I Woke up Early the Day I Died (1998)

Film details

Featuring

Billy Zane Sandra Bernhard Ron Perlman
Director

Aris Iliopulos
Country

USA
Year

1998
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy. Apparently based on a script by the late Z-movie director Ed Wood, the story concerns a cross-dresser who escapes from an institution, gets his hands on some money along the way, and finally loses the money at a funeral at which various assorted oddball characters are present. The escapee then decides to hunt down each of the mourners with a view to disposing of them.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - The thief
    
    Billy Zane
  - Sandy Sands
    
    Sandra Bernhard
  - cemetery caretaker
    
    Ron Perlman
  - Maylinda
    
    Tippi Hedren
  - cop
    
    Andrew McCarthy
  - preacher
    
    Will Patton
  - undertaker
    
    Carel Struycken
  - assistant undertaker
    
    Max Perlich
  - Robert Forrest
    
    John Ritter
  - cult leader
    
    Eartha Kitt
  - loan secretary
    
    Ann Magnuson
  - herself
    
    Vampira
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Aris Iliopulos
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Muse Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Cinequanon Pictures International
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jordan Gertner
  - Executive Producer
    
    Bradford L. Schlei
  - Co-executive Producer
    
    Dan Sales
  - Producer
    
    Chris Hanley
  - Producer
    
    Billy Zane
  Writing:
  - Based on a script by
    
    Edward D. Wood Jr
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Michael Barrow
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Dody Jane Dorn
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Maia Javan
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Larry Groupé
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Bryan Franklin