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Ed Wood (Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936212501
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Touchstone / Disney
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Touchstone / Disney
MPN: D29572D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Touchstone / Disney
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 127 minutes
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1994
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Editorial Review:
Edward D. Wood Jr. was an actor writer-director-producer, occasionally in drag, who combined meager bursts of talent with an undying optimism to create some of the most bizarrely memorable "B" movies to ever come out of Tinseltown. Though Wood died in obscurity as an alcoholic in 1978, his films have been considered cult classics for years. He is consistently voted the worst director who ever lived. You would think this an odd subject, but director Tim Burton harnesses the undying hopefulness that made Wood such a character. Shot in black and white, just like Wood's creations, this stylized, witty production captures the poetic absurdity of Wood's films and his unconventional life. Burton's recreation of Wood's wonderfully awful Plan 9 from Outer Space looks much better than the original low-budget quickie. Burton tackled an extremely strange subject matter for a biopic, but Wood is presented as naive almost to the point of delusion, so the story works. The pace sags in the middle, as the weirdness starts to wear thin, but Depp proves himself an adroit actor, even while wearing angora and a blonde wig. Wood's unconventional repertoire company is faithfully reproduced, including an Academy Award-winning Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi. Landau is pathetic, droll, and charismatic as the elderly junkie who made his last screen appearances in Wood's films. --Rochelle O'Gorman
From Tim Burton, acclaimed director of BIG FISH, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, and BATMAN, and the producer of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, comes the hilarious, true-life story of the wackiest filmmaker in Hollywood history, Ed Wood! Johnny Depp (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, CHOCOLAT, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) stars as the high-spirited movieman who refuses to let unfinished scenes, terrible reviews, and hostile studio executives derail his big-screen dreams. With an oddball collection of showbiz misfits, Ed takes the art of bad moviemaking to an all-time low! The all-star cast features Bill Murray (LOST IN TRANSLATION, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), Sarah Jessica Parker (TV's SEX AND THE CITY), Patricia Arquette (STIGMATA, LITTLE NICKY), and an Academy Award(R)-winning performance by Martin Landau (Best Supporting Actor, 1994) as Bela Lugosi. Hailed by critics everywhere, this laugh-packed comedy hit is sure to entertain everyone!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Tragicomic
This is a sensitive film about human fallibility amazingly done up in the guise of a comedy. Johnny Depp's Ed Wood's is terrific. He plays a miserably flawed and totally deluded man...He plays him with sympathy and some understanding. It would have been easier, no doubt, to have played him as a vainglorious fool, but the director and producer decided on a more complex character. Woods is a man totally, and mistakenly, convinced of his artistic excellence. He is so convinced in himself that he ... Read More
Rating: - The best movie ever made about the worst movies ever made...
It's taken me a while, but I can finally agree that Johnny Depp is one of our finest working actors. Now that I've been able to explore his earlier work I can truly understand why the world in general loves him so much. I just remember back in 2003 when `Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl' was released and everyone started praising Johnny Depp as the greatest actor on the planet and he finally received his first Oscar nomination, and then the following year he did `Finding Neverland' ... Read More
Rating:  - Ed Wood (Special Edition)
It was a good movie that I loved. Tim Burton's style of directing is great.
Rating: - "Get Me Transvestites. I Need Transvestites"
Poor Ed Wood. Commonly acknowledged as the worst director ever, he is now immortalized forever in a biopic as...quite possibly the worst director ever. Yeah. And he liked to wear women's clothes. Even parachuted during WW2 wearing women's underwear. Pretty bad situation to be in if your bra begins to chafe. Think about it.
Depp plays Wood with a wide-eyed desperate earnestness. A free spirit, an unfailing optimist and a merry leader of a band of misfits. He even directs in drag. He's just ... Read More
Rating: - Great Little Movie!
Interestingly, I've read a lot of message boards and opinions that agree this is one of Tim Burton's worst movies. Yet it is getting an 8.1 rating on IMDb and is currently ranked #193 on their Top 250 (his highest ranked movie as far as I can tell; higher than Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Big Fish).
I tend to agree with the IMDb contingent. Martin Landau's performance (as Bela Lugosi) alone makes this movie great and worth repeat viewings. If any Oscar was more deserved ... Read More
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