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Edward Scissorhands
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Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American fantasy, romance, and drama film directed by Tim Burton. The screenplay was written by Caroline Thompson and Burton, who also served as producers alongside Denise Di Novi. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, and Anthony Michael Hall. Danny Elfman composed the score, while Stefan Czapsky was the director of photography. The film was produced by 20th Century Studios and filmed in Florida, Land O' Lakes, and Lutz.
The story follows a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward who visits a small suburban town. The film has a runtime of 105 minutes and was released in the United States in English. It received a PG-13 rating and was distributed by Netflix and Disney+. The production had a budget of 20000000 and earned 86024005 at the box office.
Critically, the film holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 based on 566049 votes, a Metascore of 74, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 91%. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Colleen Atwood designed the costumes, and Richard Halsey edited the film.
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Film · TMDB
7.7A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands
- Winona Ryder as Kim
- Dianne Wiest as Peg
- Anthony Michael Hall as Jim
- Kathy Baker as Joyce
- Robert Oliveri as Kevin
Themes
- underdog
- small town
- unsociability
- inventor
- hairdresser
- isolation
- scissors
- burglar
- love at first sight
- fairy tale
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
562,377 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 25 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cinematic fairy tale
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Tim Burton
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Screenwriter
- Tim Burton
- Cast member
- Marc Macaulay
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Denise Di Novi
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Stefan Czapsky
- Filming location
- Lutz
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 827774
- Image
- Edward Scissorhands (8229090895).jpg
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- publication date
- 1990-00-00
- film editor
- Richard Halsey
- title
- Edward Scissorhands
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Disney+
- costume designer
- Colleen Atwood
- Commons category
- Edward Scissorhands
- capital cost
- 20000000
- box office
- 56362352
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 74/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American Gothic romantic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi, written by Caroline Thompson from a story by her and Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as the title character, along with Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin. It tells the story of an unfinished artificial humanoid who has scissor blades instead of hands, is taken in by a suburban family, and falls in love with their teenage daughter.
Burton conceived Edward Scissorhands from his childhood upbringing in suburban Burbank, California. During pre-production of Beetlejuice, Thompson was hired to adapt Burton's story into a screenplay, and the film began development at 20th Century Fox after Warner Bros. declined. Edward Scissorhands was then fast-tracked after Burton's critical and financial success with Batman. The film also marks the fourth collaboration between Burton and film score composer Danny Elfman, and was Vincent Price's last film role to be released in his lifetime.
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