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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC Comments: Contains the "fullscreen" version. Out of Print. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC Comments: This is the Oscar screener for Ed Wood. When studios want members of the Academy to consider one of their films they often send tapes (or DVDs now) to the membership so they can see a film they may have missed in theaters. After the usual FBI warnings is the following message: REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF TOUCHSTONE PICTURES AND MUST BE RETURNED UPON DEMAND. IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED FREE-OF-CHARGE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THIS YEAR'S DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS ONLY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY THIS VIDEOCASSETTE BE REPRODUCED, SOLD OR RENTED TO ANYONE. IF YOU HAVE RENTED OR PURCHASED THIS CASSETTE, CALL 1-800 NO COPYS (1-800-662-6797). ALL CALLS CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DUPLICATION OR RENTAL. The tape does not come in a standard carboard sleeve, but one made of heavy paper. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC Comments: This is the retail screener for Ed Wood. Studios send these tapes (and these days DVDs) when they want major retailers to consider orders for the commercial release. I do not own a copy of this screener. As is it also not really meant for public consumption, it most likely has some kind of warning language similar to the Oscar screener shown above. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Video Format: PAL Comments: This is the UK VHS release. It can still be obtained from amazon.co.uk & amazon.de. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Video Format: PAL Comments: This is an Australian release of Ed Wood. Apparently this version, which comes in a hard case, is a rental edition. The retail version came in an ordinary cardboard box. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Video Format: PAL Comments:This is an alternate PAL version (it may be for Germany). |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Video Format: NTSC-J Comments:This is the Japanese release. This release features Japanese subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Comments:This is the Russian release. The characters spell out "Ed Wood". (So there's no alternate title. -ed.) I know no other details about this release. |
| Disney announced that Ed Wood would be released on DVD on August 13, 2002. Since that time, the project seems to have been put on hold. The manufacturer (Image Entertainment), Disney and most online retailers have removed it completely. This is apparently what the DVD case was to look like. (Essentially, just like all the other releases. Booo! -ed.) It was apparently going to feature the following: • "Making Bela" Make-Up Featurette • Production Design Feature -- "Pie Plates Over Hollywood" • Behind The Scenes: "Let's Shoot This F# • "The Theremin" Documentary • "When Carol Met Larry" Cross-Dressing Introspective • Audio Commentary With Cast And Filmmakers • Music Video • 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio • Closed Captioning • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound • Spanish Subtitles As often happens when a title is dropped at the last moment, a few of these DVDs may have made it out into the world. This edition was not "officially" released, but you could see a copy pop up on eBay now and again. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2004 Video Format: NTSC (Region 1) Extras: As listed above. Comments: This edition of the ED Wood DVD was originally to be released on February 3rd, 2004. It is, essentially, the same as the one released to most of the world back in 2002, but does contain some deleted scenes not previously available. This "Special Edition" (as it is called) was recalled at the last minute for unspecified reasons (the bastards -ed.), but many copies made it into distribution, anyway. Ultimately it did finally see proper release in October, 2004 and is now (finally) widely available, albiet without the "Carol Met Larry" extra. For more on this release, read my review at TheLogBook here. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2002 Video Format: PAL (Region 2) Extras: The same as the original US release, listed above. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2002 Video Format: PAL (Region 2) Extras: The same as the original US release, listed above. Comments: May also have French subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2004 Video Format: PAL (Region 2) Extras: The same as the original US release, listed above. Comments: Features a French dub and French subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2002 Video Format: PAL (Region 2) Extras: The same as the original US release, listed above. Comments: May also have German subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2002 Video Format: NTSC (Region 3) Extras: In addition to those listed above, this release features Japanese subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2002 Video Format: NTSC (Region 3) Extras: In addition to those listed above, this release features Korean subtitles. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2004 Video Format: PAL (Region 4) Extras: • Music Video • Theatrical Trailer • Featurette-Let's Shoot This F#*%@r! • Featurette-The Theremin • Featurette-Making Bela • Featurette-When Carol Met Larry • Featurette-Pie Plates Over Hollywood • Audio Commentary-Tim Burton (Director), Martin Landau (Actor), Co-Writers Larry Karaszewski And Scott Alexander, Director Of Photography Stefan Czapsky And Costume Designer Colleen Atwood • Languages: English, Spanish • Subtitles: English, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 2003 Video Format: Brazil-PAL (NTSC compatible - Region 1,4) Extras: Spanish and Portuguese dubs and subtitles only. Comments: Please note that this edition has no proper extras. Don't say I didn't warn you. This edition is apparently compatible with US players. (I have not confirmed this.) |
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Manufacturer: Unknown Year of issue: 2004 Video Format: Region 0 Extras: None. Comments: Although I cannot prove it, it seems likely that this is a bootleg edition. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC CAV Extras: Original Trailer Comments: This US Laserdisc release features a "Widescreen" presentation. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC CAV Extras: Original Trailer Comments: This Japanese Laserdisc release features a "Widescreen" presentation. It also most likely features Japanese subtitles. Please note that unlike DVDs, Laserdiscs have no region coding, so International editions such as this will play on any Laserdisc player. |
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Manufacturer: Touchstone Year of issue: 1994 Video Format: NTSC Extras: unknown Comments: DIVX was a failed attempt by US retail chain Circuit City to create a video format that could compete with DVD for image quality and act as an alternative to VHS rentals. A DIVX owner would 'buy' a DIVX movie at CC for about $5.00. Upon playing the movie in a DIVX-capable DVD player, the disc would work for 48 hours, at which time the customer could choose to buy the movie outright (for around $20) or pay another fee to continue the 'rental period'. This concept did not sit well with most consumers and died a relatively quick death. The upshot of all this is that with the DIVX format no longer supported, even if a DIVX machine is able to read the DIVX discs, they will only work for 48 hours before becoming useless. One of the intersting side notes, however, is that Disney, at this time, had little faith in the DVD format and was not releasing movies on DVD. They did, however, release on DIVX, since DIVX was a much more controllable format. This caused several titles (Ed Wood included) to have no DVD release, and yet be available on DIVX. These "DIVX exclusives" were really just the product of the timing of Disney's eventual entry into the DVD world, but did lead to an interest in the DIVX versions of films like Ed Wood that would not see DVD release for years. |