His next film was the low budget ed wood 1994, which was well received by critics, but was burtons first commercial failure. He started his film career by playing glen lantz in the 1984 horror film a nightmare on elm street. Ed wood was originally in development at columbia pictures, but the studio put the film in turnaround over burtons decision to shoot in blackandwhite. Johnny depp portrays legendary zmovie schlock director ed wood, jr. He said, isnt that nice that somebody remembers me, and that someone thinks of me.
Finden sie ed wood special edition in unserem vielfaltigen dvd. Movie characters quiz, movie resume quiz, character, three, tim burton. Catch charlie and the chocolate factory this month on ifc. He started to fail upward as his classic movies like plan 9 turned out to be fan favourites and classics. Ed wood is everupbeat and confident, able to inspire the team around him. The number of characters in ed, edd n eddy is fixed at twelve thirteen if plank, a board of wood who acts as one characters imaginary friend, is included. The film stars clancy malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal.
Before tommy wiseau and the room, there was ed wood. And ed wood, to me, had always been this old drunk who wrote porn. It focuses on a brief period in wood s life, going from his early days of. Burton was supposed to direct batman forever, but the studios did not like the direction of the previous installment, so they gave it to joel schumacher. Ed wood was taken to walt disney studios, which produced the film through its touchstone pictures label. Ed wood movie simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nov 14, 2011 in the comments to the 10 characters who shouldnt have died thread, essential eloquent superasente he of the zombie jumping the shark art suggested an evil universe version of that list. Burton is inclined to produce a flop, when he indulges too much.
Jan 15, 2014 very funny scene with johnny depp as ed wood, probably the worlds worst director of all time. Ed s baby sister is a bossy, mywayorthehighway kind of person who likes to have everything done her way. Jonny is the only character besides the eds and rolf to have a very young version of himself shown briefly. Thus, the 10 movie characters who should have died when they had the chance was born. In 1991, woods life became the subject of a biography titled nightmare of ecstasy, written by rudolph grey. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama movie directed and produced by tim burton, and starring johnny depp.
Rent ed wood 1994 starring johnny depp and martin landau on dvd and bluray. See our topranked characters and read their profiles. Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director ed wood johnny depp is a hollywood outcast. Ed wood was a little known filmmaker from the early 1950s who gained posthumous notoriety for his dreadful bgrade science fiction films in the mid80s. One cannot imagine how much the movies legitimacy would have been lessened if it was in color. During the first meeting between ed wood and george weiss where ed is trying to get funding for glen or glenda, weiss mentions he did a movie entitled chained girls, which came out after glen or glenda. Written by reverend steve galindo, founder of the church of ed wood. Just as the audiences stayed away from mars attacks. Jan 11, 2012 from director tim burton comes the hilarious, truelife story of the wackiest filmmaker in hollywood history, ed wood. Sleepy hollow willy wonka charlie and the chocolate factory ed wood. This is the old version of the characters that featured in take this ed and shove it. The screenwriter, director, producer and actor was responsible for the. Ed wood is a 1994 american biographical dramedy film directed and produced by tim burton and starring johnny depp as the eponymous cult filmmaker. Take a look back at the range of overthetop characters johnny depp has played throughout his career.
Woods most famous films are plan 9 from outer space during which his star, bela lugosi, died and was replaced by a double with a cloak. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. The series takes place in the fictional town of peach creek. Johnny depp is an american actor, painter, character actor, voice actor, comedian, singer, director, songwriter, author, screenwriter, film producer, art director, discjockey, rock bassist, and musician. This movie is johhny depps portrayal of this wonderful, colourful, misunderstood character known as ed wood. This biography is taken from the book the woodism bible to be published eventually. Books by ed wood author of classic sourdoughs, revised. Posted by emmy potter on january 27th photo credit. The characters are a motley bunch with a mix of good and bad traits. Deviating from the general reallife consensus of wood, burtons film was an.
This category organizes characters in the franchise from both the original films and the hbo series, westworld. Ed wood from the movie ed wood 1994, screenplay by scott alexander and larry karaszewski, book by rudolph grey. The film concerns the period in wood s life when he made his bestknown films as well as his relationship with actor bela lugosi, played by martin landau. Here are 10 things that turn up in almost every tim burton movie. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous bela lugosi and a devoted. Featuring an allstar cast including bill murray, sarah jessica parker.
It would become the basis for the 1994 film ed wood by tim burton starring johnny depp as ed wood. Ed wood 1994 funny scene stuck in the door youtube. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced. Director, screenwriter, actor cowboy posthumously completed originally shot in 1948 as streets of laredo, this was the first film wood shot. Tim burton stuck with his goto man for the part, offering depp the opportunity to channel his reallife hollywood malaise into a project about a man who so desperately wanted to crack into the industry. This is the most uncomfortable coffin ive ever been in. Ed wood 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Very funny scene with johnny depp as ed wood, probably the worlds worst director of all time. Perhaps more than any other movie on this list, 2000s in the light of the mooned gein remains faithful to reallife events. In the comments to the 10 characters who shouldnt have died thread, essential eloquent superasente he of the zombie jumping the shark art suggested an evil universe version of that list. Tim burtons 10 weirdest characters, ranked screenrant. The movie also stars martin landau, sarah jessica parker, patricia arquette, jeffrey jones, lisa marie, george steele and bill murray.
Quick to judge and easy to anger, sarah has a tantrum for every occasion. Here is jason cuthberts weekly great character post. What a great, charming, funny way to spend 90 minutes. Typically, burtons storytelling is sometimes erratic, but his emphasis on humanizing marginal characters a project that seems central to his artistic agenda. Late in tim burtons sweetly bizarre ed wood, an exasperated financial backer. Ironically after ed wood passed, leaving his movies behind.
It depicts ed wood s creation of plan 9 from outer space. Ed wood 1994 the stories behind bad movies are frequently more grippingand nearly always more lucidthan the bad movies themselves, which explains why far more people might want to watch best worst movie than its subject, troll 2, or why they might connect more fully with american movie than. Lisa marie smith, and bill murray are among the supporting cast. Eds baby sister is a bossy, mywayorthehighway kind of person who likes to have everything done her way. Both him and jimmy are the only characters not to be served as boss fights in ed, edd n eddy jawbreakers. Even a small religious group became named after ed wood. Ed woods most popular book is death of a transvestite. It focuses on a brief period in woods life, going from his early days of. A biopic on ed wood s life, starring johnny depp and directed by tim burton. In 1994 director tim burton released the biopic ed wood, starring johnny depp in the title role and martin landau, who won an academy award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of bela lugosi.
Yes, wood was a seriously bad film director who made seriously bad films filled with seriously bad dialogue and amateur actors. Season one characters, season two characters, season three characters. This is a list of all the characters seen in ed, edd n eddy. In 1991, wood s life became the subject of a biography titled nightmare of ecstasy, written by rudolph grey. Ed wood has 53 books on goodreads with 1544 ratings. However, there is one key difference between this list than the others. Lesser men, if forced to make movies under the conditions wood faced, would have thrown up their hands in defeat. See the full list of the wood cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Johnny depp in yet another cult movie, depicting the mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends. From director tim burton comes the hilarious, truelife story of the wackiest filmmaker in hollywood history, ed wood.
Source ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced by tim burton, and starring johnny depp as cult filmmaker ed wood. Haunted mansion parlor night we move through a spooky shrouded parlor, as a storm rages outside. This documentary about the life and films of ed wood features interviews with wood s friends and coworkers and closely resembles wood s own style, albeit with slightly better miniatures. Jan 09, 2015 the great character theme for the month. If you dont admire his lace panties, you have to at least admire his passion for life. The only character on this list whos drawn from a reallife figure, ed wood was a filmmaker who directed bmovies with tacky special effects and onthenose performances, yet felt like he was an ingenious auteur in the mold of kubrick or godard or kurosawa, creating cinematic masterworks that demanded to be dissected by scholars. Depp in ed wood 1994 johnny depp and sarah jessica parker in ed wood.
Aside from the obvious horror theme of the post because both major players mentioned had some type of impact on the genre, which makes this somewhat of a natural october post, both ed wood and bela lugosi celebrated birthdays this month. The show revolves around three best friends ed, edd, and eddy, usually referred to. Jail bait also known as hidden face is a 1954 american film noir directed by ed wood, with a screenplay by wood and alex gordon. With an oddball collection of showbiz misfits, ed takes the art of bad. The 1994 film ed wood is an oscarwinning american comedydrama biopic that was produced and directed by tim burton and stars johnny depp. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced by. Ed wood, who died 35 years ago today, is known for the dubious distinction of having made some of the worst films of all time. It was widely known even at the time that wood himself was an enthusiastic transvestite, and when tim burton, director of the batman movies, announced a project named ed wood, i assumed it would be some kind of a camp sendup, maybe a cross between the rocky horror picture show and sunset boulevard. Favourite film characters who are involved with film. One cannot imagine how much the movie s legitimacy would have been lessened if it was in color. Ed wood is a 1994 biopic directed by tim burton about the career of edward d wood jr. Dirk diggler in boogie nights if you want to consider porn as film bq. The film follows geins childhood, depicts the suspicious accident that caused the death of geins brother who disapproved of the intense relationship ed had with their mother, explores geins crimes, and ends.
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