I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
September 13, 1998Release Date
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
September 13, 1998Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Billy Zane
The Thief
Tippi Hedren
Maylinda Austed
Ron Perlman
Cemetery Caretaker
Sandra Bernhard
Sandy Sands
Michael Greene
Tom Harris
Christina Ricci
Teenage Hooker
Aris Iliopulos
Director
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writer
Andrew McCarthy
Cemetery Cop
Ann Magnuson
Loan Secretary
Chris Hanley
Producer
Larry Groupé
Composer
Bud Cort
Shopkeeper
Taylor Negron
Loan Office Cop
Michael F. Barrow
Cinematographer
Dody Dorn
Editor
Max Perlich
Assistant Undertaker
Patrick Painter
Assistant Undertaker
Carel Struycken
Undertaker
Tara Reid
Prom Queen
Kathleen Robertson
Ticket Girl
Nicollette Sheridan
Ballroom Woman
Karen Black
Whip Lady
Will Patton
Preacher
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died is a 1998 American camp black comedy film, based on a unproduced screenplay written by Edward D. Wood Jr. in 1974. Wood originally wrote the script in 1961 as Silent Night, then rewrote it in 1974 as I Awoke Early the Day I Died, but he died before he could get it filmed.
The 1998 film, directed by Aris Iliopulos, stars Billy Zane, Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Eartha Kitt, Summer Phoenix, and Christina Ricci, among many others who appear in cameos. The film has no dialogue, containing only atmospheric sounds, alternating bursts of laughter, and screams. Several of Ed Wood's old friends from the 1950s were featured in bit parts, including Maila Nurmi, Conrad Brooks, David Ward and Wood's widow Kathy O'Hara Wood.