Jonny Depp's reunited with Burton

The surrealist comedy-drama Arizona Dream, which debuted to favourable reviews and took home the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, was Depp's final release of the year 1993.

In 1994, Depp reunited with Burton, playing the title role in Ed Wood, a biographical film about one of history's most inept film directors.

Depp later admitted that despite his depression at the time regarding movies and filmmaking, "within 10 minutes of hearing about the project, I was committed."

Working with Martin Landau, who portrayed Bela Lugosi, "rejuvenated my love for acting," he said of his experience with the role, which gave him the chance to "stretch out and have some fun."

In the words of Maslin, Depp "proved himself as an established, certified great actor" and "captured all the can-do optimism that kept Ed Wood going, thanks to an extremely funny ability to look at the silver lining of any cloud." Despite not being able to cover its production costs, Ed Wood received favourable reviews from critics. Depp was nominated for a third Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Actor for his performance.

The following year, Depp appeared in three movies. He portrayed a man who thinks he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world, opposite Marlon Brando in the box office sensation Don Juan DeMarco.

He starred in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, a Western that was entirely shot in black and white and received mixed reviews from critics. Depp also starred as an accountant in the commercial and critical failure Nick of Time, in which he was ordered to kill a politician in order to save his kidnapped daughter.

Donnie Brasco, a 1997 Mike Newell-directed crime drama, starred Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. In the role of Joseph D. Pistone, played by Depp, an undercover FBI agent infiltrates the New York City Mafia under the alias Donnie Brasco.

Depp made his screenwriting and directing debuts in 1997 with The Brave. He starred in it as a Native American who accepts a wealthy man's offer to appear in a snuff film in exchange for cash for his family. Marlon Brando played the wealthy man in the movie. It made its debut to largely unfavourable reviews at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

In addition to the implausibilities, Time Out noted that the direction "has two fatal flaws: it's both tediously slow and hugely narcissistic as the camera focuses repeatedly on Depp's bandana'd head and rippling torso." Variety referred to the film as "a turgid and unbelievable neo-western" Depp delayed the U.S. release of The Brave because of the critical reception.

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