Ed Wood

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Overview : 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.
Budget : 18000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 127 min
Release Date : 1994-09-28
Imdb ID : tt0109707
Status : Released

Cast

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

Aaron Nelms
Teenage Kid

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

Frank Echols
Doorman

Matthew Barry
Valet

Ralph Monaco
Waiter

Anthony Russell
Busboy

Tommy Bush
Stage Manager

Gregory Walcott
Potential Backer

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
Another Backer

Rance Howard
Old Man McCoy

Vasek Simek
Professor Strowski

Alan Martin
Vampira's Assistant

Salwa Ali
Vampira's Girlfriend

Rodney Kizziah
Vampira's Friend

Korla Pandit
Indian Musician

Hannah Eckstein
Greta Johnson

Luc De Schepper
Karl Johnson

Vinny Argiro
TV Horror Show Director

Patti Tippo
Nurse

Ray Baker
Doctor

Louis Lombardi
Rental House Manager

Jim Boyce
Theatre Manager

Ben Ryan Ganger
Angry Kid

Ryan Holihan
Frantic Usher

Marc Revivo
High School Punk

Charlie Holliday
Tourist

Adam Drescher
Photographer #1

Ric Mancini
Photographer #2

Daniel Riordan
Pilot / Strapping Young Man

Mickey Cottrell
Hammy Alien

Christopher George Simpson
Organist

Robert Binford
Choir Member

Herbert Boche
Choir Member

Linda Rae Brienza
Choir Member

Marlene Cook
Choir Member

Sylvia Coussa
Choir Member

Audrey Cuyler
Choir Member

Joseph Golightly
Choir Member

Carrie Starner Hummel
Choir Member

Ramona Kemp-Blair
Choir Member

Carolyn Kessinger
Choir Member

Nancy Longyear
Choir Member

Matthew Nelson
Choir Member

Robert Nuffer
Choir Member

William Michael Short
Choir Member

Susan Eileen Simpson
Choir Member

George F. Sterne
Choir Member

Charles Alan Stephenson
Choir Member

Cheri A. Williams
Choir Member

Cynthia Ann Wilson
Choir Member

Maurice LaMarche
Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)

Jesse Hernandez
Wrestling Opponent

Lena Banks
Sexy Pedestrian (uncredited)

Ada Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Arlene Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Rayder Woods
Car Vandal (uncredited)

Bill Blair
Carny (uncredited)

Bill Anderson
Wrestling Referee (uncredited)

Eugenie Bondurant
Dagmar (uncredited)

Mike Breyer
Photographer (uncredited)

Patrick Cranshaw
Editor on Studio Lot (uncredited)

Ryal Haakenson
Wedding Guest / Theatre Goer (uncredited)

Zachary Keats
Trick-or-Treating Kid (uncredited)

Susan Knego
Girl in Theater Lobby (uncredited)

Navya La Shay
Secretary (uncredited)

Tanya Marten
Secretary (uncredited)

Gorja Max
Bra Stuffing Transvestite (uncredited)

Johnny Meyer
Kid At Movie Theater (uncredited)

John Michael Quinn
Minister (uncredited)

Michael Satterfield
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jeff Shrewsbury
Theater Patron (uncredited)

Richard Yett
Wrap Party Guest (uncredited)

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Reviews

FilipeManuelNeto
**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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