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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Shares Ed Wood’s warm admiration for an indefatigable, unfashionable filmmaker who turns limited resources, loyal collaborators, and total conviction into a personal creative triumph.
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Why this pick
A tenderly comic portrait of outsider moviemaking, balancing disastrous production details with genuine affection for the strange friendship and earnest ambition behind them.
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Why this pick
Its black-and-white indie-film chaos channels Ed Wood’s love of ramshackle productions, temperamental performers, and the absurd persistence required to finish a movie.
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Why this pick
A buoyant, affectionate tribute to low-budget exploitation cinema and its flamboyant huckster-showman, with period detail and sincere love for moviegoing magic.
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Why this pick
A brisk, good-natured comedy about a desperately resourceful director making an impossible film, celebrating amateur ingenuity rather than mocking the dreamers.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1952, Ed Wood is struggling to join the film industry. Upon hearing of an announcement in Variety (magazine) that producer George Weiss (producer) is trying to purchase Christine Jorgensen's Film rights#Life rights, Wood wants to meet Weiss. Weiss explains that ''Variety''s announcement was a news leak, and it is impossible to purchase Jorgensen's rights. The producer decides to fictionalize the film, titled ''I Changed My Sex!''. Wood tries to convince Weiss that he is perfect to direct the film, owing to the fact that he himself is a closeted transvestite and knows what it's like to live with a secret and worry what people might think, but is unsuccessful since Weiss wants a director with experience. Wood meets his longtime idol Bela Lugosi and the two become friends. Wood persuades Weiss to let him direct the film by convincing him that having a star in the film would sell tickets, and they could sign Lugosi for a low price.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Ed Wood
Orson Welles
Bunny Breckinridge
Paul Marco
Conrad Brooks
Loretta King
Ed Reynolds
Cameraman Bill
