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Ed Wood
Directed by
Tim Burton
R
1994
2h 7m
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Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.
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Cast of Ed Wood
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
Jim Myers
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
Lionel Decker
Executive #1
Edmund L. Shaff
Executive #2
Gene LeBell
Ring Announcer
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
Ben Ryan Ganger
Angry Kid
Ryan Holihan
Frantic Usher
Marc Revivo
High School Punk
Charlie Holliday
Tourist
Adam Drescher
Photographer #1
Ric Mancini
Photographer #2
Daniel Riordan
Pilot / Strapping Young Man
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
Maurice LaMarche
Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)
Jesse Hernandez
Wrestling Opponent
Lena Banks
Sexy Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ada Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Arlene Tai
Vampira's Friend (uncredited)
Rayder Woods
Car Vandal (uncredited)
Bill Blair
Carny (uncredited)
Bill Anderson
Wrestling Referee (uncredited)
Eugenie Bondurant
Dagmar (uncredited)
Mike Breyer
Photographer (uncredited)
Patrick Cranshaw
Editor on Studio Lot (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson
Wedding Guest / Theatre Goer (uncredited)
Zachary Keats
Trick-or-Treating Kid (uncredited)
Susan Knego
Girl in Theater Lobby (uncredited)
Navya La Shay
Secretary (uncredited)
Tanya Marten
Secretary (uncredited)
Gorja Max
Bra Stuffing Transvestite (uncredited)
Johnny Meyer
Kid At Movie Theater (uncredited)
John Michael Quinn
Minister (uncredited)
Michael Satterfield
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jeff Shrewsbury
Theater Patron (uncredited)
Richard Yett
Wrap Party Guest (uncredited)
Tim Burton
Director / Producer
Scott Alexander
Writer
Larry Karaszewski
Writer
Rudolph Grey
Writer
Denise Di Novi
Producer
Ed Wood Ratings & Reviews
The Gutter Monkey
March 25, 2025
While it's certainly not Tim Burton's most iconic movie, I'd nevertheless argue that it's his best movie.
Daniel Gustavsson
December 30, 2024
An interesting look into Ed Woods life.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Harper Barnes
The sweet center of the movie is Wood's resurrection of horror actor Bela Lugosi, a despairing drug addict who is played brilliantly by Martin Landau.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
What happens when a good filmmaker tries to make a great film about a terrible filmmaker. In the case of Tim Burton's Ed Wood, you get an odd and oddly unsatisfying film with occasional flourishes of brilliance.
Fresno Bee
John Scalzi
It's pathetic, but Burton does a good job of keeping it entertaining. You might not want to be any of these people, but you don't mind watching.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jack Garner
The film is not only a hilarious satire of Wood and his low-budget antics, but also a loving paean to dreamers everywhere.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Tim Burton's best movie, this unique gem is a gentle valentine that celebrates the creative spirit, no matter how misguided that particular spirit happens to be.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ed Wood doesn't really give us the inside of Wood's head, but it does treat imaginatively a number of Wood movies that retain a certain fascination ...
The Virginian-Pilot
Mal Vincent
One of the most hilarious and poignant movies of the year. A real surprise.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Ed Wood [is] a comedy of the ridiculous in which the ridiculous turns unexpectedly sublime.
Film Comment Magazine
Robert Horton
Just daft enough and just deft enough to satisfy high-culture and low-culture aficionados alike.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Beguiling rather than thrilling, oddly charming instead of transporting, meaning that Disney will have its work cut out for it with what is at heart a cult movie and a film buff's dream.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Mr. Depp isn't best known as a comic actor, but he gives a witty and captivating performance, bringing wonderful buoyancy to this crazy role.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Outrageously disjointed and just as outrageously entertaining, the picture stands as a successful outsider's tribute to a failed kindred spirit.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
This Ed Wood is dead wood.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Burton has evoked the surface of Ed Wood's life, but in a story about a man who loves angora and frilly panties, he has barely unbuttoned Wood's uniform.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
An entertaining, oddly affectionate look at the cross-dressing grade-Z moviemaker.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Making a movie about the life of Ed Wood certainly qualifies as an impossible dream, but Burton has pulled it off with wit, imagination and something amazingly close to grace.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie's black and white photography convincingly recaptures the look and feel of 1950s sleaze, including some of the least convincing special effects in movie history.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
The strangest biographical film ever made is also one of the most charming, melancholy and quirkily humorous films of the year.
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