ED WOOD!

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"If you want to know me, see 'Glen or Glenda'. That's me, that's my story, no question. But 'Plan 9' is my pride and joy. We used Cadillac hubcaps for flying saucers in that."

- Ed Wood.

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There are two taglines to this comedy that are side-splitting! "Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness". And: "When it came to making bad movies, Ed Wood was the best". This film focuses on eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood, whose low- budget horror and science fiction films with unsophisticated special effects is today regarded as humorous, earning him the title of one of the worst filmmakers of all time. Martin Landeau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1994 for his portrayal of the late Bela Lugosi in his troubled twilight years. Wood was an eccentric filmmaker who created and completed film projects, casting and production often within days. Directed by Tim Burton, the movie also stars Johnny Depp as the cult movie maker, Sarah Jessica Parker as Dolores Fuller, Bill Murray as Bunny Breckinridge, Patricia Arquette as Kathy O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones as Criswell, Lisa Marie as Vampira, Juliet Landeau as Loretta King, and Vincent D'Onofrio as Orson Welles (voice actor Maurice LaMarche handled the uncredited dubbing for Vincent D'Onofrio as Welles), and George "The Animal" Steele as Tor Johnson. Shot in black and white, the movie focuses on Woods most prolific years between 1953 -1959 when "Glen or Glenda?" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" were filmed. After Wood's death in 1978, his cult status began after he was mentioned in the book "The Golden Turkey Awards". The University of Southern California actually holds an annual "Ed Wood Film Festival", in which students of all disciplines are challenged to form teams to write, film and edit an Ed Wood-inspired short film based on a preassigned theme. Past themes from student submissions have included: "Rebel Without A Bra" (2004), "What's That In Your Pocket?" (2005), "Slippery When Wet" (2006), and "My Eyes Are Killing Me" (2007) notable for being accompanied by a theme object: a mirror! While not a hit initially upon its release, audiences rediscovered the film "ED WOOD" and embraced it for its humor. Enjoy!