Ed Wood is a 1994 American comedy-drama biopic directed and produced by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as cult filmmaker Ed Wood. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau. Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Lisa Marie, and Bill Murray are among the supporting cast.
The film was conceived by writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski when they were students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Irritated at being thought of solely as writers for family films with their work on Problem Child and its sequel, Alexander and Karaszewski struck a deal with Burton and Denise Di Novi to produce the Ed Wood biopic, and Michael Lehmann as director. Due to scheduling conflicts with Airheads, Lehmann had to vacate the director's position, which was taken over by Burton.
Ed Wood was originally in development at Columbia Pictures, but the studio put the film in 'turnaround' over Burton's decision to shoot in black-and-white. Ed Wood was taken to Walt Disney Pictures, who released the film under their Touchstone Pictures banner. The film was released to critical acclaim, but was not a box office success. It won two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Landau and Best Makeup for Rick Baker (who designed Landau's prosthetic makeup), Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng.
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ROAD TRIPPIN' vampires transsexual nudityVenus de Milo cemetery gay detective Dirty FairyGoody Two Shoes death seat phobia an alien named Queer-O friendship (as in meaning of) ... drama, trauma & sick hilarity !!!HAIL TO THE GROUPIES (sound like fun?)A movie director's assistant and her friends faithfully search for the meaning of life and love amid the wasteland of contemporary Hollywood.
Keywords: farce, nudity, parody, sex-comedy, transgender, vampire
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Lives and Deaths of the Poets spoofs and parodies incidents taken from the lives of famous writers, artists, and musicians (collectively "Poets") throughout history. Comprising a series of approximately 50 comic vignettes, the movie is the fictional story of what really did not happen to these famed Poets, who have so enriched all of our lives.
Keywords: emperor-nero, independent-film, musician, nudity, parody, poet, sketch-comedy, spoof, writer
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Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial sucedieron cosas terribles, pero nunca se supo que el destino del mundo entero dependía de dos únicos soldados: «El Rey de los cómics», Jack Kirby y «El peor director de cine de todos los tiempos» Ed Wood. Ambos se verán inmersos en una misión en la que deberán cumplir su destino. Murciélagos, nazis muertos, seres malvados y un extraño mentor, les llevarán a vivir una aventura que marcará sus vidas, pero no en este mundo, sino al otro lado del espejo
Keywords: comics, jack, kirby, wood
Two outstanding men, become two outstanding heroes.
Two Sisters. One Camera.
Grave robbing. Monsters. Mad science. Just your average Saturday night . . .
Uncle Ghoulie: Hey there fright fans!
Carbuncle: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear
Uncle Ghoulie: Gordon... Gordon old man... what do ya say hop on up to the projection booth and spool this baby on up!
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The life of 'Edward D. Wood Jr.', hailed as the worst director (of _Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)_ (qv), _Glen or Glenda (1953)_ (qv) and _Bride of the Monster (1955)_ (qv)) of all time.
Keywords: 1950s, actor, actress, affection, angora, angora-sweater, apartment, b-movie, bach's-toccata-and-fugue, baptism
Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness.
When it came to making bad movies, Ed Wood was the best.
Kathy O'Hara: Eddie's the only fella in town who doesn't pass judgment on people.::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: That's right. If I did, I wouldn't have any friends.
[Bela, in his Dracula costume, hears the doorbell on Halloween night]::Bela Lugosi: Children! I love children.
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: I met Bela Lugosi.::Dolores Fuller: Why, I thought he was dead.::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: No, he's very much alive. Well, sort of.
[Bela Lugosi casts a love spell on Vampira who is on TV while moving his fingers like Dracula]::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: My Gosh, Bela, how do you do that?::Bela Lugosi: You must be double-jointed. And you must be Hungarian.
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Boy, Mr. Lugosi, you must lead such an exciting life! When is your next picture coming out?::Bela Lugosi: I have no next picture.::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: You gotta be joking, a great star like you? You must have dozens of them lined up!::Bela Lugosi: Back in the old days, yes... Now, no one gives two fucks for Bela.::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: But you're a big star!::Bela Lugosi: No more. I haven't worked in four years. This business, this town, it chews you up, then spits you out.::[pauses]::Bela Lugosi: I'm just an ex-boogeyman.
Bela Lugosi: They don't want the classic horror films anymore. Today it's all giant bugs. Giant spiders, giant grasshoppers... Who would believe such nonsense?
[Bela Lugosi answers the door on Halloween night wearing his Dracula costume]::Children: Trick or treat! [At the sight of Dracula, all but one little boy scream and run away]::Bela Lugosi: Aren't you scared, little boy? I'm going to drink your blood!::Little boy: You're not a real vampire. Those teeth don't frighten me.::[Bela looks puzzled. Ed Wood appears next to him in the doorway]::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: How 'bout these? [Pulls out his entire row of front teeth]::[Little boy screams and runs away]::Bela Lugosi: Hey... How d'you do that?::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Dentures! [Holds them up] Lost my pearlies in the war!
Georgie Weiss: Why would Lugosi wanna do a sex-change flick?::Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Because he's my friend!
[On the phone, agitated]::Georgie Weiss: Look, look, look, when I said that you could have the western territories, I didn't mean all 11 states! I meant California, Oregon, and, uh, what's that one on top...::[Looks at map]::Georgie Weiss: Washington! Yeah, yeah. Oh, really? Well, *screw you*!
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: My girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are always stretched out.