1:10:02
not only escapes
the German pilots...
1:10:04
but sets a record for flying
nonstop across the Atlantic...
1:10:08
upside down.
1:10:31
With a storm of cheers
and a blizzard of ticker tape...
1:10:33
New York welcomes back
Eudora Fletcher...
1:10:36
and Leonard Zelig,
the human chameleon.
1:10:39
His remarkable feat of aviation
fills the nation with pride...
1:10:43
and earns him
a full presidential pardon.
1:10:45
Forgiving multitudes
flock to see him...
1:10:47
as he sits by the side
of his plucky bride-to-be.
1:10:50
Their journey of triumph
leads to City Hall.
1:10:52
New York's greatest honor,
the Medal of Valor...
1:10:55
is bestowed on Zelig
by Carter Dean.
1:10:58
You are a great inspiration
to the young of this nation...
1:11:03
who will one day grow up...
1:11:06
and be great doctors
and great patients.
1:11:17
This was a great thrill.
1:11:19
I'm glad we lived
to see this day.
1:11:22
Right. I've never flown
before in my life...
1:11:25
and it shows exactly
what you can do...
1:11:28
if you're a total psychotic.
1:11:35
The thing was paradoxical...
1:11:37
because what enabled him to
perform this astounding feat...
1:11:40
was his ability
to transform himself.
1:11:44
Therefore, his sickness was also
at the root of his salvation...
1:11:49
and I think it's interesting
to view the thing that way.
1:11:53
It was his very disorder
that made a hero of him.
1:11:59
It was really absurd in a way.