ED WOOD - They want Charlton Heston to play a Mexican...

[maiwork6666666]

Without a doubt the best scene in the movie

[JamesOhGoodie]

I love how quickly the bartender gets Ed Wood that shot of whiskey. You know when a desperate man walks into your bar wearing a dress and blonde wig he's having a rough time.

[tzoyia1]

@JamesOhGoodie Yeah but it was Hollywood, L.A.

[e5acf4]

one of cinema's all time great scenes

[romas1995]

worst movies or not i dont give a shit ! a couple of them were actually quite good and the man had balls and a heart of pure gold !

[KibotVejn]

Kirk Hammet xDDDDD

[Oliver401]

The bes director in the history meets the worst director in the history.

[rfbarrington]

LOL he sounds like the brain

[fredblassie123]

great scene....the outhouse and the penthouse of movie-making talking shop....I love how Welles doesn't even blink that Wood has a dress on.

[gunterdak]

private pyle with the brains voice. It doesnt get better than that

[tzoyia1]

Definately one of the most inspiring moments in film history.

[waltandrus]

Maurice LaMarche (Brain from "Pinky And The Brain" cartoon) does the voice-over here. EXCELLENT job! Vincent Donofrio certainly is a "ringer' for Orson Welles visually and a fine actor! I thought "Ed Wood" was a GREAT film with GREAT performances and casting!

[AnEmoUsername]

Welles is the Brain, brain, brain, brain, brain, brain, brain, brain...

[eslubin]

the lines were just a sloppy attempt to slight Heston, who was acutally damn good in that movie. Welles respected him and wanted him in the role. And it was Welles who changed the script so Heston was a Mexican. But like Marlene Dietrich says at the end, what the hell does it matter what anyone says about someone anyway?

[johncasrey]

Heston got Welles the directing gig -- Welles was just slated to play the role. At least that's Hestons take on it. He said it was one of the best things he ever did in the business.

[goldieboylover986]

incredible the same actor doing Orson Welles did prvt. PYle in Full Metal Jacket0_o

[Tomading]

@goldieboylover986 stanley kubrick actually directed fmj

[fede018]

@Tomading and who said he didn't?

[progrockcoffee]

Am I the only one waiting for Gunnery Sergeant Hartman to burst in and yell:

"PRIVATE GOMER PYLE! What the HELL are you doing impersonating ORSON WELLES?!? Get your ass out of this bar before I SKULLFUCK you THROUGH YOUR EYESOCKETS!!!"

[stupidmuthafucka]

@progrockcoffee LMFAO.you're not alone XD.

[predlycon]

Whoa! Vincent D'Onofrio DOES look like Orson Welles!!!

[guitarslingeroflove]

One of my favorite scenes in movie-dom

[PaytonWestlake]

Vincent D'Onofrio is such a great actor. I think he's very underated. I'd like to see this scene without his voice dubbed over.

[pinwi7]

una de mis escenas favorita, no de esta pelicula sino del cine en general, tal vez el mejor director de la historia junto con el considerado el peor de todos los tiempos, pero me encanta el consejo de Orson, "no te pasaras el resto de tu vida haciendo realidad los sueños de otros", y aunque ed no sea un genio, es un gran artista porque esta comprometido con su vision, y sobre todo con sus sueños.

[pinwi7]

una de mis escenas favorita, no de esta pelicula sino del cine en general, tal vez el mejor director de la historia junto con el considerado el peor de todos los tiempos, pero me encanta el consejo de Orson, "no te pasaras el resto de tu vida haciendo realidad los sueños de otros", y aunque ed no sea un genio, es un gran artista porque esta comprometido con su vision, y sobre todo con sus sueños.

[Daelock]

Maurice LaMarche: possessor of the only known accurate Orson Welles impression.

[doctortrax]

@Daelock And yet to me, he just sounds like Brain, from "Pinky & The Brain"! - Or maybe it's Brain that sounds like Orson Welles? Hmmm...

[Daelock]

@doctortrax Yep, LaMarche has said repeatedly that he channels Orson Welles when he played The Brain. You can tell this one he's really going for the real Welles though, cause it's a LOT more understated.

[tkondaks]

"They want Charleton Heston to play a Mexican".

Well, whoever wrote "Ed Wood" took liberty with that. It was Welles who wanted Heston to play a Mexican against type.

[Johnnyo743]

hey its gomer pile

[maesre2004]

Really, how many people here are posers? Just because the Orson Welles character said this, a bunch of people think they heard the gospel. What if Welles had said "f off, ya pansy!"? What if JJ Walker had spoken this troof?

[Derdoppelgaenger]

His words are so simple, it's the beauty of it. Such an intense scene, really amazing. Simple, but amazing. Tim is a genius.

[comicsggk]

I'd still say John Wayne playing Genghis Khan was the worst casting choice in Hollywood history.

[kikeb0y]

oh my gosh

johnny depp

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

I love to watch this scene from time to time. It really inspires me to follow my dream because a lot of time, I'm always doubting myself and wondering if wanting to be a filmmaker was a mistake, but I don't think it will be

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Exactly! I actually want to be a filmmaker too.

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

awesome : } what kind of movies do you want to make?

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Horror. Cuz those are the kind of films. What bout u?

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

Action/Adventure, Science-fiction, and fantasy mostly but i'd like to explore as many genres as I can like Westerns, Kung Fu/Martial Arts, mystery/thriller. Horror might be interesting but I'll leave out the gore and make it more like a suspense/thriller Alfred Hitchcock kind of thing. What kind of ideas do you have for horror films?

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Well, my style is kind of gothic horror, chillers. But i have a couple ideas for b-movies and slasher films, all with my style. Kind of like Tim Burton and Rob Zombie. Like funhouse type of pictures. Atmosphere, cinematography, suspense, and creepy music.

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

cool. yeah I like Tim Burton's style too. I kinda want to make a homage to those sci-fi movies from the 50s like Them! or something

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy I'm actually outling a script for a Creature from the Black Lagoon sequel. Shot in grainy black and white, ya know?

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

cool. best of luck with that

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Thanks man. Best of luck with ur films too.

[VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

thanks. If you ever want to talk movies or come up with one together, i'm game

[mblood93]

@VegimorphtheMovieBoy Thanks man.

[universatile]

Some of Depp's best work.

[enemyofbohemia]

Haha Orson Welles and Ed Wood, the best meets the worst.

[Derdoppelgaenger]

@enemyofbohemia yeah, it's so great... even better is that they're on the same wavelength. This scene is great!

[JustASongBeforeIGo]

@enemyofbohemia That's... kinda the point.

[pablo4115]

at 1:20 welles takes the cigar out of his mouth with his right hand. when it cuts to woods's view it's in his left hand. then it switches back to his right hand.

[DanielMumby]

This scene sums up what makes Ed Wood such a great film. It doesn't matter that Wood never met Welles in real life; the scene is symbolic because it's a meeting of kindred spirits. Burton made Ed Wood as a tribute to the director, to show that the kind of setbacks he himself faces in making films can happen to both the best (Welles) and the worst (Wood). In each case, for better or worse, creativity wins through over short-term money-grubbing. Great scene, one of Burton's best films.

[erixoff]

You found the good words !

I watched Ed Wood (the movie) dozens of time; I could thank BURTON too forever for making this movie.

[morbidchid]

"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? "

[mblood93]

@morbidchid Words of wisdom, morbid. Words of wisdom.

[lapstudios]

true

[Kimcee4younme]

Wow... 1:29 Actor looks so much like Welles.

Also, Depp reminds me of Steve Buscemi in this one.

[mrbubbles2250]

maurice lamarche, very good voice over artist.

[numberjuanchicano]

Lol! This movie is funny and inspirational!

[ultragroove1]

i never cease to pick up new things from this film. never noticed it was Vincent D'Onfrio. Did they dub his voice as Welles?

[whatuswattingat]

Maurice LaMarche, who does the voice of the Welles-sounding Brain in "Pinky And The Brain" dubbed D'Onfrio.

[ultragroove1]

Thanks man, the voice did sound perfect. Nice film trivia there!!

[kaffelekuchele]

really smart work there done by onofrio ... not an easy task at all to play, well, the most charismatic of all iconic filmmakers ...

[m22k3yt]

I can't really tell but it seems that when Ed approaches Orson at :52, everything seems to be in focus. To me that shot seemed to pay some tribute to both Citizen Kane and Orson Welles. You saw focus, perspective, and drama in all in one shot. Good work Tim...

[chewbaca1989]

That's Brain voice?

Pinky and the Brain?

[m22k3yt]

...of whom he (Brain) was based on (Orson Welles).

[oguffaut]

Yep.

[chewbaca1989]

Touch of Evil is a fantastic movie for Charlton Heston.

[alexgernand]

dont worry man, i got the joke. looks like no one else did though

[TexanComedian]

he's talking about the movie Touch of Evil

[dodeka]

anyone else think Depp looked like Metallica's Kirk Hammet in this scene?

[corpsegrinder2009]

this secen was fucking great I remember it well

[moderjoker]

Hey, kirk hammett's on movies? i saw him playing soccer, but, movies?

[torchkit]

I can't watch any scene with Vincent D'onofrio without expecting to see R. Lee Ermey jump out yelling "Pyle, you are a worthless piece of shit!!!"

[googlexxxxxxx]

What is your major malfunction, numbnuts!!?

[FinnFoxx]

when i first heard that voice, it sounded so familiar and then i remembered... it's brain from pinky and the brain but yeah this movie rocks

[ThatsDiamond]

its a shame, its not even Vincent D'Onofrio's voice as Tim Burton didnt like it during post production and it was dubbed

[zmoore83]

wow, i never knew that. But still, it sounds EXACTLY like Welles.

[RJT94]

Vincent D'Onofrio's voice was dubbed by a man who can impersinate Orson Welles dead on. He did the Orson Welles skit spoofs on the cancelled tv show, The Critic.

[BadCamera32]

The voice is that of the person who provided the voice of BRAIN from Pinky and the Brain.

[gc2332]

The voice is that of Maurice LaMarche, and his Welles is indeed spot on perfect. D'Onofrio's voice did not have that deep baritone that Orson had, and his reading of the lines was just too high pitched so Burton made the switch. I have to say, D'Onofrio does have the LOOK of Welles down pretty good.

[SourMilkSeaSmell]

A man by the name of Maurice Lamarche... One of the greats.

[pixargod]

@BadCamera32

yep, it's maurice lamarche from animaniacs.

[dylan9094]

"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams." words of wisdom.

[Goatmon]

That's damn right.

[TheCloseyShow]

lol he is wearing womens clothes lol

[pissedllama]

it's inaccurate in the fact that the two never met and that Welles like Heston's performance, but it is still an interesting scene, because it shows wether your the greatest director of all time or the worst director of all time you're still going to face the same dilemmas.

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@pissedllama I think it was more of a spiritual conversation, like woods interpretation of what orson would tell him should he meet him.

[pissedllama]

@ShaneTheFilmmaker Most def, Burton has pointed out that he's biased being a big fan of Ed Wood but still its excellent interpretation and a unique vision. On a side note I learned Heston playing A Mexican was actually Welles' idea.

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@pissedllama Ya but I think when this welles mentioned that in a bad way was a parody of all the cuts and suggestions they made in Touch of Evil I think that wood thought that heston was one of those suggestions so naturally his "conversation" with welles sounded like that. still I cannot imagin what would happen if Burton all of the sudden had the same type of "Convo" with ed

[sharkisland89]

@pissedllama There are a lot of inaccuracies in Ed Wood (1994) but this could be a daydream since Ed Wood really did admire Orson Welles. and we only see those two in the scene.

[pissedllama]

@sharkisland89 Never heard that reading of the scene before, very interesting.

[Kagemusha08]

What's ironic is that Heston was the one that refused to make Touch of Evil unless the studio signed Welles (who was out of favor and obese at the time) on as the director.

[santichrist]

Rofl it's a good scene, but it's also funny seeing Vince and Johnny, where Johnny is playing all in awe of this guy.

[jonnadee]

Why shouldn't Johnny be in awe of Vincent? They are two of our generations greatest actors, and a big hunk of gorgeous!

[whatsup87]

This scene is great. So funny and so true.

[drcoxcentral]

This is my favorite scene two completely different directors one the greatest the other worst. This just flows and I just love how he trades war stories about filmmaking. And Orson's "Visions are worth fighting for,why spend your life making someone else's dreams?" is one of the most powerful bits in the movie.

[popcorn6]

LOL, the first thing that came to mind was

plan 9 from outer space.

[popcorn6]

LOL, the first thing that came to mind was

plan 9 from outer space.

[bluelarryaltimer]

NARf!!! Welles is the voice of Brain from pinky and the brain! HURRAY!

[riddlegator]

Of course this never happened. But who cares? There is a truth at the heart of this brilliant little scene that transcends reality...

Welles made of the best movies ever, Wood one of the worst and yet they faced the same problems and shared the same passion... there is something wonderfully perverse about the fact that passion is present regardless of talent... bravo Burton and co. for this beautifully brilliant film!!!

[Uraharasensei]

"passion is present regardless of talent... " That is one of the most brilliant things Ive ever read on the internet.

Bravo

[jonnadee]

Actually, they did meet. Not sure if it was in this way, but they did!

[McLarenMercedes]

Even if this never happened in reality it makes a great scene. The director of the worsr film ever "Plan 9 from outer space" meets the director of the best film ever "Citizen Kane" and they have so much in common.

Ed Wood is one of Tim Burton's very best.

[SteveKaczynski]

No, I can't say I have.

[SteveKaczynski]

What's funny about this is that Welles doesn't bad an eyelid about taking to a stranger in drag LOL.

[hasani42]

dude, hes in LA, have u ever been to LA

[sharkboy85]

plus in wood's mind, welles wouldn't judge or be squeamish about his cross dressing

[cha5]

Uh Sharkboy85 He did say bat an eyelid not wheither or not Welles would judge him or be squeamish about crossdressing, You're telling me that back in 1950s hollywood if a stranger in drag came up to Orson Welles's table he would have been totally nonchalant about it and wouldn't even have looked somewhat suprised/annoyed and responded with

1."Do you want something?"

2."Why the fuck are you wearing a dress?"

3."So what's your story?"

4."Someone get me another drink"

[cha5]

5."Either get rid of the mustache or the dress

they don't go together"

6."I'm a young film maker"

"Uh-huh, Try Irving Klaw then"

[sharkboy85]

I said 'in Wood's mind', you know-it-all. sheesh.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Welles dated Vampira. I'm sure he had seen it all by this point.

[cha5]

Really? I had no idea, Well Orson had gotten around quite a bit by the fifties so that shouldn't come as too much of a suprise.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Yeah there was a really funny interview with her on the Ed Wood documentery DVD and she told a story about it. He came up to her and said "Magnificiant Carcass" lol.

Apparently he also gave her the clap. haha

[jonnadee]

I think Welles was a pretty open-minded guy. And after all, it was Hollyweird!

[Tripp1993]

The whole thing is inaccurate. Unlike his counterpart in the movie, Edward D. Wood Jr. never met his hero. OH! By the way, Vincent Donofrio's dialogue is dubbed by Maurice LaMarche.

[jonnadee]

They DID meet!

[girlofthebutterflies]

hahahaha johnny in drag hahahaha hes still sexy though

[TGanncol]

I love d'onofrio also! He's a great actor, Law & Order!

[sharkboy85]

dead on welles!

[kylekubrick]

one of my favorite scenes in any Tim Burton film

[retread01]

Maurice LaMarch providing the voice of Welles here.

[funkyfru]

So much irony in Johnny's dialogue here: The financing fell through on the Gilliam film he was working on, 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'. And the lines, "They just wanna cast their buddies. Doesn't even matter if they're right for the part," Burton/Depp anyone? lol

[fabscoto]

jajaja! yes i guess it's true

[witchman67]

Welles alludes to the studios re-cutting "The Magnificent Ambersons," his follow-up to "Kane."

[ignoranceandwant]

Thanks for posting, but you should have continued the montage of the making of "Plan 9"

[sspdirect02]

The Movie he is talking about is Touch of Evil!

[sitedecinema]

That's a total lie...in reality, Heston was involved with the picture WAY BEFORE Welles and it was CHARLTON who's fought for Orson to helm the movie.

[fuckyourmamma]

Plus Welles had already ballooned up way before. But, this is fiction. Enjoy it. :)

[magnolia1999]

THANKS FOR THIS!,5 STARS!

[cha5]

I think this scene isn't quite all that credible JMHO,

In all probability the first words out of Welles mouth when Wood came up to his table would have been

"Why the fuck are you wearing a dress?"

[LukeWehner]

I don't think too much of the movie is to be taken literally, this scene in particular.  The meeting between Ed and Welles is more symbolic of Ed just finding it in himself to continue making the film. The real Ed Wood never even met Orson Welles. It's still one of the best scenes in the film :)

And yes those probably would have been Orson's exact words!

[CBright7831]

Ha!

[Snarkologist]

I ADORE D'Onofrio in this role, even if his voice is mixed!