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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Tim Burton |
| Stars: |
Johnny Depp |
| Actors: |
Bryan Larkin |
| Genre: |
Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Self-Discovery · Family Interaction · Mad Doctor · Love Story · Teenagers · Essential Cinema · Fantasy |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 10th Anniversary Edition; Full Frame; Checkpoint |
| UPC: |
024543218142 |
| Release Date: |
1990 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 10th Anniversary Edition, 1hr 45min Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (September 05, 2000) UPC: 024543005377 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 40min Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (June 27, 1991) UPC: 086162186738 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Caroline Thompson |
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Professional Reviews
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(07/01/1991, p.42, Philip Strick): "...Eye-catching, ingenious..." |
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| Details: |
In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's old abandoned castle. The scientist died before replacing the shy man's large shears with real hands. When Peg attempts to bring Edward into her suburban world, to live among her skeptical family (husband Alan Arkin and daughter Winona Ryder) and gossipy neighbors, his hands--dangerous yet capable of creating things of great beauty--make for some awkward, funny, and poignant situations: Edward as a topiary gardener, Edward as a cutting-edge hair stylist. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is a story about tolerance, difference, and creativity as much as it is a story of a young man's coming of age (the young man in question is, of course, a monster). In the ironically surreal world of Edward's suburban community, he must tr... |
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