Never one to walk away from quirky roles, Johnny Depp stars as the impatient and arguably "worst director in the world." Mr. Wood's sincere interest in filmmaking drove him to direct an interesting series of not even C series stories with convoluted plots and down and out actors.
Many consider
his 1959 epic, Plan 9 from Outer Space, the worst film ever made. As interpreted by director Tim Burton, that film only got made piecing together funding, actors and plot from diametrically opposing interests. Wood had to content with his star dying mid-filming He became convinced someone he knew looked like the actor from the nose up and cast him in the role. We can tell when this character does scenes as he holds up his arm across his lower face.One claim to Wood's fame is befriending veteran vampire actor Bela Lugosi. Martin Landau won an Oscar for playing the aging horror star. Taking on a convincing accent and drug addiction, Landau makes us pity the nearly forgotten wretched soul. Depp also shines as the dippy Wood.
I've only seen a couple of the original Wood films. They're barely watchable, but have a strange charm. Like watching your child's play at school. You want to laugh at how bad it is, but the effort is so sincere.
Pick up a copy of this DVD in Coos Bay. It's so good I'm surprised that's the only place it's available.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/
Buy this fine DVD from Amazon: Ed Wood (Special Edition)
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