Ed Wood
Tim Burton, 1994
Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood
Rudolph Grey, 1992
Ed Wood is a movie directed by Tim Burton in 1994 and based on the book Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood by Rudolph Grey, first published in 1992. The movie features Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, G.D. Spradlin, and others.
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Storyline
In 1952, Ed Wood is struggling to enter the film industry. Upon hearing of an announcement in Variety magazine that producer George Weiss is trying to purchase Christine Jorgensen’s life story, Ed meets with Weiss to direct a now fictionalized film titled I Changed My Sex! Ed then meets his longtime idol, horror film actor Bela Lugosi, with whom he becomes friends. Ed takes to film production with an unusual approach.
Movie vs Book
Year
1994
Minutes
127
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1992
Pages
231
Book Rate
8.08
S: Goodreads
Book
Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood
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“Making the book into a television show makes it feel so much more real and so much more like a real rock documentary.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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