Title: Edward Scissorhands
Original Title: Edward Scissorhands
Year: 1990
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Genre: Drama Fantasy Romance
- Topic: Christmas
- Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox
- Distributor: Hispano Foxfilm
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: July 26 1991
- United States: December 07 1990
Plot
'Edward Scissorhands' is a fantasy romantic movie directed by Tim Burton based on a personal story of him. Considered as one of his most personal projects, it starrs Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.
The film tells the story of Edward (Depp), an artificial humanoid that, unfinished by its creator, has blades and scissors instead of hands. Because of his condition, he lives secluded in the gothic mansion of his creator in the suburbs of a big city. Until one day Peg Boggs, a local Avon saleswoman, knocks on his door and discovers such a particular creature.
Seeing Edward's apparent noble heart, Peg decides to take him home, where he falls in love of her daughter Kim (Ryder). Soon Edwards becomes the main attraction in the neighborhood, cutting the bushes of the homes and even the hair of some of its residents.
But Jim, Kim's boyfriend, is getting jealous of Edward and tricks him so he ends up arrested. Later, Jim confronts Edwards blaming him of hurting his girlfriend, making Edward furious, leaving for his mansion. There, Jim and Edward confront each other one last time with the presence of Kim.
The movie was a great success, both with the critic and in the box office, where it grossed five times more of its budget, making it a nineties cult movie.
Cast
Director:
Edward Scissorhands
Kim
Peg
Joyce
Marge
The Inventor
Videos
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Photos
Trivia
The meeting of a staple actor
This is the first film where Tim Burton and Johnny Depp worked together and where they became friends. After that, Depp has become a flagship actor for Burton working on many of his films.
Inspired by a Tim Burton's drawing
All the idea for the movie is based on a drawing Tim Burton himself draw when he was a teenager. It was supposed to be the vision of himself as a teen, when we spent a lot of time alone and had problems to retain friendships.
Johnny Depp fainted while shooting
Because of the extreme heat as well as his bulky leather costume, Johnny Depp fainted during the shooting, in the scene where Edwards runs back home.
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