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Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition) |  | Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  417 reviews
Sales Rank: 6370
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 024543005377
UPC: 024543005377
EAN: 0024543005377
ASIN: B00004U8P8
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1990
Release Date: September 5, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Adventures of a creature left unfinished by his inventor. Instead of hands, he has sharp shears of metal.
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
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 Good Halloween Movie September 3, 2010
Barb
I liked the motion picture of this game. This was purchased to play at a Halloween Party. A great movie.
Awww...(I know -- cheesy --but other titles escape me for now) August 13, 2010
Brittany (KY)
I absolutely adore Tim Burton films -- they've just all got this ethereal quality to them that I haven't really seen anywhere else, so even if I'm not a big fan of the plot I get sucked in by the scenery and the way the actors portray their unique characters. This is one film that someone can tell you about beforehand and the plot sounds absolutely terrible ("He has WHAT for hands? What is this, Freddy goes emo?"), but is actually very touching and heartwarming. I don't know how people make these kinds of things up, but it works here -- poor Edward is discovering humanity in a way that is considerably less overtly violent than the Terminator's and considerably more depressing than E.T.'s. If you're looking for a happy ending, though, this one doesn't really deliver -- after all, Edward isn't quite human and there's forbidden love and all that. It kind of made me hate modern society and Winona Ryder's character (not to mention her boyfriend's) for a while because I thought the poor guy deserved better, but it's not really what I would classify as a tear-jerker. Just finish it up with Beetlejuice or something to retore your faith in the value of human/non-human interaction.
 Don't overthink it; this movie is just lame August 3, 2010
Harry M. Shin (Livermore, CA USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
1. It's amazing how people will try to analyze this film, cry for unclear reasons, and try to be the deep intellectual media critic with this movie.
2. The bottomline is that this movie is strange, boring, dumb and very very very pathetic... You would be much better off getting out there and living in the real world.
 Beautiful, Tim's best movie! July 31, 2010
Edward Scissorhands is an amazing movie. i couldn't believe it was possible, but Edward Scissorhands is my most favorite movie of all time (used to be Titianc) this movie is so beautiful and heart-warming, i cried everytime i watched it. But without Johnny Depp, i think i would've thought the movie was a piece of crap. Johnny is so talented when it comes to acting, and painting!! (has anyone ever seen his watercolors?) i think this movie should be given an award of some sort, like most touching film of 1990. it would be also nice if johnny, and vicent got awards, even if vicent is gone (how did the inventor die? did he just fall on the floor and die or something? plz comment on that) i think everyone should see this film (even though my friends all think johnny is a drunk, which isn't true, and i can't even say i love johnny, because they'll think im crazy) so just buy this movie. trust me, ya won't regret it!
-Lauren V. Chessick (sharon is my mom 4 ur info)
Amazing Performance By Johnny Depp July 21, 2010
Manda-Len
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've loved this movie since I was a kid and the Blu-ray just makes it come alive. Love It!!!! Depp is wonderful!!!!!!
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