Ed Wood

Resource Information

The work Ed Wood represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Ed Wood

Statement of responsibility

Touchstone Pictures presents a Burton/Di Novi production ; a Tim Burton film ; written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski ; produced by Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton ; directed by Tim Burton

Creator

• Ed Wood (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Touchstone Pictures
• Alexander, Scott, 1963-
• Arquette, Patricia, 1968-
• Burton, Tim, 1958-
• Czapsky, Stefan
• Depp, Johnny
• Di Novi, Denise
• Jones, Jeffrey, 1947-
• Karaszewski, Larry
• Landau, Martin, 1928-2017
• Lebenzon, Chris
• Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-
• Parker, Sarah Jessica
• Shore, Howard

Subject

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Motion picture producers and directors
• Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama
• Producers and directors -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videos -- Biographical
• Videos -- DVD
• Videos -- Feature
• Wood, Edward D., Jr., (Edward Davis), 1924-1978
• Wood, Edward D., Jr., (Edward Davis), 1924-1978 -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videos

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the once voted worst movie director of all time. Wood was the auteur behind Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9 from outer space, and it is during the making of these two no-budget flicks that Wood is profiled

Awards note

Academy Award, 1995; Golden Globe, 1995; Screen Actors Guild Award, 1995.

Cataloging source

NAB

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Stefan Czapsky ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Howard Shore

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

In English with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1998.3.W6

LC item number

E4 2004

PerformerNote

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray

Runtime

127

Target audience

general

Technique

live action