Edward Scissorhands is the fourth feature film collaboration between director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman. The orchestra consisted of 79 musicians. Elfman cites Scissorhands as epitomizing his most personal and favorite work.
What was Tim Burton's motivation for writing Edward Scissorhands?
Because everyone was so concerned about how things looked on the surface, it was very difficult for anyone to be different. Burton's struggle to deal with this world of conformity was the inspiration for Edward Scissorhands. He says of this character: The idea actually came from a drawing I did a long time ago.
In his 35-year career, Tim Burton has carved out a niche for himself making quirky, eccentric films that are often box office bonanzas. Let's take a look back at all 19 of his films, ranked from worst to best, in our photo gallery.
In 1985, following his departure from the Disney studios, he created his first feature film: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. This was followed by Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
That's right, Tom Cruise was almost Edward Scissorhands. Edward Scissorhands is the story of an artificially designed human named Edward. He was created by an inventor played by Vincent Price who died before he could finish Edward.
The Inventor's final result was a human-like young boy who had everything except for hands. The Inventor suffered a heart attack and died while in the act of giving a pair of real hands to Edward leaving him "unfinished" forever.
Edward Scissorhands is mostly a silent character throughout the movie, but it's understandable as he spent years at the mansion all alone, and as he shared more time with other people and lived different experiences, he started opening up more and more, though ultimately, he went back to solitude at the mansion.
Burton was an introspective person and found pleasure in artwork, painting, drawing, and watching movies. His future work would be heavily influenced by the works of such childhood heroes as Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl.
In 2010 after Illumination Entertainment acquired the rights to The Addams Family comics, they began work on the film at Universal Pictures as a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Chris Meledandri.
Despite those similarities, Tim Burton actually had nothing whatsoever to do with Coraline's production. The filmmaker behind Coraline is Wendell & Wild director Henry Selick, but this hasn't stopped the beloved adaptation of the Neil Gaiman comic from being falsely attributed to Burton by far too many people.
Edward Scissorhands is quintessential Burton in many ways. From the kooky neighbors in the colorful suburbs, to the eerie giant topiaries dominating many scenes, to the themes of monsters and loneliness that mix with romance, the movie is a perfect blend of his signature messages and visuals.
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren, and Larry Wilson, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton as the ...
This week Gary Oldman revealed that he turned down Edward Scissorhands after reading a few pages of the script before Johnny Depp went on to make the role one of the most iconic of all time. That got us wondering about all the other major movie roles that were turned down for one reason or another.
Many years earlier, Peg Boggs, a local door-to-door Avon saleswoman, tries to sell at the decrepit Gothic mansion where Edward lives. The creation of an old inventor, Edward is an ageless humanoid.
At the very end, Kim kissing Edward and telling him she loves him before they separate forever. The Reaction Shot of Edward's eyes upon her confession is what really seals it. The saddest thing of all is that Peg was the one who took Edward from the castle, showed him the outside world, and treated him like a son.
The actor-producer met Winona Ryder for the first time at the premiere for 1989's Great Balls of Fire! when the actress was only 17. In 1990, they costarred in Edward Scissorhands, and Depp later proposed.
How old was Johnny Depp when he played Edward Scissorhands?
How old was Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands? Depp was 26 years old when he was cast as Edward. Edward is an ageless being but his appearance is that of a teenager. He too, worked on other films directed by Burton, most famously, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.
In the film, the star played the role of a humanoid named Edward, who has scissors for his hands. 'Edward Scissorhands' also starred Winona Ryder as Kim, who was Depp's love interest in the movie. Make-up artists used prosthetics and skin-tight suits to help the actor get into the character.
Sleepy Hollow is arguably Tim Burton's spookiest and most immersive work. Based on Washington Irving's haunting short story, the legend of the Headless Horseman falls on the nervous shoulders of Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp).
The theory says that first is Frankenweenie, following Victor's childhood years and his relationship with his dog, and then comes Corpse Bride, with an older Victor whose dog has died (for good this time), though he reunites with him now as a skeleton.
