Product Description

Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1951 in DVD
• Brand: DEPP,JOHNNY
• Released on: 2000-09-05
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
Edward Scissorhands achieves the nearly impossible feat of capturing the delicate flavor of a fable or fairy tale in a live-action movie. The story follows a young man named Edward (Johnny Depp), who was created by an inventor (Vincent Price, in one of his last roles) who died before he could give the poor creature a pair of human hands. Edward lives alone in a ruined Gothic castle that just happens to be perched above a pastel-colored suburb inhabited by breadwinning husbands and frustrated housewives straight out of the 1950s. One day, Peg (Dianne Wiest), the local Avon lady, comes calling. Finding Edward alone, she kindly invites him to come home with her, where she hopes to help him with his pasty complexion and those nasty nicks he's given himself with his razor-sharp fingers. Soon Edward's skill with topiary sculpture and hair design make him popular in the neighborhood--but the mood turns just as swiftly against the outsider when he starts to feel his own desires, particularly for Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Most of director Tim Burton's movies (such as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman) are visual spectacles with elements of fantasy, but Edward Scissorhands is more tender and personal than the others. Edward's wild black hair is much like Burton's, suggesting that the character represents the director's own feelings of estrangement and co-option. Johnny Depp, making his first successful leap from TV to film, captures Edward's childlike vulnerability even while his physical posture evokes horror icons like the vampire in Nosferatu and the sleepwalker in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Classic horror films, at their heart, feel a deep sympathy for the monsters they portray; simply and affectingly, Edward Scissorhands lays that heart bare. --Bret Fetzer

Amazon.com
Edward Scissorhands achieves the nearly impossible feat of capturing the delicate flavor of a fable or fairy tale in a live-action movie. The story follows a young man named Edward (Johnny Depp), who was created by an inventor (Vincent Price, in one of his last roles) who died before he could give the poor creature a pair of human hands. Edward lives alone in a ruined Gothic castle that just happens to be perched above a pastel-colored suburb inhabited by breadwinning husbands and frustrated housewives straight out of the 1950s. One day, Peg (Dianne Wiest), the local Avon lady, comes calling. Finding Edward alone, she kindly invites him to come home with her, where she hopes to help him with his pasty complexion and those nasty nicks he's given himself with his razor-sharp fingers. Soon Edward's skill with topiary sculpture and hair design make him popular in the neighborhood--but the mood turns just as swiftly against the outsider when he starts to feel his own desires, particularly for Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Most of director Tim Burton's movies (such as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman) are visual spectacles with elements of fantasy, but Edward Scissorhands is more tender and personal than the others. Edward's wild black hair is much like Burton's, suggesting that the character represents the director's own feelings of estrangement and co-option. Johnny Depp, making his first successful leap from TV to film, captures Edward's childlike vulnerability even while his physical posture evokes horror icons like the vampire in Nosferatu and the sleepwalker in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Classic horror films, at their heart, feel a deep sympathy for the monsters they portray; simply and affectingly, Edward Scissorhands lays that heart bare. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Movie
This movie has just the right mixture of humor, elegance, pain, love, and Johnny Depp to create a classic.
Depp plays Edward, a machine created by the late scientist of the castle in suburbia, has scissors for hands, since he was modeled after a cookie dough slicer. Edward is a gentle, sweet, innocent character who is generally mute and expresses a lot of his words with body language. He is adopted by the loving and slightly weird make-up agent Peg Boggs,and he lives with her and her typical suberbia husband Bob, befriending their son Kevin and falling in love with their daughter, Kim. At first Kim does not like Edward but after Edward is asked by Kim, forced by her mean boyfriend Jeff, to brake into a house to get money and Edward is blamed but he does not tell the police who made him do it, she realizes how mean Jeff is and how gentle and loving Edward is. She slowly begins to fall in love with Edward, and this makes Jeff jealous and angry. On Christmas night he gets drunk and goes to harass Kim, and sees Edward accidentally cut Kim's hand while making a snow-angel carving in ice. Edward runs to the castle where Kim follows, as does Jeff, and there is a struggle, ending with Jeff hurting Kim and so Edward stabs Jeff with his scissor-hands. Then he and Kim give fond good byes, with Kim kissing his gently on the lips for the first and and she sadly leaves and makes it look like both Edward and Jeff are dead.
It is a remarkably touching, beautiful, and heart warming story. It made me cry slightly to see Edward and Kim in a doomed love.
So you should buy it, 'cause it's a classic.
~~Moonwhisker~~

golden classic
I grew up watching this movie and i will surely enjoy watching it on HD , i recommend this movie.

Burton's classic fairy tale
Tim Burton and Stanley Kubrick are my two favorite directors of all time. And needless to say, Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite films from Burton. This is a classic modern fairy tale that's full of humor, tragedy, and colorful suburbia. Johnny Depp as Edward is so believable, that I doubt anyone else could've played the part. Winona Ryder may be in a rut these days, but here she's lovely. Her growing affection for Edward makes for a beautiful atmospheric way of making the story shine. Dianne Weist, Alan Arkin, and Kathy Baker are a perfect supporting ensemble; the desperate housewives far superior to the housewives of ABC. O-Lan Jones is the religious fanatic who becomes a part of the tide that turns on Edward int he second half of the story, so you love to hate her. Vincent Price is memorable in his last film role. And finally, Anthony Michael Hall is Jim the main antagonist. He is the one who insults and fights against Edward. Hate him for what he is, will you?

The music itself should be notable in the film. Danny Elfman works the story with lots and lots of orchestral emotion. The suburbia music is catchy and a bit jazzy; the soft and lyrical moments just HAVE to be heard.

With all the characters, music, art direction, costume design, and cinematography, it's a big wonder why there are not that many special features on the DVD. Beside the interesting audio commentary by Buton and Elfman, there are only a featurette that was made back when the film was being made, and some sound bytes. There are no deleted scenes or outtakes or any of that sort. I really hope that the next time this film is released, they at least put in some audio commentary by the actors, a 90+ minute behind-the-scenes documentary, etc.

Film: A+
DVD: B-