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
Johnny Depp
Edward Scissorhands
Winona Ryder
Kim
Dianne Wiest
Peg
Anthony Michael Hall
Jim
Kathy Baker
Joyce
Robert Oliveri
Kevin
Conchata Ferrell
Helen
Caroline Aaron
Marge
Dick Anthony Williams
Officer Allen
O-Lan Jones
Esmeralda
Vincent Price
The Inventor
Alan Arkin
Bill
Susan Blommaert
Tinka
Linda Perri
Cissy
John Davidson
Host-TV
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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