A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed "worst movie director of all time," Tim Burton's ED WOOD is nevertheless a delightful, zany, and ultimately moving film. Wood was the auteur behind GLEN OR GLENDA? (1953) and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959), and it is during the making of these two no-budget flicks that Wood is profiled. His friendship with the aging, drug-addicted, former film star Bela Lugosi who he cast in his movies is one of the most poignant characters ever portrayed on film.

Wood had an infectious enthusiasm which inspired his cohorts, including transsexual wannabe Bunny (Bill Murray), the psychic Criswell (Jeffrey Jones), and behemoth wrestler Tor Johnson (George "The Animal" Steele). To a large extent, ED WOOD celebrates bad filmmaking raised to the level of a fine art form. With his fetishistic style of dressing in for pumps, narrow skirts and angora sweaters, Ed Wood was as much of an outsider as his actors. Perhaps the final irony is that ED WOOD may be one of the best films of all time about one of the worst filmmakers of all time.

Directed by
Tim Burton

Cast
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 - John "Bunny" Breckinridge
Mike Starr - Georgie Weiss
Max Casella - Paul Marco

Production Co.
Denise Di Novi Productions
Casual Pictures Inc

Produced by
Michael Lehmann
Denise Di Novi
Tim Burton

Studio
Touchstone Pictures

Writer
Rudolph Grey
Scott Alexander

Music
Howard Shore