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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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J. Hoberman Village Voice 04/03/2001
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. Go to Full Review Anita Gates New York Times 04/03/2001
1.5/5
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. Go to Full Review Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews 11/14/2007
The budgets of [Wood's] own efforts would have been splurged within the first minute of DIED's title credits Go to Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat 12/04/2003
1/5
As funny as a funeral. Go to Full Review Cole Gagne Film Journal International 04/03/2001
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Steve D 01/29/2024 Completely amateurish despite the cast. See more 07/26/2018 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. See more 06/08/2017 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. See more 06/29/2010 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. See more 10/03/2008 One of the best frakkin movies I've ever seen. Saw the premiere at the Toronto Fil Festival years ago. See more 01/31/2008 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. See more Read all reviews
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

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Cast & Crew

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Aris Iliopulos

Director

Billy Zane

The Thief

Sandra Bernhard

Sandy Sands

Ron Perlman

Cemetery Caretaker

Tippi Hedren

Maylinda Austed

Andrew McCarthy

Maylinda Austed

Movie Info

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