Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers (WGA):

Tim Burton (story) &
Caroline Thompson (story) ...

Release Date:

14 December 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

His scars run deep.

Plot:

An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.

Plot Keywords:

Non Statutory Female On Male Rape Attempt | Hair | Hand | Dysfunctional | Happiness

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 27

5:30 PM

HBO

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	Edward Scissorhands
Winona Ryder	...	Kim
Dianne Wiest	...	Peg
Anthony Michael Hall	...	Jim
Kathy Baker	...	Joyce
Robert Oliveri	...	Kevin
Conchata Ferrell	...	Helen
Caroline Aaron	...	Marge
Dick Anthony Williams	...	Officer Allen
O-Lan Jones	...	Esmeralda
Vincent Price	...	The Inventor
Alan Arkin	...	Bill
Susan Blommaert	...	Tinka (as Susan J. Blommaert)
Linda Perri	...	Cissy (as Linda Perry)
John Davidson	...	Host-TV

Also Known As:

Edward aux mains d'argent (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Edward mit den Scherenhänden (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Joven manos de tijera, El (International: Spanish title) (Mexico) [es]
Eduardo Mãos de Tesoura (Portugal) [pt]
Eduardo Manostijeras (Spain) [es]
Edward Mãos de Tesoura (Brazil) [pt]
Edward Saksehånd (Denmark) [da]
Edward mani di forbice (Italy) [it]
Edward nozycoreki (Poland) [pl]
Johnny Depp: O psalidoheris (Greece) [el]
Joven manos de tijeras, El (Costa Rica) [es]
Saksikäsi-Edward (Finland) [fi]
Saxhand Edward (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Strihoruky Edward (Czech Republic) [cs]

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints) | CDS (digital 70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:12 (re-rating, uncut) (2007) | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:6 (f) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:12 | Iceland:12 | Italy:T | Finland:K-12 (cut) (1991) (video) | Brazil:Livre | Spain:T | Finland:K-10 (cut) (1991) (theater release) | Finland:K-11 (uncut) (2003) (DVD) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | France:U | Israel:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:10 (cut) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Dade City, Florida, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The houses used in the film were a real community in Florida, completely unchanged except for their garish exterior paint.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Kevin places the hose pipe on the ground, he doesn't actually turn off the water tap.

Quotes:

Jim: Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places.

Movie Connections:

Featured in CinéMagique (2002)

Soundtrack:

BLUE HAWAII

Hauntingly Poetic

I really cannot add too much more to the wealth of praise directed toward this film...much of it very deserved. Tim Burton really shows us his ability to transcend mere comedic situations(Pee Wee and Beetlejuice) and tell a story of humour love, pity, conformity, and so on in an eerie and entertaining way. The way this film is constructed is amazing...the sets are wonderful as they depict something so real and yet so far away. Burton takes us into a kind of fairy land of Suburbia...with a haunting, empty castle at the end of the block that just happens to house a man with scissors for hands. The music in this film helps create a great deal of atmosphere and really lends to character development; I particularly enjoyed his use of the music of Tom Jones. The acting in the film is superb on all accounts. Burton got a subtle and effective performance from Johhny Depp, whose talents cease to amaze me. A nice Burton touch was the use of Vincent Price in one of his final roles. Although only in three scenes, seeing Vincent again was a real joy.