Ed Wood
Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness.
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
2 wins · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Ed Wood returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Sep 28, 1994
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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