The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 10 wins & 24 nominations total
- Tinka
- (as Susan J. Blommaert)
- Cissy
- (as Linda Perry)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager. The drawing depicted a thin, solemn man with long, sharp blades for fingers. "Since I liked to draw since I was younger, oftentimes images would come up, and they'd stay with you, and you'd keep drawing them. This was a character I sketched a while back," he says. He explains the character represented him as he was in his teenage years and how the film represents much of his time growing up. He likened growing up in Suburbia to a Frankenstein movie with the suburbanites acting as the angry villagers. Burton also stated that he was often alone and had trouble retaining friendships. "I get the feeling people just got this urge to want to leave me alone for some reason, I don't know exactly why."
- GoofsWhen Edward's bush sculptures are finished, most of them are much higher than the original hedges.
- Quotes
Kim: You're here... They didn't hurt you, did they?
[Edward shakes his head]
Kim: Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back, but, you can't make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we...
Edward: You're welcome.
Kim: It must have been awful when they told you whose house it was.
Edward: I knew it was Jim's house.
Kim: You... you did?
Edward: Yes.
Kim: ...Well, then why'd you do it?
Edward: Because you asked me to.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo is shaded dark winter blue and is accompanied by Edward's snowfall.
- Alternate versionsIn order to secure a PG certificate in the UK the cinema version was cut by 8 secs to edit some violence during the climactic fight. A shot of Edward being kicked in the stomach was removed and his beating with the crowbar was reduced from 8 blows to 2. The video/DVD versions feature the same print with the cuts now lengthened to 15 secs. The cuts were fully waived by the BBFC for the upgraded 12-rated 2007 DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Edward Scissorhands (2008)
- SoundtracksBlue Hawaii
Composed by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
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- Release date
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- Language
- Also known as
- El joven manos de tijera
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $56,362,352
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $159,622
- Dec 9, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $86,024,005
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1