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Ed Wood (Special Edition)

Jeffrey Jones (Actor), Johnny Depp (Actor), Tim Burton (Director, Producer) Rated:
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Contributor Patricia Arquette, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Parker, Denise Novi, Jeffrey Jones, Touchstone Pictures See more
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 7 minutes
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Story of low-budget Hollywood director Edward D. Wood, Jr., whose notoriously "bad" cult films include "Glen or Glenda?" (USA/1953) and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (USA/1956).

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Relay Time: 127 min
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Tim Burton
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 7 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 19, 2004
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jeffrey Jones, Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Patricia Arquette, Sarah Parker
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Tim Burton, Denise Novi
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000VD04M
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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casandra bullock
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Tim Burton movie ever!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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Ed Wood is such a great movie! Definitely worth it to have it on a nice hard copy DVD Johnny Depp is fabulous as always and Martin Landau is brilliant as Bela Lugosi.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Somebody Forgot The Octopus Motor"
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2004
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This is one of my favorite films of all time, and the DVD was certainly worth the wait. I have been an Ed Wood fan since reading "The Golden Turkey Awards" by Harry and Michael Medved many years ago. In the Medved book, Ed Wood not only was named the "Worst Director of All Time," but his masterwork, "Plan Nine From Outer Space" won "Worst Movie of All Time." That is high praise indeed, but I think the reason Ed won was because of his naive commitment to his work. A lot of directors have made a lot of worse movies than Ed did (many with astronomically larger budgets), but the devoted earnestness of Wood's films truly set them apart.

In this film, shot in perfectly suited black and white, Johnny Depp plays Ed Wood in the greatest performance of his career. Depp shines as the eccentric director, and truly brings the character to life in a way that genuinely makes the audience like and appreciate Ed. The other towering figure in the movie is that of Martin Landau (who deservedly won an Oscar for this performance) as Ed's friend Bela Lugosi, the great man of gothic horror films. Landau is mesmerizing as Lugosi, and people familiar with Wood's films will be amazed by the uncanny accuracy of his performance. Through the relationship of these two men, the audience really comes to appreciate Wood's fundamental humanity. I can't say enough about Landau's performance. Rarely has there ever been another biopic performance as accurate or powerful.

The film traces Ed's film career from his personal statement about angora in "Glen or Glenda," through the "Bride of the Monster" debacle (the scene of Bela flailng with the unmotorized octopus alone is worth the price of the DVD), and finally to his opus, the film for which he will always be remembered, "Plan Nine From Outer Space." The sets throughout the film are absolutely perfect, and the interesting thing is how Director Tim Burton made the "Wood" sets look perfectly shoddy, without making them into a parody. The lighting and makeup are also perfect (Rick Baker also won an Oscar for makeup) and greatly enhance the period feel of the film.

Tim Burton will always have a special place in my heart for thoughtfully casting original Wood regulars Paul Marco, Conrad Brooks and Gregory Walcott in small roles. That was a greatly appreciated and gentlemanly touch.

The DVD was definitely worth the wait. There are several "making of" features (one featuring Johnny Depp in drag in a meat packing plant), the original trailer, commentary from several principals of the film, and a delightful (and extremely strange) music video, directed by, of all people, Toni Basil.

This is a great movie, and from what I have read about Wood, is generally quite accurate. The entire supporting cast is fabulous (particularly Bill Murray), and they truly manage to capture the essence of the Ed Wood experience. This is suitable for all audiences except young children. There are some language issues, and some issues of confused sexuality (crossdressing; angora fetish) that are not suitable for pre-teens.

Ed Wood finally got the recognition he deserved; I only wish he were around to enjoy it. He died in poverty in 1978. I recommend this film without any reservations. Thank you, Tim Burton.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great job
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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4.0 out of 5 stars ED WOOD (1994), TIM BURTON'S GLORIOUS SWANSONG.
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2010
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In 1980 , two years after Ed Wood`s alcohol related death at 54, film critic Michael Medved and his brother published "The Golden Turkey Awards" and gave Wood the award of being "The Worst Director of All Time" and naming his film Plan 9 From Outer Space "The Worst Film of All Time." The forever constipated Mr. Medved must had the biggest bowel movement of his life when he discovered that he and his brother unintentionally put the wheels in motion for the cult celebrity status of Wood who, to Medved, was little more than an object of derision.

Quite simply, Ed Wood was an outsider artist, whose medium was film. He managed to create two highly personalized "masterpieces" of naive surrealism; Glen or Glenda (1953) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) with "star" Bela Lugosi, who was clearly at the end of his tether.

In between these two films Wood made Bride of the Monster (1955) , also starring Lugosi (the only one of the three Wood films in which Lugosi actually `starred'), but that film was more of a concession to the genre and lacked the pronounced Woodian weirdness found in either Glen or Glenda or Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Fourteen years after Wood's cult status rocketed out of the pages of Medved's book, Tim Burton produced his valentine to Eddie. Clearly, Ed Wood was as personal a film for Burton as Glen and Plan 9 had been for Wood. Burton faced immense difficulty in mounting the project and was given what, for him, was a small budget. Artistically, the endeavor paid off and even did so financially, in time, although it took Touchstone years to realize the film's cult potential for the DVD market.

In 1994 Tim Burton was the perfect artist to bring Ed's story to the screen. Burton, recognizing a fellow auteur and genuine oddball, treated Wood, not with derision, but with the respect he deserved. Before Ed Wood, Burton, although trained at Disney, was still an outsider with Hollywood backing, which makes him (in that regard) a kindred spirit to Stanley Kubrick. Burton's first big budget feature effort had been Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985), a zany Caligari-esque journey in craoyla colors. The success of that film lead to bigger successes. Beetlejuice (1988) and the epic Batman (1989) followed. Both of those films starred Burton's greatest collaborator, Michael Keaton. Edward Sissorhands (1990) was a beautifully elegiac, quirky, flawed film. It was also Burton's first film with future collaborator Johnny Depp. Batman Returns (1992) was a more personal vision of the Dark Knight in which Charles Dickens yuletide season goes straight to a superhero burlesque hell. That film remains, to this day, the greatest film incarnation of a comic book character.

Of course, Ed Wood followed, but something happened to Burton after this film. Mars Attacks (1996) was Burton's attempt to make an Ed Wood-like film, but he didn't learn the George Stevens lesson. Steven had made his Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and it is one the most frustrating misfires in cinema history, featuring a sublime performance from Max Von Sydow as Christ and a damned fine one from the much put upon Charlton Heston as the Baptist. These performances and the cinematography (Lloyd Griggs and William Mellor) are sabotaged by Stevens decision to insert cameos from a plethora of big named stars, such as John Wayne as a roman soldier. Stevens defended this marketing decision by claiming that "no one will notice in twenty years." It's been over forty years and it is still a blatantly distracting example in which marketing trumps art. Burton repeated this mistake, treated Woodian weirdness like the Bible, and it was a major distraction. Audiences and critics responded coolly.

After that, Burton's genuine penchant for weirdness was sacrificed for tinseled weirdness, not only apparent in all the films which have followed, but also in his personal and aesthetic preferences. Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp are hopelessly polished when compared to the likes of genuine, internalized eccentrics such as Paul Reubens, Lisa Marie and Michael Keaton. Depp's current, most popular work may well be with Burton, but his best work remains with other directors, such as Jim Jarmusch in Dead Man (1995) and Sally Potter in The Man Who Cried (2000). Those two directors were able to draw much more wistful, more nuanced, fully fleshed out performances from Depp. Under Burton, Depp has become far too grandiose and obvious.

This was not yet the case when the two collaborated for Ed Wood. The renegade spirit was still in full force and Burton had the cast, crew and enthusiasm to do it justice. Much has been written about Martin Landau's performance, and the accolades are deserving. Landau had done prior excellent character work in Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker (1988) and Woody Allen`s Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), both of which garnered him Academy Award nominations. Landau would top both of these films, giving the performance of his life, as Lugosi in Ed Wood. Even the Academy realized it and finally honored Landau's work.

Bill Murray as Bunny Breckenridge, Patricia Arquette as Kathy Wood, Jeffrey Jones as Criswell, Mike Starr as Georgie Weiss, Lisa Marie as Vampira, George Steele as Tor Johnson, and Juliette Landau as Loretta King are equally superb and followed Burton, Depp and Landau's lead in giving the freaks full dignity due. Even the casting of Sarah Jessica Parker works since the actress proved to be just as witless, over-inflated and annoying as her character, Delores Fuller.

The film itself is, naturally, a mix of fact and fiction. Wisely, Burton does not cover Wood's films preceeding and following Lugosi, because Ed Wood is about Ed's relationships with his fellow misfits. The world they share together is as unique and special to them as the island of misfit toys is to a Charlie in the Box. Even Parker, as Delores, realizes it and tells Eddie, "This is not the real world. You have surrounded yourself with a gang of misfits and dope addicts." She is right, of course and, thankfully, banishes herself from the Woodian universe to forever disappear in that thick as peanut butter fog of deserved suburban obscurity.

Wood and the Plan 9 company did get baptized in a Baptist church to pacify Wood's religious backers, they did steal the rubber octopus for Bride of the Monster, and they did forget to steal the motor. However, Ed's with meeting Orson Welles, his idol, never happened, but it is a hilarious, well done scene. Unlike the movie, Lugosi's funeral was actually well attended ( secretly paid for by Frank Sinatra), but these are really inconsequential points. With Ed Wood, Tim Burton cemented the legend of a fellow misfit and only Burton, in that time and place, could do it.

Half a century has passed since the premiere of Plan 9 From Outer Space and we are still discussing it and its creator. That is for a reason. Countless bad movies have come, gone, and remain forgotten. There is nothing special about a bad movie, unless it is full of personality. Ed Wood briefly was able to inject himself into a few special films, before he began to drown in his rejection. With Plan 9 From outer Space and Glen or Glenda, Ed Wood and his art are totally inseparable. Ed Wood's films are art. Attempted descriptions such as "bad", "good", " camp", "unintentional" are rendered superfluous, and this is how it should be, because Ed Wood forces his audience into a completely subjective experience. Tim Burton pays Wood the highest compliment by following suit. Ed Wood Jr. will be remembered long after the successful and bland Ron Howards of this world are forgotten.

Tim Burton will be remembered, as well, for that period--the time of Burton's most honest and individual films--in which he still was able to connect with the misfits and had the ability and clout to make Hollywood and audiences connect as well. Later, he dropped the Ed Wood ball forever. Tim Burton is no longer a misfit, a renegade spirit, or a visionary. Today, he would not recognize or bond with Edward D. Wood, Jr. Ed Wood was Tim Burton's actual swansong and, although a box office disappointment, it too will be remembered long after Burton's "more successful" films have vanished. Undoubtedly, Burton will continue to make a plethora of commercial successes; and even if it seems he shot his final wad with Ed Wood, that is still is far more than many ever get the opportunity to do.

* MY REVIEW WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT 366 WEIRD MOVIES
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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It's a funny movie and the DVD plays in any device I put it in so no problems.
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Jennifer L Peebles
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023
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I believe this was the first Burton/Depp collaboration. I am always a sucker for true stories, especially old Hollywood. My son had never seen this film so I rented a digital copy. Overall, his opinion is Ed Wood is Burton's best film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best ever
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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You either get this movie or you dont, easily Johnny Depps greatest work
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Paul Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MOVIE
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2022
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I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS MOVIE-A MUST SEE FOR ANY JOHNNY DEPP FAN
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Osvaldo Silva
5.0 out of 5 stars Características do Disco
Reviewed in Spain on January 22, 2023
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Blu-ray - Legendas em Português do Brasil.
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Deckard72
5.0 out of 5 stars Il regista senza fortuna...
Reviewed in Italy on August 11, 2021
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Piacevole omaggio di Tim Burton a questo misconosciuto regista d'oltre-oceano, forse il più sfortunato di Hollywood, con tante idee, pochi mezzi (o nulli), perennemente in bolletta, ma grande appassionato di cinema e di tutto quello che ci gravita attorno...
Da segnalare il Grande Martin Landau nella parte del grande Bela Lugosi, immortale primo Dracula del periodo horror della Universal.
Come al solito Johnny Depp fa la sua bella parte nei panni di Ed Wood, appunto il regista senza fortuna e con strane manie feticistiche nei confronti degli abiti da donna...
Bella l'idea di girare tutto in bianco e nero, omaggio al cinema che fu di Hollywood, dei suoi miti (Bela Lugosi) e delle sue leggende (si fece seppellire vestito da Dracula, con tanto di mantello), quando i divi e le dive "bucavano" letteralmente il grande schermo, finivano sui rotocalchi e facevano sognare...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ed Wood, der schlechteste Regisseur....
Reviewed in Germany on July 18, 2021
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aller Zeiten wird von Ausnahmeregisseur Tim Burton 1994 mi diesem Film verewigt.

Und, wo Tim Burton steht, ist auch Johnny Depp nicht weit. Wenn ich mich nicht irre, haben die beiden ACHT Filme zusammengemacht, von Edward mit den Scherenhänden aus dem Jahr 1990 bis Dark Shadows - im Jahr 2012.
Ich würde mich sehr freuen (da bin ich nicht allein), wenn die ZWEI einen neuen Film drehen würden. Wie dem auch sei, alle Filme vom Duo Burton/Depp sind sehr gut.

ZU DER GESCHICHTE:
Ed Wood (1924 - 1978) ist ein Regisseur, Produzent, Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, also ein All­round­ta­lent. Leider sehen die anderen in der Filmbranche das nicht so.
Er versucht jedoch immer wieder ans Geld zu kommen, er hat viele Ideen, die Skript's sprudeln nur...doch, er findet keinen Geldgeber.

Nebenbei liebt er, in die Frauenkleider zu schlüpfen. Er mag Frauen, aber, das hält nicht davon ab, dass er sich von seiner Freundin Dolores Fuller (Sarah Jessica Parker) Unterwäsche, Pullover und andere Kleidungsstücke borgt. Die wundert sich, weil sie einen flauschigen rosa Pullover nicht finden kann.
Ihr Freund trägt ihn, versteckt jedoch diese Leidenschaft von ihr.
Es sind die 50-Jahre, eine prüde Zeit, vielleicht ist Hollywood etwas da anders, aber nicht offiziell...

Ed trifft in der Stadt zufällig Bela Lugosi, nein, der ist noch nicht tot, obwohl viele denken, der "Dracula" (1931) lebt nicht mehr...Ed freut sich und möchte dem einstigen Filmstar eine Rolle geben.
Lugosi (gespielt von Martin Landau) lebt verarmt und vergessen in einem Häuschen am Rande der Stadt.
Er sagt zu, er will in Film "Glen or Glenda" mitwirken. Der Film wird ein Flop.

Doch, Ed macht weiter. Sein Idol ist Orson Welles und dessen Film "Citizen Kane" ist sein Lieblingsstreifen. Er bewundert Welles, weil er ALLES alleine machen kann und darf. So möchte er auch werden.

Irgendwie kommt er zu Geld, kann einige Szenen drehen (nur einmal, für Wiederholungen reicht das Geld nie...), dann werden die Dreharbeiten frühzeitig beendet. Ohne Geld, kein Film!
Er will weitermachen, er hat einen perfekten "Monster" gefunden, Tor Johnson (George Steele), ein schwedischer Wrestler macht mit.

Die Frauenrollen kann er auch besetzen. Zufällig trifft er auf Loretta King (Juliet Landau), die ihm irgendwas über Film und Geld erzählt. Er glaubt, sie habe das nötige Kleingeld und gibt ihr kurzerhand die Hauptrolle in seinem neuen Film.
Dolores ist damit fast raus. Bald verschwindet sie aus seinem Leben. Sie hat genug, schlechte Rollen, ein Mann, der ihre Kleider trägt, zuviel...

Sein nächster Film soll so ein Meisterwerk werden. Diesmal bekommt er das Geld von der baptisischen Kirche (es lohnt sich die Szenen sehr genau anzusehen...). Zwar muss er einige Male den Titel ändern, damit die Geldgeber zufrieden sind, doch "Plan 9 aus dem Weltall" wird fertig. Eine große Leistung, besonders, wenn man bedenkt, dass eine der Hauptrollen Bela Lugosi spielt, der diesmal wirklich tot ist.
Ed hat nur eine Szene mit ihm, er findet ein Double, dass Tom Mason keine große Ähnlichkeit hat, macht nichts. Er wird sein Gesicht nur zur Hälfte zeigen.
Der Film ist...ja, diesmal ist Publikum zufrieden.

Jetzt wird Ednoch lieber/schneller Filme machen...sein Team bleibt ihm treu. So spielt Maila Nurmi bzw. Vampira mit, Criswell auch...
Sein Plan 9 ist natürlich schlecht, aber, was sagt man...es ist so schlecht, dass es dann schon gut oder sogar SEHR GUT sein kann.

So sieht das Publikum heute Wood' Filme. Leider hat er das nicht mehr erlebt, er ist 1978 gestorben, das Alkohol war sein Schicksal.

FAZIT:
Tim Burton macht das, was er immer tut. Einen Film, bei dem die Darsteller*innen das Beste geben. Sarah Jessica Parker spielt Dolores Fuller, die bei den Dreharbeiten noch gelebt hat, perfekt. Sie ist platinblond, eine ganz passable Schauspielerin, Ms. Parker zeigt, was sie kann!

Martin Landau hat für die Rolle den Oscar bekommen. Verdient! Er ist Bela Lugosi.
Eine Szene, Ed kommt ins Haus, findet Lugosi am Boden, hilft ihm und fragt; "Was möchten Sie, Wasser oder eine Decke?" "Gulasch", antwortet Lugosi. Ed weiß nicht, was Gulasch ist, er ist kein Ungar.
Lisa Marie ist in der Rolle der Vampira, die beim TV mitmacht, einzigartig.
Vergessen wir nicht Bill Murray, der für eine Operation in Mexico Geld braucht. Er möchte eine Frau werden...
Ich habe einige nicht erwähnt, obwohl wirklich alle die Rollen so lebendig spielen, dass der Film an Qualität gewinnt, und zwar je länger er dauert...
Natürlich ist das ein "Tim Burton - Werk", aber, man muss erstmal sein Team vorbereiten, um solche Resultate zu bekommen.

Es ist ein Film, der uns immer wieder zum Lachen bringt, der uns gewisse Melancholie und Trauer zurücklässt...die ganze Welt ist ein Film, könnte da stehen.
Ein Film über einen Mann, der seinem Idol folgen möchte, am Ende nur noch C-Filme macht (B-sind nicht drin), der mit 54 Jahren an Herzinfarkt stirbt, ist eigentlich traurig.
Wenn ihn Burton macht, wird der Film zu einem Erlebnis. Und zu einem Denkmal für den Regisseur Edward Davies „Ed“ Wood jr., der angeblich so schlechte Filme gemacht hat.
Und, Johnny Depp ist perfekter Ed Wood, er kann wirklich spielen. Würde er das machen, auch seine Musik und...aber, hätte er andere Sachen nicht getan, wäre er kein J. Depp. Seine Welt ist eine einzige Filmrolle, manchmal ist es schwierig sich in der Realität zurechtzufinden.

Wirklich?
Ansehen, auch zum dritten Mal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pour l'amour du cinema
Reviewed in France on January 12, 2021
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Ed wood est un film merveilleux pour ceux qui aiment ou veulent faire du cinema.
Cela retrace la vie de ed wood junior, scenariste, cineaste a ses heures perdue. Ed wood est considéré comme le plus mauvais realisateur de tous les temps. Mais frenchement, on s'en fiche, car il a gagné ses lettres de noblesse apres sa mort. Il a un peu crée le genre nanar que l'on voit encore de nos jours.
Tout est perfectible chez lui, la facon de jouer, de filmer, 1 seule prises, des costumes kitch, des histoires et des films a se dire, mais ou a t-il ete cherché ca.
Ce film montre les dehors et dedans d'hollywood, ou Bella Lugosi est une star dechu, hollywood une course au pognon. Ed wood, rencontrera des monstres du cinema, tissera des liens pour arriver a ses visions de film. Ce film est bouleverssant, car son cinema est authentique et
Johnny deep le joue a merveille
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