Ed Wood

Year:

1994

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Tim Burton

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1994-09-28

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $18,000,000

Opening Weekend: $1,900,000 (USA) (2 October 1994)

Gross: $5,887,457 (USA) Admissions 225,000 (France)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ben Ryan Ganger

Johnny Depp

Ed Wood

Martin Landau

Bela Lugosi

Sarah Jessica Parker

Dolores Fuller

Patricia Arquette

Kathy O'Hara

Jeffrey Jones

Criswell

G.D. Spradlin

Reverend Lemon

Vincent D'Onofrio

Orson Welles

Bill Murray

Bunny Breckinridge

Mike Starr

Georgie Weiss

Max Casella

Paul Marco

Brent Hinkley

Conrad Brooks

Lisa Marie

Vampira

George 'The Animal' Steele

Tor Johnson

Juliet Landau

Loretta King

Clive Rosengren

Ed Reynolds

Norman Alden

Cameraman Bill

Leonard Termo

Makeup Man Harry

Ned Bellamy

Dr. Tom Mason

Danny Dayton

Soundman

Ross Manarchy

Camera Assistant

Bill Cusack

Tony McCoy

Aaron Nelms

Teenage Kid

Biff Yeager

Rude Boss

Joseph R. Gannascoli

Security Guard

Carmen Filpi

Old Crusty Man

Lisa Malkiewicz

Secretary #1

Melora Walters

Secretary #2

Conrad Brooks

Bartender

Don Amendolia

Salesman

Tommy Bertelsen

Tough Boy

Reid Cruickshanks

Stage Guard

Stanley DeSantis

Mr. Feldman (as Stanley Desantis)

Lionel Decker

Executive #1

Edmund L. Shaff

Executive #2

Gene LeBell

Ring Announcer

Jesse Hernandez

Wrestling Opponent

Bobby Slayton

TV Show Host

Gretchen Becker

TV Host's Assistant

John Rice

Conservative Man

Catherine Butterfield

Conservative Wife

Mary Portser

Backer's Wife

King Cotton

Hick Backer

Don Hood

Southern Backer

Frank Echols

Doorman

Matthew Barry

Valet

Ralph Monaco

Waiter

Anthony Russell

Busboy

Tommy Bush

Stage Manager

Gregory Walcott

Potential Backer

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

Another Backer

Rance Howard

Old Man McCoy

Vasek Simek

Professor Strowski

Alan Martin

Vampira's Assistant

Salwa Ali

Vampira's Girlfriend

Rodney Kizziah

Vampira's Friend

Korla Pandit

Indian Musician

Hannah Eckstein

Greta Johnson

Luc De Schepper

Karl Johnson

Vinny Argiro

TV Horror Show Director

Patti Tippo

Nurse

Ray Baker

Doctor

Louis Lombardi

Rental House Manager

Jim Boyce

Theatre Manager (as James Reid Boyce)

Ryan Holihan

Frantic Usher

Marc Revivo

High School Punk

Charlie Holliday

Tourist

Adam Drescher

Photographer #1

Ric Mancini

Photographer #2

Daniel Riordan

Pilot

Mickey Cottrell

Hammy Alien

Christopher George Simpson

Organist

Robert Binford

Choir Member

Herbert Boche

Choir Member

Linda Rae Brienza

Choir Member

Marlene Cook

Choir Member

Sylvia Coussa

Choir Member

Audrey Cuyler

Choir Member

Joseph Golightly

Choir Member

Carrie Starner Hummel

Choir Member

Ramona Kemp-Blair

Choir Member

Carolyn Kessinger

Choir Member

Nancy Longyear

Choir Member

Matthew Nelson

Choir Member

Robert Nuffer

Choir Member

William Michael Short

Choir Member

Susan Eileen Simpson

Choir Member

George F. Sterne

Choir Member

Charles Alan Stephenson

Choir Member

Cheri A. Williams

Choir Member

Cynthia Ann Wilson

Choir Member

Bill Anderson

Wrestling Referee (uncredited)

Lena Banks

Sexy Pedestrian (uncredited)

Mike Breyer

Photographer (uncredited)

Ryal Haakenson

Wedding Guest / Theatre Goer (uncredited)

Zachary Keats

Trick-or-Treating Kid (uncredited)

Susan Knego

Girl in Theater Lobby (uncredited)

Maurice LaMarche

Orson Welles

Tanya Marten

Secretary (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Extra (uncredited)

John Michael Quinn

Minister (uncredited)

Danny Ramirez

Wrestler Trainer (uncredited)

Ada Tai

Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Arlene Tai

Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Rayder Woods

Car Vandal (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Originally developed at Columbia, studio boss Mark Canton and Tim Burton fell out when the former objected to the film being made in black and white. Burton walked off with the project, shopping it around various other studios, until Disney decided to make it through its Touchstone banner.

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Gregory Walcott: who appeared in Edward D. Wood Jr.'s original film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), plays the potential backer who introduces Wood (Johnny Depp) to Vampira.

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The sweeping music during the epilogue is based on the music from Glen or Glenda (1953).

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Goofs

Bela says he hasn't "worked in four years" when in fact he had made two films, Vampire Over London and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.

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As a sight gag, during the premiere of Plan 9 from Outer Space, Tor Johnson is shown sitting with his wife and two very chubby children. In reality, by the time "Plan 9" was made, Tor's son, Karl, was an adult working as a police officer. Karl had supplied the uniforms and police car for the production of "Plan 9 From Outer Space".

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Lugosi's two dogs disappear and reappear in his lap while he and Ed are watching Vampira's movie.

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Quotes

Edward D. Wood, Jr.: It's a guaranteed blockbuster.

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Makeup Man Harry: Ed, what am I gonna do here.

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Ed Reynolds: [referring to Tor Johnson] Why did you give HIM all the dialog? He is unintelligible!

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Faq

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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Is 'Ed Wood' based on a book?

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Guitarist and writer Rudolph Grey wrote the Ed Wood, Jr biography Nightmare of Ecstasy (1992) on which the biopic Ed Wood was based.

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What was the movie that Ed Wood was filming with Bela Lugosi when Lugosi died?

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The footage of Bela Lugosi ended up in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).

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