Ed Wood [videorecording] / Touchstone pictures presents a Burton/Di Novi production ; a Tim Burton film ; directed by Tim Burton ; produced by Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton ; written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski.
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FilmPublisher number: 29572 | Touchstone Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment, [2004]Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788844431
- 9780788844430
- Director of photography, Stefan Czapsky ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Howard Shore.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hollywood visionary Tim Burton pays homage to another Hollywood visionary, albeit a less successful one, in this unusual fictionalized biography. The film follows Wood (Johnny Depp) in his quest for film greatness as he writes and directs turkey after turkey, cross-dresses, and surrounds himself with a motley crew of Hollywood misfits, outcasts, has-beens, and never-weres. The real story, however, is his friendship with aging, morphine-addicted Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau), whom he tries to help stage a comeback. Landau's unforgettable Oscar-winning performance must be seen to be believed, as must Rick Baker's Oscar-winning makeup. While it would have been easy to make a film simply ridiculing the bumbling director, Burton instead focuses on his driving passion for filmmaking and his unwavering persistence in the face of ridicule and failure. Possibly the most surprising aspect of the film is the genuine sentiment with which Burton treats the relationship between Wood and Lugosi; his devotion to Lugosi is touching, as is Lugosi's final soliloquy -- an inane bit of dialogue from the hilariously bad Bride of the Monster that grows into a poignant metaphor for the actor's life and ultimate triumph of his spirit. Even the look of the film is right; it manages to preserve the air of one of Wood's own films while retaining a sense of artistry in much of the composition on screen (note the scene at the drug rehab where Lugosi endures a horrifying night of detox). In all, Ed Wood is a unique film -- at times side-splittingly funny; at others, tragic or even frightening -- and a heartfelt tribute to the love of movies, good and bad alike. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994.
Special features: deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes featurette: "Let's shoot this F#*%@r!," hosted by Johnny Depp; "Making Bela": featurette about the creation of the Bela Lugosi character in the film with actor Martin Landau and makeup artist Rick Baker; "Pie plates over Hollywood": featurette on the look of the film with production designer Tom Duffield; featurette on the use of the theremin to create music for the film; audio commentary with director Tim Burton, actor Martin Landau, writers Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, director of photography, Stefan Czapsky and costume designer, Colleen Atwood; music video; theatrical trailer, and more.
Director of photography, Stefan Czapsky ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Howard Shore.
Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray.
A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed worst movie director of all time. Wood was the auteur behind Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9 from outer space, and it is during the making of these two no-budget flicks that Wood is profiled.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD video; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound; widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
In English with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.