Although the story is about famous Z-writer/director Edward D. Wood Jr. and his many mishaps while trying to become a well-received mainstream filmmaker, the heart of the story is the touching friendship between Ed and Bela Lugosi.Excellently acted, written, directed, photographed, and scored, Tim Burton's ED WOOD is certainly the auteur's best, personal works next to VINCENT and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS: all the stories of misunderstood outsiders.Martin Landau's Oscar-Winning, scene stealing Bela Lugosi is not to be missed:PULL THE STRING! PULL THE STRING!