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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.

Release Date : 1994-09-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Touchstone Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ed Wood

Original Name : Johnny Depp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bela Lugosi

Original Name : Martin Landau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dolores Fuller

Original Name : Sarah Jessica Parker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kathy O'Hara

Original Name : Patricia Arquette

Gender : Female

Character Name : Criswell

Original Name : Jeffrey Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Lemon

Original Name : G. D. Spradlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orson Welles

Original Name : Vincent D'Onofrio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunny Breckinridge

Original Name : Bill Murray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georgie Weiss

Original Name : Mike Starr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Marco

Original Name : Max Casella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conrad Brooks

Original Name : Brent Hinkley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampira

Original Name : Lisa Marie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tor Johnson

Original Name : Jim Myers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loretta King

Original Name : Juliet Landau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ed Reynolds

Original Name : Clive Rosengren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cameraman Bill

Original Name : Norman Alden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Makeup Man Harry

Original Name : Leonard Termo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Tom Mason

Original Name : Ned Bellamy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soundman

Original Name : Danny Dayton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camera Assistant

Original Name : Ross Manarchy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony McCoy

Original Name : Bill Cusack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Kid

Original Name : Aaron Nelms

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rude Boss

Original Name : Biff Yeager

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Guard

Original Name : Joseph R. Gannascoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Crusty Man

Original Name : Carmen Filpi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary #1

Original Name : Lisa Malkiewicz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary #2

Original Name : Melora Walters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Conrad Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salesman

Original Name : Don Amendolia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough Boy

Original Name : Tommy Bertelsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stage Guard

Original Name : Reid Cruickshanks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Feldman

Original Name : Stanley DeSantis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Executive #1

Original Name : Lionel Decker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Executive #2

Original Name : Edmund L. Shaff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ring Announcer

Original Name : Gene LeBell

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Show Host

Original Name : Bobby Slayton

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Host's Assistant

Original Name : Gretchen Becker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Conservative Man

Original Name : John Rice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conservative Wife

Original Name : Catherine Butterfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Backer's Wife

Original Name : Mary Portser

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hick Backer

Original Name : King Cotton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Southern Backer

Original Name : Don Hood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Frank Echols

Gender : Male

Character Name : Valet

Original Name : Matthew Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Ralph Monaco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Busboy

Original Name : Anthony Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stage Manager

Original Name : Tommy Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Potential Backer

Original Name : Gregory Walcott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Another Backer

Original Name : Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man McCoy

Original Name : Rance Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Strowski

Original Name : Vasek Simek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampira's Assistant

Original Name : Alan Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampira's Girlfriend

Original Name : Salwa Ali

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vampira's Friend

Original Name : Rodney Kizziah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indian Musician

Original Name : Korla Pandit

Gender : Male

Character Name : Greta Johnson

Original Name : Hannah Eckstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karl Johnson

Original Name : Luc De Schepper

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Horror Show Director

Original Name : Vinny Argiro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Patti Tippo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Ray Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rental House Manager

Original Name : Louis Lombardi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Theatre Manager

Original Name : Jim Boyce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Kid

Original Name : Ben Ryan Ganger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frantic Usher

Original Name : Ryan Holihan

Gender : Male

Character Name : High School Punk

Original Name : Marc Revivo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tourist

Original Name : Charlie Holliday

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer #1

Original Name : Adam Drescher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer #2

Original Name : Ric Mancini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot / Strapping Young Man

Original Name : Daniel Riordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hammy Alien

Original Name : Mickey Cottrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Organist

Original Name : Christopher George Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Robert Binford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Herbert Boche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Linda Rae Brienza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Marlene Cook

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Sylvia Coussa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Audrey Cuyler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Joseph Golightly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Carrie Starner Hummel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Ramona Kemp-Blair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Carolyn Kessinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Nancy Longyear

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Matthew Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Robert Nuffer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : William Michael Short

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Susan Eileen Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : George F. Sterne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Charles Alan Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Cheri A. Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Member

Original Name : Cynthia Ann Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice LaMarche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wrestling Opponent (uncredited)

Original Name : Jesse Hernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sexy Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Lena Banks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Original Name : Ada Tai

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Original Name : Arlene Tai

Gender : Female

Character Name : Car Vandal (uncredited)

Original Name : Rayder Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Ralph Moratz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carny (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Blair

Gender : Male

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-09-12

**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.