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I Woke Up Early The Day I Died (1998)

I Woke Up Early The Day I Died poster
Original title
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Directed by
Aris Iliopulos
Genre
black comedy, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A thief and murderer on the run hides stolen money in a coffin at a strange funeral. He loses consciousness and wakes up determined to find everyone who was at the funeral so he can get the cash back.

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What happens

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died is a 1998 American independent camp black comedy film, based on an 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 Wood's collaborators from the 1950s were featured in bit parts, including Maila Nurmi, Conrad Brooks, David Ward, and Wood's widow Kathy O'Hara Wood. In the film, a fleeing thief and murderer accidentally attend a strange funeral at a forbidden cemetery. He tries to hide his loot within the coffin, but falls unconscious and loses track of the stolen cash. He awakes determined to locate everyone present at the funeral, in hopes that he can retrieve the cash. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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