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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
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By Deborah MacGillivray
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
When I heard about this movie being made I thought 'are they nuts?'. Ed Wood NEVER made a good movie in his life, so how could they make a good movie about his life. Well, they did not make a good movie, they made a Brilliant movie. The writing, directing and acting are magnificent. This movie is a laugh riot, border line farce you would think, till you understand THAT WAS Wood!! Yet the movie mines deep pulling no punches, but at the same time reaching into your heart. Depp shows he is one of the best actors of today, Martin Landau demonstrate in his later years just was a true craftsman he is. His Lugosi is dead on target without being one thimble full of OTT. He is funny, sharp and makes you feel so much for the sad actor that faced this bitter end.
Just brilliant!!
By Deborah MacGillivray
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
When I heard about this movie being made I thought 'are they nuts?'. Ed Wood NEVER made a good movie in his life, so how could they make a good movie about his life. Well, they did not make a good movie, they made a Brilliant movie. The writing, directing and acting are magnificent. This movie is a laugh riot, border line farce you would think, till you understand THAT WAS Wood!! Yet the movie mines deep pulling no punches, but at the same time reaching into your heart. Depp shows he is one of the best actors of today, Martin Landau demonstrate in his later years just was a true craftsman he is. His Lugosi is dead on target without being one thimble full of OTT. He is funny, sharp and makes you feel so much for the sad actor that faced this bitter end.
Just brilliant!!
By JR
Format:DVD
Ed Wood is available on DVD from Amazon.co.uk or Play(Region 2) For my money this is Tim B's best film. Bill Murray steals every scene he appears in. But then every actor delivers a really lively performance plus Juliet Landau looks incredible, what better reason to get your DVD machine 'chipped'?
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"This story's gonna grab people."
Johnny Depp stars as Ed Wood, arguably the worst movie director of all time, in this amusing and at times, touching story of Ed's career in the fifties. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kona
4.0 out of 5 stars
Burton and Depp's best.
Very funny look at the life of Edward D. Wood Jr(played by Johnny Depp)This movie got me more interested in Ed Wood as well as Depp. Read more
Published on Feb 22 2009 by Richard Mather
2.0 out of 5 stars
wat happened johnny
this is prolly one of the worst movies i've ever seen. it's super draggy and the plot kind of goes around in circles the only reason i bought it was because it has johnny depp in... Read more
Published on Mar 4 2007 by Ian Milne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Arguably Burton's Best
"Ed Wood," with the possible exception of "Batman," is Tim Burton's best film. It's a very funny chronicle of the life of the titular transvestite Z-grade film... Read more
Published on Dec 18 2004 by J. Pinkerton Snoopington
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best Films You've Probably Never Seen
Ed Wood (1924-1978) is generally regarded as the single worst film maker to emerge from Hollywood. This is not really true, for there were and are aplenty worse. Read more
Published on Jun 8 2004 by Gary F. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Burton cares.
This is Tim Burton saying that no matter how many people don't care about B-horror pictures, he does, and showing us that there can be poetry in them. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2004 by Ben Parker
4.0 out of 5 stars
A future release for you...in the future
Wow, I only now (3/7/4) read that the Ed Wood DVD was recalled. Fortunately, my copy had already been shipped to me :-)
I did not notice any technical problems playing the movie... Read more
Published on Mar 8 2004 by K. Gittins
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lets buy the f@#$@%!!!!!!!
I have a copy so listen up. I still think this was a mistake for me to buy except for the fact that I could sell this on ebay. Read more
Published on Mar 5 2004 by newfound32
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have a copy that fell through the cracks
Thanks to the thoughtfulness and tenacity of a friend, I have a copy that was put on a shelf and sold before the recall. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2004 by Matthew V Messina
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHERE IS IT??
Tim Burton's masterpiece Ed Wood was to be released on February 10th, chock full of special features including commentary. My question is: WHERE IS IT?? Read more
Published on Feb 20 2004 by Benjamin Wink
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