It depicts ed wood s creation of plan 9 from outer space. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. Sleepy hollow willy wonka charlie and the chocolate factory ed wood. 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. Ironically after ed wood passed, leaving his movies behind. This movie is johhny depps portrayal of this wonderful, colourful, misunderstood character known as ed wood. Here are 10 things that turn up in almost every tim burton movie. 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. 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. 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. Both him and jimmy are the only characters not to be served as boss fights in ed, edd n eddy jawbreakers. Jan 09, 2015 the great character theme for the month. Just as the audiences stayed away from mars attacks.
Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous bela lugosi and a devoted. Ed wood 1994 funny scene stuck in the door youtube. Deviating from the general reallife consensus of wood, burtons film was an. 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. Even a small religious group became named after ed wood. The series takes place in the fictional town of peach creek. The characters are a motley bunch with a mix of good and bad traits. 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. The film stars clancy malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal. Woodism is a popculturebased religion created in 1996 by reverend steve galindo. Take a look back at the range of overthetop characters johnny depp has played throughout his career.
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. Books by ed wood author of classic sourdoughs, revised. A biopic on ed wood s life, starring johnny depp and directed by tim burton. From director tim burton comes the hilarious, truelife story of the wackiest filmmaker in hollywood history, ed wood. However, there is one key difference between this list than the others. The show revolves around three best friends ed, edd, and eddy, usually referred to. Director, screenwriter, actor cowboy posthumously completed originally shot in 1948 as streets of laredo, this was the first film wood shot. Thus, the 10 movie characters who should have died when they had the chance was born. Season one characters, season two characters, season three characters. Ed wood movie simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Source ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced by tim burton, and starring johnny depp as cult filmmaker ed wood. Movie characters quiz, movie resume quiz, character, three, tim burton. Posted by emmy potter on january 27th photo credit. He started his film career by playing glen lantz in the 1984 horror film a nightmare on elm street.
Lesser men, if forced to make movies under the conditions wood faced, would have thrown up their hands in defeat. Haunted mansion parlor night we move through a spooky shrouded parlor, as a storm rages outside. 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. Ed s baby sister is a bossy, mywayorthehighway kind of person who likes to have everything done her way. 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. 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.
Yes, wood was a seriously bad film director who made seriously bad films filled with seriously bad dialogue and amateur actors. His next film was the low budget ed wood 1994, which was well received by critics, but was burtons first commercial failure. In 1991, wood s life became the subject of a biography titled nightmare of ecstasy, written by rudolph grey. See our topranked characters and read their profiles. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced by. Quick to judge and easy to anger, sarah has a tantrum for every occasion. Typically, burtons storytelling is sometimes erratic, but his emphasis on humanizing marginal characters a project that seems central to his artistic agenda.
What a great, charming, funny way to spend 90 minutes. Rent ed wood 1994 starring johnny depp and martin landau on dvd and bluray. With an oddball collection of showbiz misfits, ed takes the art of bad. Here is jason cuthberts weekly great character post. Ed wood is a 1994 biopic directed by tim burton about the career of edward d wood jr. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama biopic directed and produced. Perhaps more than any other movie on this list, 2000s in the light of the mooned gein remains faithful to reallife events. He started to fail upward as his classic movies like plan 9 turned out to be fan favourites and classics. The screenwriter, director, producer and actor was responsible for the. 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. If you dont admire his lace panties, you have to at least admire his passion for life.
Lisa marie smith, and bill murray are among the supporting cast. Jan 15, 2014 very funny scene with johnny depp as ed wood, probably the worlds worst director of all time. And ed wood, to me, had always been this old drunk who wrote porn. 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. 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. Late in tim burtons sweetly bizarre ed wood, an exasperated financial backer. Eds baby sister is a bossy, mywayorthehighway kind of person who likes to have everything done her way.
This is a list of all the characters seen in ed, edd n eddy. 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. Ed wood from the movie ed wood 1994, screenplay by scott alexander and larry karaszewski, book by rudolph grey. Ed wood is a 1994 american biographical dramedy film directed and produced by tim burton and starring johnny depp as the eponymous cult filmmaker. See the full list of the wood cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The show revolves around three best friends ed, edd, and eddy, usually referred to as the eds. Jan 11, 2012 from director tim burton comes the hilarious, truelife story of the wackiest filmmaker in hollywood history, ed wood. Johnny depp portrays legendary zmovie schlock director ed wood, jr. Ed wood is everupbeat and confident, able to inspire the team around him.
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. Ed woods most popular book is death of a transvestite. Finden sie ed wood special edition in unserem vielfaltigen dvd. Ed wood 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Tim burtons 10 weirdest characters, ranked screenrant. Ed wood has 53 books on goodreads with 1544 ratings. One cannot imagine how much the movie s legitimacy would have been lessened if it was in color. Favourite film characters who are involved with film. It focuses on a brief period in wood s life, going from his early days of. Featuring an allstar cast including bill murray, sarah jessica parker. 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 was originally in development at columbia pictures, but the studio put the film in turnaround over burtons decision to shoot in blackandwhite. Burton is inclined to produce a flop, when he indulges too much.
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. Ed wood was taken to walt disney studios, which produced the film through its touchstone pictures label. Before tommy wiseau and the room, there was ed wood. Catch charlie and the chocolate factory this month on ifc. It focuses on a brief period in woods life, going from his early days of. 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. Written by reverend steve galindo, founder of the church of ed wood. 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. This category organizes characters in the franchise from both the original films and the hbo series, westworld.
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. One cannot imagine how much the movies legitimacy would have been lessened if it was in color. The movie also stars martin landau, sarah jessica parker, patricia arquette, jeffrey jones, lisa marie, george steele and bill murray. Jonny is the only character besides the eds and rolf to have a very young version of himself shown briefly. Very funny scene with johnny depp as ed wood, probably the worlds worst director of all time. 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.
Sep 12, 2015 5 ed wood 1994 as life imitates art, johnny depp found an outlet to do the reverse, by portraying the life and times of cult director ed wood. Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director ed wood johnny depp is a hollywood outcast. He said, isnt that nice that somebody remembers me, and that someone thinks of me. It would become the basis for the 1994 film ed wood by tim burton starring johnny depp as ed wood. This is the old version of the characters that featured in take this ed and shove it. Ed wood is a 1994 american comedydrama movie directed and produced by tim burton, and starring johnny depp.