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About
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Theatrical
Dec 7, 1990
Box Office
$86.0M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
4.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 5, 2000
Theaters
1
Director
Tim Burton
Writers
Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton
Producers
Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi, Richard Hashimoto
Music
Danny Elfman
Studio
20th Century Fox, Tim Burton Productions
Themes
underdog
love at first sight
hairdresser
small town
scissors
inventor
burglar
isolation
sadness
symbolism
castle
fairy tale
unsociability
alone
flashback
tragic love
snow
gothic
told in flashback
christmas horror
christmas
artificial
hair salon
signs & wonders
love story
goth
frankenstein
topiary
tragic
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Edward Scissorhands
Winona Ryder
Kim
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Dianne Wiest
Peg
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Anthony Michael Hall
Jim
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Kathy Baker
Joyce
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Robert Oliveri
Kevin
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Conchata Ferrell
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Caroline Aaron
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Dick Anthony Williams
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O-Lan Jones
Esmeralda
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Vincent Price
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Alan Arkin
Bill
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Susan Blommaert
Tinka
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Linda Perri
Cissy
J
John Davidson
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Biff Yeager
George
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Bryan Larkin
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