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Edward Scissorhands

Name: Edward Scissorhands
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1990
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

1990 · Directed by Tim Burton · 105 min · Fantasy · Drama · Romance · 40 frames

Tagline

Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.

Crew

Screenplay: Caroline Thompson
Cinematography: Stefan Czapsky
Edited by: Colleen Halsey, Richard Halsey
Music: Danny Elfman
Production design: Bo Welch
Produced by: Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton

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
Conchata Ferrell as Helen
Caroline Aaron as Marge
Dick Anthony Williams as Officer Allen
O-Lan Jones as Esmeralda

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $86,024,005
Themes: underdog, small town, unsociability, inventor, hairdresser, isolation, scissors, burglar, love at first sight, fairy tale

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