An elderly woman tells her granddaughter the story of a young man named Edward who has scissor blades for hands. As the creation of an old Inventor, Edward is an artificially created human who is almost completed. The Inventor homeschools Edward, but suffers a heart attack and dies before he could attach hands to Edward.
Some years later, Peg Boggs, a local Avon door-to-door saleswoman, visits the decrepit Gothic mansion where Edward lives. She finds Edward alone and offers to take him to her home after discovering he is virtually harmless. Peg introduces Edward to her family: her husband Bill, their young son Kevin, and their teenage daughter Kim. Despite their initial fear of Edward, they come to see him as a kind person.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Richard Hashimoto, Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi, Caroline Thompson |
Directed By: | Tim Burton |
Written By: | Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson |
Cast: | O-Lan Jones, Stuart Lancaster, Brett Rice, Conchata Ferrell, Dick Anthony Williams, Cecil Hawkins, Alan Fudge, Kathy Baker, Biff Yeager, Victoria Price, Mary Jane Heath, Nick Carter, Andrew B. Clark, John Davidson, Johnny Depp, Caroline Aaron, Aaron Lustig, Marc Macaulay, Linda Perri, Gina Gallagher, Alan Arkin, Miriam Goodspeed, Winona Ryder, Susan Blommaert, Donna Pieroni, Tim Rerucha, Robert Oliveri, Anthony Michael Hall, Steven Brill, Carmen J. Alexander, Marti Greenberg, John McMahon, Bryan Larkin, Peter Palmer, Vincent Price, James Spicer, Dianne Wiest, Phil Olson |
In Theaters: | Dec 14, 1990 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
Production: | Twentieth Century Fox |
Budget: | $20,000,000 |
Box Office: | $56,362,352 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |