Ed Wood
Actor and Director
Review: 'Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day'Cult classics - like Ed Wood's films and "Showgirls" - are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. "Boondock Saints," the 1999 film that achieved cult status on DVD and has now spawned a sequel, certainly had plenty of flaws. In this article: Boondock Saints, All Saints Day, Overnight, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Boston, Self-help, and Cult classics |
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Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. | November 19, 2009
International Eye Candy: ROAD TRAIN, WAPAKMAN, Two From Dr. Boll, One From Billy Zane, And A Conversation With Clu Gulager!!!
...budget fantasy effort JOURNEY TO PROMETHEA. This is quite possibly one of the worst movies ever made, it's director easily rivalling Ed Wood in terms of sheer incompetence. Zane is clearly aware of what a bad movie he's in and just doesn't...
In this article: Billy Zane, Uwe Boll, Manny Pacquiao, Tucker, Panic attack, Adult film, Hong Kong, Europe, and Jay Chou
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The Huffington Post | November 18, 2009
Rev. Steve Galindo: Oh My God?: God Is the Producer of Our Lives But We Are the Directors
...the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Scientology. We find our strength and belief in the world of movies with Ed Wood as our guide. Ed Wood's dream was to make movies. That was all. He never wanted to be a singer in some crappy band or have...
In this article: God, Goldman Sachs, Respondent, Christianity, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Jesus, HuffPost, and MTV
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Bleacher Report | November 18, 2009
Cleveland Browns-Detroit Lions: Toilet Bowl II
...be subjected to having to watch it. For entertainment purposes, this game has the appeal of watching a train wreck. Or watching an Ed Wood movie. Or listening William Hung sing cover for Ricky Martin. Neither team really has an upper...
In this article: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, NFL, Dick Jauron, Rams, Brett Favre, Detroit, Jim Zorn, and Brady Quinn
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The Spokesman Review | November 13, 2009
'Master of Disaster' strikes again - Fri, 13 Nov 2009 PST
Then again, rarely has a director so consistently failed to impress critics. The legendary Roger Ebert once even likened Emmerich to Ed Wood, widely considered the worst filmmaker in history. But Emmerich, who at 53 still looks boyish and...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, John Cusack, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Hollywood, St. Peter, Green Party, Orlando Sentinel, and Google
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San Jose Mercury News | November 12, 2009
Review: 'Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day' is an unnecessary sequel
...Flanery are shown in a scene from "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." (AP Photo/Apparition Films) Cult classics - like Ed Wood's films and "Showgirls" - are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. "Boondock Saints," the...
In this article: Boondock Saints, All Saints Day, Overnight, Harvey Weinstein, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Hollywood, and Boston
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | November 11, 2009
'Boondock Saints II’ is more of the same unholy violence
...Reprints The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day R (bloody violence, strong language, nudity); 117 min. Cult classics - like Ed Wood's films and Showgirls - are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. The Boondock Saints,...
In this article: Boondock Saints, All Saints Day, Harvey Weinstein, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Boston, and Cult classics
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The Bergen Record | October 31, 2009
Questionable cult classic gets an unnecessary sequel
...Danna. With Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., David Della Rocco. Cult classics - like Ed Wood's films and "Showgirls" - are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. "Boondock Saints,"...
In this article: Troy Duffy, Boondock Saints, Overnight, All Saints Day, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Boston, Billy Connolly, and Sean Patrick Flanery
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Wired: Underwire | October 30, 2009
Review: Gentlemen Broncos Rides Sci-Fi Cheese Into Ground
It's not that easy to make a good movie about bad sci-fi. Tim Burton tried it in Ed Wood, with middling results, and now Jared Hess has set himself a similar task in Gentlemen Broncos. While the Napoleon Dynamite director demonstrates a...
In this article: Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite, Sam Rockwell, Wired.com, Hector Jimenez, and Jack Black
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The Seattle Times | October 28, 2009
Review: `Boondock Saints' makes unwelcome return
...area's most esteemed eateries. A good deal for a great meal. Review: `Boondock Saints' makes unwelcome return Cult classics - like Ed Wood's films and "Showgirls" - are often defined by their flaws as much as their merits. "Boondock...
In this article: Boondock Saints, Overnight, All Saints Day, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Boston, Self-help, and Cult classics
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | October 26, 2009
What directors do when actors drop dead
...onto his stand-in's. In death, Brandon Lee became a gothic legend. Bela Lugosi spent his life as a gothic legend. B-film director Ed Wood had taken footage of Lugosi in a cape for a planned vampire feature, but couldn't raise funding.
In this article: Bruce Lee, Heath Ledger, Oliver Reed, Bela Lugosi, Brandon Lee, Terry Gilliam, Oscar, Tom Mason, and Nosher Powell
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For the film, see Ed Wood (film). For the Canadian philanthropist, see Edward Rogers Wood. For the British Foreign Secretary, see E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.
Edward Davis Wood, Jr., better known as Ed Wood (10 October 1924 – 10 December 1978) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor, who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a run of cheap and poorly produced genre films, now humorously celebrated for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success.
Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest 'name' star, Béla Lugosi, died. He was able to salvage a saleable feature from Lugosi's last moments on film, but his career declined thereafter. Toward the end of his life, Wood made pornographic movies and wrote pulp crime, horror, and sex novels. His posthumous fame began two years after his death, when he was awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time. The lack of conventional filmmaking ability in his work has earned Wood and his films a considerable cult following.
Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992), Wood's life and work have undergone a public rehabilitation of sorts, with new light shed on his evident zeal and honest love of movies and movie production, and Tim Burton's biopic, Ed Wood, earned two Academy Awards.
- Name At Birth:
- Edward Davis Wood
- Birth Date:
- October 10, 1924
- Death Date:
- December 10, 1978
- Place of Death:
- United States
- Spouse:
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- Norma McCarty (1955-1956)
- Kathleen O'Hara (1956-1978)
- Occupation:
- screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor, author, and editor
- Years Active:
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