A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed "worst movie director of all time," Tim Burton's ED WOOD is nevertheless a delightful, zany, and ultimately moving film. Wood was the auteur behind GLEN OR GLENDA Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bill Murray |
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| Director | Tim Burton |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed "worst movie director of all time," Tim Burton's ED WOOD is nevertheless a delightful, zany, and ultimately moving film. Wood was the auteur behind GLEN OR GLENDA
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, G.D. Spradlin, Juliet Landau, Lisa Marie |
|---|---|
| Director | Tim Burton |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 15 Jun 2006 Production year: 1994 |
| Format | DVD |
Only one of cinema's finest directors could have so lovingly crafted this homage to one of its worst. Tim Burton's wonderful celebration of awful art, and the fascination it continues to exert, traces the weird career of director Edward D Wood Jr, from his autobiographical exploitation quickie Glen or Glenda — in which he cast himself as an anguished cross-dresser — to his masterpiece, the truly terrible Plan 9 from Outer Space. Johnny Depp gives an amazing performance as Wood in a brilliant black-and-white evocation of 1950s life in Grade Z-land, and Martin Landau deservedly won an Oscar for his uncanny impersonation of Wood's low-rent inspiration, Bela Lugosi. The re-creation of Wood's blatantly anti-aesthetic productions is astonishing.
A delightful, charming, straight-faced account of a hopelessly obsessive film-maker and transvestite, which turns his ineffectual life and career into some sort of triumphant celebration of the American dream, making a success of failure; its appeal, thou
Don't waste your time. The worst film I have ever seen and switched it off near the end.
This is a classic true life film. Johnny Depp shines as the title character, the worst director of all time, and Sarah Jessica Parker as his girlfriend. Another Tim Burton film that is really worth watching! Classic! Hilarious, heart breaking and though provoking.
Johnny Depp has his eye on a gender-bending movie role - he would love to portray singer/actress Carol Channing in a biopic. The character actor has regularly donned a series of bizarre outfits for his films, and even dressed up as a woman for his starring part in 1994 comedy Ed Wood. And he's determined to go even further with a future role - by playing 88-year-old Channing. He says, "My dream role would be to play musical legend Carol Channing in a biopic of her life. I love her, I really do, Read more