of
Twentieth Century-Fox Movietone News
stock footage courtesy of
United Press International (UPI)
still photographs courtesy of
Warner Chappell Music
thanks
Warner Bros. Music
thanks
Wide World Photos
still photographs courtesy of
Yiddish Theatre Collection
thanks
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
still photographs courtesy of
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