The creation of an old inventor, Edward is an ageless humanoid. Many years earlier, Peg Boggs, a local door-to-door Avon saleswoman, tries to sell at the decrepit Gothic mansion where Edward lives. One evening, an elderly woman tells her granddaughter the bedtime story of a young man named Edward who has scissor blades for hands. Both Burton and Elfman consider Edward Scissorhands their most personal and favorite work. The film received numerous nominations at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and the Saturn Awards, as well as winning the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The film also marks the fourth collaboration between Burton and film score composer Danny Elfman, and was Vincent Price's last major role.Įdward Scissorhands was released to a positive reception from critics and was a financial success, grossing over four times its $20 million budget. Edward Scissorhands was then fast tracked after Burton's critical and financial success with Batman. During pre-production of Beetlejuice, Caroline Thompson was hired to adapt Burton's story into a screenplay, and the film began development at 20th Century Fox after Warner Bros.
It tells the story of an unfinished artificial humanoid who has scissor blades instead of hands that is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter.īurton conceived Edward Scissorhands from his childhood upbringing in suburban Burbank, California. It was produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi, written by Caroline Thompson from a story by her and Burton, and starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael Hall, Dianne Wiest, Kathy Baker, Alan Arkin, and Vincent Price. Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American fantasy romance film directed by Tim Burton.
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