:12:05
Leonard Zelig continues
to astound scientists...
:12:08
at New York's
Manhattan Hospital...
:12:11
where numerous tests
have led nowhere...
:12:13
in determining the nature of
this astonishing manifestation.
:12:16
He is confronted
by two overweight men...
:12:19
at the request of the doctors.
:12:22
As the men
discuss their obesity...
:12:24
an initially reticent Zelig
joins in...
:12:27
swelling himself
to a miraculous 250 pounds.
:12:30
Next, in the presence
of two Negro men...
:12:33
Zelig rapidly
becomes one himself.
:12:36
What will they think of next?
:12:39
Meanwhile, Americans all over
have their own reactions.
:12:44
I wish I could be Lenny Zelig,
the changing man.
:12:48
I'd be different people.
:12:50
Someday my wishes
will come true.
:12:52
Leonard Zelig is
one of the finest gentlemen...
:12:56
in the United States of America.
:12:59
He is the cat's pajamas.
:13:03
Trying a new approach...
:13:04
Dr. Fletcher places the subject
under hypnosis.
:13:08
Tell me why you assume
the characteristics...
:13:12
of the person you're with.
:13:14
-It's safe.
-What do you mean safe?
:13:19
Safe...
:13:22
to be like the others.
:13:26
You want to be safe?
:13:30
I want to be liked.
:13:35
Probing Zelig's unconscious...
:13:36
Dr. Fletcher gradually
puts together the pieces...
:13:39
of Zelig's behavioral puzzle.
:13:42
Dividing her time
between the hospital...
:13:45
and the 42nd-Street Library,
she writes her report.
:13:49
A closed meeting
of doctors listens...
:13:51
as Dr. Fletcher describes Zelig
as a human chameleon.
:13:56
Like the lizard
that is endowed by nature...
:13:59
with a marvelous
protective device...