Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990).
An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.
(the imdb)
I showed this film to Patrico and Katohs when they were kiddos, and as soon as the interior shots of the castle began, Special K jumped up and said, “It’s the doctor’s house from Nightmare Before Christmas!” I’ve never sat with the movies side by side, but I think it’s true. I think Burton modeled the doctor’s laboratory-castle in Nightmare Before Christmas after the set from the Inventor’s house in Edward Scissorhands, probably as an in-joke/reference to Vincent Price.
But if you had regular hands you’d be like everyone else.
Yes, I know.
… But then no one would think you were special. You wouldn’t be on, on TV or anything.
No matter what, Edward will always be special.
Vincent Price, for whom the part was specifically created, was originally intended to have a larger role in this film, but his health was failing due to emphysema and Parkinsons’ Disease. He died October 25, 1993, of lung cancer.
Avon calling!
Johnny Depp had his “Winona Forever” tattoo altered to say “Wino Forever.” Love and booze make the world go ’round.
I tried to make Jim go back, but, you can’t make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we —
You’re welcome.
It must have been awful when they told you whose house it was.
I knew it was Jim’s house.
Y–you did?
Yes.
But — then, why’d you do it?
Because you asked me to.
Well, Edward, did you have a productive day?
Mrs. Monroe showed me where the salon’s going to be. … And then she showed me the back room where she took off all of her clothes.
This is an actual neighborhood in Lutz, Florida. It is a community called Carpenter’s Run. The street on which the Boggses live is Tinsmith Circle.
Tim Burton originally wanted to make Edward Scissorhands a musical. He said it felt like a “big, operatic” story to him. While it has not been revisioned as a musical, the film has been adapted as a ballet.
This scene could have been between Drew Barrymore and Tom Cruise. Both were in discussion for portraying the lead roles. Other Edward would-bes included William Hurt, Tom Hanks, and Robert Downey, Jr. I know it’s infantile because Hollywood is a business, and business is business, but that blows my mind. I cannot picture anyone else in the parts.
Edward Scissorhands is a tale of misunderstood gentleness and stifled creativity, of civilization’s power to corrupt innocence, of a heedless beauty and a kindhearted beast.
(The New York Times)
There is a lot of dust in here right now.
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