April 13th, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of acclaimed director Tim Burton’s best films, ED WOOD! A wonderful dramatization of the life of Edward D. Wood Jr, this film uses Burton’s best early imagery to tell the story of someone considered one of the worst directors of all time. In 1950s Hollywood, Ed Wood ditches his position as a set worker in an attempt to make his own films. Sparking a friendship with the reclusive and elderly Bela Lugosi, Ed follows his dreams of making movies for the masses, despite his very clear lack of talent for the job! With the help of L.A’s other social outcasts and oddballs, such as Vampira, TV psychic Criswell, European wrestler Tor Johnson, and the local transvestites, Ed plans to make unforgettable dramas and monster movies, while simultaneously hiding his desire to appear as a woman from his girlfriend.
It’s one of the best films about films out there, and one of the strangest biopics of them all, and at the age of 30, ED WOOD has not lost an ounce of entertainment value!