What age rating is Ed Wood?

In Spain, Ed Wood is not recommended for children under 7 years old.

How much did Ed Wood gross?

Ed Wood grossed $5.9M worldwide on a budget of $18.0M.

Where was Ed Wood filmed?

Ed Wood was filmed in Long Beach.

Ed Wood

Name: Ed Wood
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1994-09-28
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones

1994

Become a fan of its genres:

7.5/10

Release Date

28/09/1994

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

92%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

78%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

71%

When it came to making bad movies, Ed Wood was the best.

Los Angeles, 1950s. Ed Wood is an aspiring writer and director who has long been trying to break into an industry that barely pays him any mind. He has no formal training, and his name means nothing to the major studios. When he learns that producer George Weiss plans to buy the life story of Christine Jorgensen, Ed goes to see him with a proposal: to direct a fictionalized version of that story, titled I Changed My Sex! For him, it is the opportunity he has been waiting for years, and his meeting with Weiss will decide whether he can start shooting. Tim Burton directs the film, and Johnny Depp plays a dreamer full of optimism and ambition.

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Facts about Ed Wood

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 7 years old

Limited releaseJune 2, 1995

Worldwide premiereSeptember 24, 1994

Runtime2 h 4 min

Original languageEnglish

CountryUnited States

Production companiesTouchstone Pictures, Tim Burton Productions, Di Novi Pictures

Budget$18.0M

Worldwide box office$5.9M

Box office returnx0.3 Box office flop

Trailer views17K

More ratings

4.0/5Letterboxd74/100Trakt8.2/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Ed Wood

3total awards

2total nominations

Oscar 2 2 nom.

Awards won

1995Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor · Martin Landau
1995Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling · Rick Baker
—National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Nominations

1995Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1995Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Ed Wood Cast

Johnny DeppEd Wood

Martin LandauBela Lugosi

Sarah Jessica ParkerDolores Fuller

Patricia ArquetteKathy O'Hara

Jeffrey JonesCriswell

G.D. SpradlinReverend Lemon

Vincent D'OnofrioOrson Welles

Bill MurrayBunny Breckinridge

Mike StarrGeorgie Weiss

Max CasellaPaul Marco

Brent HinkleyConrad Brooks

Lisa MarieVampira

Jim MyersTor Johnson

Juliet LandauLoretta King

Clive RosengrenEd Reynolds

Norman AldenCameraman Bill

Leonard TermoMakeup Man Harry

Ned BellamyDr. Tom Mason

Danny DaytonSoundman

Ross ManarchyCamera Assistant

Bill CusackTony McCoy

Aaron NelmsTeenage Kid

Biff YeagerRude Boss

Joseph R. GannascoliSecurity Guard

Carmen FilpiOld Crusty Man

Lisa MalkiewiczSecretary #1

Melora WaltersSecretary #2

Conrad BrooksBartender

Don AmendoliaSalesman

Tommy BertelsenTough Boy

Reid CruickshanksStage Guard

Stanley DeSantisMr. Feldman

Lionel DeckerExecutive #1

Edmund L. ShaffExecutive #2

Gene LeBellRing Announcer

Bobby SlaytonTV Show Host

Gretchen BeckerTV Host's Assistant

John RiceConservative Man

Catherine ButterfieldConservative Wife

Mary PortserBacker's Wife

King CottonHick Backer

Don HoodSouthern Backer

Frank EcholsDoorman

Matthew BarryValet

Ralph MonacoWaiter

Anthony RussellBusboy

Tommy BushStage Manager

Gregory WalcottPotential Backer

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.Another Backer

Rance HowardOld Man McCoy

Vasek SimekProfessor Strowski

Alan MartinVampira's Assistant

Salwa AliVampira's Girlfriend

Rodney KizziahVampira's Friend

Korla PanditIndian Musician

Hannah EcksteinGreta Johnson

Luc De SchepperKarl Johnson

Vinny ArgiroTV Horror Show Director

Patti TippoNurse

Ray BakerDoctor

Louis LombardiRental House Manager

Jim BoyceTheatre Manager

Ben Ryan GangerAngry Kid

Ryan HolihanFrantic Usher

Marc RevivoHigh School Punk

Charlie HollidayTourist

Adam DrescherPhotographer #1

Ric ManciniPhotographer #2

Daniel RiordanPilot / Strapping Young Man

Mickey CottrellHammy Alien

Christopher George SimpsonOrganist

Robert BinfordChoir Member

Herbert BocheChoir Member

Linda Rae BrienzaChoir Member

Marlene CookChoir Member

Sylvia CoussaChoir Member

Audrey CuylerChoir Member

Joseph GolightlyChoir Member

Carrie Starner HummelChoir Member

Ramona Kemp-BlairChoir Member

Carolyn KessingerChoir Member

Nancy LongyearChoir Member

Matthew NelsonChoir Member

Robert NufferChoir Member

William Michael ShortChoir Member

Susan Eileen SimpsonChoir Member

George F. SterneChoir Member

Charles Alan StephensonChoir Member

Cheri A. WilliamsChoir Member

Cynthia Ann WilsonChoir Member

Maurice LaMarcheOrson Welles (voice) (uncredited)

Lena BanksSexy Pedestrian (uncredited)

Ada TaiVampira's Friend (uncredited)

Arlene TaiVampira's Friend (uncredited)

Rayder WoodsCar Vandal (uncredited)

Bill BlairCarny (uncredited)

Bill AndersonWrestling Referee (uncredited)

Eugenie BondurantDagmar (uncredited)

Mike BreyerPhotographer (uncredited)

Patrick CranshawEditor on Studio Lot (uncredited)

Ryal HaakensonWedding Guest / Theatre Goer (uncredited)

Zachary KeatsTrick-or-Treating Kid (uncredited)

Susan KnegoGirl in Theater Lobby (uncredited)

Navya La ShaySecretary (uncredited)

Tanya MartenSecretary (uncredited)

Gorja MaxBra Stuffing Transvestite (uncredited)

Johnny MeyerKid At Movie Theater (uncredited)

John Michael QuinnMinister (uncredited)

Jeff ShrewsburyTheater Patron (uncredited)

Richard YettWrap Party Guest (uncredited)

Jesse LizarragaWrestling Opponent

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Cast of Ed Wood by the numbers

42average cast age in years

35years of age gap between the leads

23%women in the cast

29%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Patricia Arquette, age 26 at release. The oldest: G.D. Spradlin, at 74.

Cast ages at release

Johnny Depp31 years old
Martin Landau66 years old
Sarah Jessica Parker29 years old
Patricia Arquette26 years old
Jeffrey Jones48 years old
G.D. Spradlin74 years old
Vincent D'Onofrio35 years old
Bill Murray44 years old
Mike Starr44 years old
Max Casella27 years old

Cast heights

1.92 mMike Starr
1.92 mVincent D’Onofrio
1.80 mNorman Alden
1.78 mJohnny Depp
1.68 mJuliet Landau
1.60 mSarah Jessica Parker
1.57 mPatricia Arquette

Crew

AddressTim Burton
WritingLarry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander
MusicHoward Shore
PhotographyStefan Czapsky
EditingChris Lebenzon
Production designTom Duffield
Costume designColleen Atwood
CastingVictoria Thomas
Visual effectsPaul Boyington
ProductionDenise Di Novi, Tim Burton

Trivia about Ed Wood

Burton didn't rely on Danny Elfman for the music: it was composed by Howard Shore, and it is one of the two films Elfman didn't orchestrate, along with Sweeney Todd.

Burton also refused to take a salary for directing the film, and he received no pay for his work on Ed Wood.

The first director chosen was Michael Lehmann, but he had to leave the project due to scheduling conflicts with Airheads (1994), and Burton took his place.

According to Forrest Ackerman, Dolores Fuller, Richard Sheffield and Lugosi's son, the film portrays the actor unfairly: in real life, he never used swear words, didn't have small dogs, and didn't sleep in coffins.

Ed Wood premiered at the New York Film Festival and then competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Landau also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor at the first ceremony, in addition to the Oscar.

The film earned roughly $5.9 million in the United States against a budget of $18 million, so it lost money at the box office during its original release.

Martin Landau won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Rick Baker, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng won Best Makeup for their work on the film.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)

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