Just finished watching the movie "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp and Martin Landau (academy award best supporting actor). Ed Wood made B type sci fi films in the '50's, they would be the second movie following the main movie at the drive in. The movies were horrible. His most famous (I use the word famous in contrast to his infamous movies) is Glen or Glenda, a movie about a gender bending man, based in large part on Ed Wood, who liked to cross dress (he supposedly wore women's panties and bra into battle in WWII - he was thankful he wasn't wounded!) What I liked was Depp's sympathetic portrayal of Wood, you couldn't help but like Ed Wood. Wood also was very compassionate toward Bela Lugosi, the famous silent screen vampire. The movie was directed by Tim Burton, and had his touch evident. Ed Wood's worst movie (and this was a close competition) was Plan 9 From Outer Space, financed supposedly by some elders from a local methodist church who wanted to use the "profits" from the film to produce numerous biblical movies. Here is the film in total, Its a little over one hour. But the film about Ed Wood starring Depp et alia is great, funny, sweet, a labor of love for the actors and director, and martin Landau as Bela is absolutely brilliant.
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