

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Production
That cookie-cutter suburb was built from scratch in Florida.
Costume
Depp's leather suit—still influencing every Hot Topic nationwide.
Practical Effects
Those topiary sculptures? Real. Stan Winston's team built them.

Director
Tim Burton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burton wrote this while bored as a Disney animator; the studio hated it so much they fired him.
This film basically invented the 'manic pixie dream girl' trope—except gender-flipped, which nobody talks about.
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