Di Novi Pictures
Tim Burton Productions
Touchstone Pictures
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Ed Wood
Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness.
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
- Original title
- Ed Wood
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,900,000
Filipe Manuel Neto
Sep 12, 2023 · via TMDB
**A sincere tribute to the man and his work, full of bizarreness, humor, artificial octopuses and angora.** I've been wanting to see this for a while now, and the opportunity finally came. Very intelligently directed by Tim Burton, it is a brief biography that honors Ed Wood, reckoned as the worst director Hollywood has ever known (although that title is disputed by other more recent directors). I already knew Ed Wood's work, I've seen one or two of his films, and I can guarantee that his fame is justified: the films are the most amateurish imaginable and the number of errors and problems is such that even the general public saw the director's inability and naïveté. I won't dwell on this point, just add that this film covers the filming of “Glenn or Glenda”, “Bride of the Monster” and “Plan 9 from Outer Space”. As is typical of Burton's films, there is a certain amount of bizarreness which makes the most sincere homage to Ed Wood's work. One notices, implicitly, a certain sympathy or admiration for the director, who never achieved fame (at least, positive) and to whom success has eluded. He is a man with a vision and a dream, but without any ability to achieve it and who, even so, never gave up. Johnny Depp was a smart choice for the protagonist. The actor likes unusual roles and portrayed Wood in a very faithful way, emphasizing his incorrigible and absolutely blind optimism, as well as his habit of dressing like a woman and the problems that caused him in being taken seriously. There is, in the character, a certain bizarre fetish about angora fabrics that I don't know if it was real, but it fit very well. I also really liked Martin Landau, a very respectable veteran who fit wonderfully into the role of Bela Lugosi, the mythical horror actor who was forgotten by the industry towards the end of his life and succumbed to morphine addiction and depression, and Lisa Marie, who played Maila Nurmi, Finnish actress famous for her character Vampira. Sarah Jessica Parker also did an impeccable job as Wood's girlfriend. Jeffrey Jones does a good job as Criswell, a fake psychic famous for his TV appearances. Bill Murray appears little, but does a decent job whenever asked. The film was very well shot in black and white, and I believe this fit better with the spirit of the film, and the way it was designed. There is a beautiful limpidity and the cinematography is very crafted and stylistically rich. The film plays a lot with the difficulties that Wood encountered in filming and promoting his films, and the total amateurism with which he did so, and this is funny and, at the same time, moving. The sets and costumes are excellent, convincing, and the reproduction of the films was well done and honors the originals. The soundtrack, written by Howard Shore, does the rest and gives the film a bizarrely delicious tone. Finally, a word about the opening and ending of the film, in a style magnificently suited to cheap horror productions of the time.
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Johnny Depp
Ed Wood
Martin Landau
Bela Lugosi
Sarah Jessica Parker
Dolores Fuller
Patricia Arquette
Kathy O'Hara
Jeffrey Jones
Criswell
G.D. Spradlin
Reverend Lemon
Vincent D'Onofrio
Orson Welles
Bill Murray
Bunny Breckinridge
Mike Starr
Georgie Weiss
Max Casella
Paul Marco
Brent Hinkley
Conrad Brooks
Lisa Marie
Vampira
Jim Myers
Tor Johnson
Juliet Landau
Loretta King
Clive Rosengren
Ed Reynolds
Norman Alden
Cameraman Bill
Leonard Termo
Makeup Man Harry
Ned Bellamy
Dr. Tom Mason
Danny Dayton
Soundman
Ross Manarchy
Camera Assistant
Bill Cusack
Tony McCoy
Biff Yeager
Rude Boss
Joseph R. Gannascoli
Security Guard
Carmen Filpi
Old Crusty Man
Lisa Malkiewicz
Secretary #1
Melora Walters
Secretary #2
Conrad Brooks
Bartender
Don Amendolia
Salesman
Tommy Bertelsen
Tough Boy
Reid Cruickshanks
Stage Guard
Stanley DeSantis
Mr. Feldman
Lionel Decker
Executive #1
Edmund L. Shaff
Executive #2
Gene LeBell
Ring Announcer
Bobby Slayton
TV Show Host
Gretchen Becker
TV Host's Assistant
John Rice
Conservative Man
Catherine Butterfield
Conservative Wife
Mary Portser
Backer's Wife
King Cotton
Hick Backer
Don Hood
Southern Backer
Matthew Barry
Valet
Ralph Monaco
Waiter
Anthony Russell
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Tommy Bush
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Gregory Walcott
Potential Backer
Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
Another Backer
Rance Howard
Old Man McCoy
Vasek Simek
Professor Strowski
Korla Pandit
Indian Musician
Patti Tippo
Nurse
Ray Baker
Doctor
Louis Lombardi
Rental House Manager
Jim Boyce
Theatre Manager
Ben Ryan Ganger
Angry Kid
Ryan Holihan
Frantic Usher
Charlie Holliday
Tourist
Adam Drescher
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Daniel Riordan
Pilot / Strapping Young Man
Mickey Cottrell
Hammy Alien
Maurice LaMarche
Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)
Jesse Hernandez
Wrestling Opponent
Ada Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Arlene Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Rayder Woods
Car Vandal (uncredited)
Bill Blair
Carny (uncredited)
Eugenie Bondurant
Dagmar (uncredited)
Mike Breyer
Photographer (uncredited)
Patrick Cranshaw
Editor on Studio Lot (uncredited)
Navya La Shay
Secretary (uncredited)
Johnny Meyer
Kid At Movie Theater (uncredited)
Emily Ferry
Property Master
Richard A. Kelley
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Stefan Czapsky
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Colleen Atwood
Costume Design
Ve Neill
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Rick Baker
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John Branagan
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Bobby Burns
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Denney Pierce
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Joni Avery
Stunts
Kanin Howell
Stunts
Paul Marco
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Tim Burton
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Chris Lebenzon
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Bruce Winant
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Victoria Thomas
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Matthew Barry
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Michael Lehmann
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Tim Burton
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Michael Polaire
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Kyrsten Mate
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Howard Shore
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Howard Shore
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Howard Shore
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Ernie Fosselius
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David Parker
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Michael Semanick
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Larry Karaszewski
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Scott Alexander
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