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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

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A cross-dressing sanitarium escapee (Billy Zane) stalks and dispatches eccentric mourners he saw at a funeral.

Critics Reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: F Sep 7, 2011 Full Review J. Hoberman Village Voice Wood's bargain-basement aesthetic is impossible to parody. That this mime show works better than it should is, in a sense, the ultimate dis. Apr 3, 2001 Full Review Anita Gates New York Times It's sad and misguided and boring. Pretending to make a pathetically amateurish movie isn't nearly as effective as accidentally making one because you don't know any better. Rated: 1.5/5 Apr 3, 2001 Full Review Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews The budgets of [Wood's] own efforts would have been splurged within the first minute of DIED's title credits Nov 14, 2007 Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat As funny as a funeral. Rated: 1/5 Dec 4, 2003 Full Review Cole Gagne Film Journal International Nothing could be more lethal to a Wood script than actors who not only think they're hipper than what they're trying to do, but who also make sure that the audience knows it. Apr 3, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Completely amateurish despite the cast. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review Audience Member It's sad and misguided and boring. Pretending to make a pathetically amateurish movie isn't nearly as effective as accidentally making one because you don't know any better. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I like the ideal of telling this story visually. Having the actors go full pantomime with a pulp fiction Edward D Wood jr. script, gives this film quite a unique feel. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Had it been played it straight rather than for high camp, it might've worked. Comes off like lukewarm John Waters but still, some interesting bits. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the best frakkin movies I've ever seen. Saw the premiere at the Toronto Fil Festival years ago. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I've never seen a filmmaker so proud of himself for making crap as when I saw this at TIFF. The wonderful thing about Ed Wood was he was genuinely trying to make a good film whenever he made a turkey, and it really showed and made his films really endearing, almost sweet. This turkey is made by a bunch of people who think they're better than the material... guess what, they're not. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A cross-dressing sanitarium escapee (Billy Zane) stalks and dispatches eccentric mourners he saw at a funeral.
Director
Aris Iliopulos
Producer
Chris Hanley, Billy Zane
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$863
Runtime
1h 29m