这是一部关于奋斗的个人自传电影。1951年,心怀大志的艾德•伍德(约翰尼•德普 Johnny Depp 饰)终于等来机会上演一出自导自演的电影,但是,这个计划不久就夭折了。 艾德并没有气馁,而是接着又一个一个的找投资商,找演员,甚至连他的女友也被拉进剧组参加演出。每次总是准备工作进行得大半时,电影合同最终还是没有拿到,梦想一次次的破灭,女友也离他而去。 我们的艾德虽然自此住进了医院一阵子,但他还没有放弃自己的追梦之旅:还是到处跑着找投资人,苦苦跪求那些著名演员加入自己的剧组,在电影院里被观众的臭鸡蛋烂番茄打得抱头鼠窜。场面热闹而搞笑……Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Edward D. Wood Jr. is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films.