"Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American romantic dark fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton, and written by Caroline Thompson from a story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson, starring Johnny Depp as an artificial man named Edward, an unfinished creation who has scissor blades instead of hands. The young man is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Additional roles were played by Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin. Burton conceived ""Edward Scissorhands"" from"
"(with Caroline Thompson) and directed ""Edward Scissorhands"", re-uniting with Winona Ryder from ""Beetlejuice"". His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series ""21 Jump Street"", was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor (played by Vincent Price in one of his last screen appearances). Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely death of his creator. Set in suburbia (and shot in Lakeland, Florida), the film is"
"on ""Edward Scissorhands"", ""Batman Returns"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", and a deal was struck with Lehmann as director and Burton and Di Novi producing. Burton began reading ""Nightmare of Ecstasy"" and some of Wood's letters. He was taken by how he ""wrote about his films as if he was making ""Citizen Kane"", you know, whereas other people perceived them as, like, the worst movies ever"". Burton admits to having always been a fan of Ed Wood, which is why the biopic is filmed with an aggrandizing bias borne of his admiration for Wood's work, rather than the derisive attitude"
"the preferred choice of the studio, Tom Cruise, was not fruitful, and Tom Hanks and Gary Oldman turned down the part. The character of The Inventor was devised specifically for Vincent Price, and would be his last major role. Edward's scissor hands were created and designed by Stan Winston. ""Edward Scissorhands"" was released to positive feedback from critics, and was a financial success. The film received numerous nominations at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and the Saturn Awards, as well as winning the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Both Burton and Elfman consider ""Edward Scissorhands"" their most"
"how do we buttress it? If we have a mechanical shark, how does it kill? Will it shoot things from its snout?"" Ranft said Selick has an uncanny gift: ""He can articulate things through animation that people couldn't say otherwise."" Henry Selick Charles Henry Selick (; born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer and writer who is best known for directing the stop-motion animation films ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" (1993), ""James and the Giant Peach"" (1996), and ""Coraline"" (2009). He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance"
"""The Crucible"". We started developing it before horror movies came back."" Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing revived studio interest in 1998. Schroeder, who shepherded Tim Burton's ""Edward Scissorhands"" as a studio executive at 20th Century Fox in 1990, suggested that Burton direct the film. Francis Ford Coppola's minimal production duties came from American Zoetrope; Burton only became aware of Coppola's involvement during the editing process when he was sent a copy of ""Sleepy Hollow""s trailer and saw Coppola's name on it. Burton, coming off the troubled production of ""Superman Lives"", was hired to direct in June 1998. ""I had never really"
"his childhood upbringing in suburban Burbank, California. During pre-production of ""Beetlejuice"", Caroline Thompson was hired to adapt Burton's story into a screenplay, and the film began development at 20th Century Fox, after Warner Bros. declined. ""Edward Scissorhands"" was then fast tracked after Burton's critical and financial success with ""Batman"". The majority of filming took place in Lutz, Florida between March 10 and June 10, 1990. The film also marks the fourth collaboration between Burton and film score composer Danny Elfman. The leading role of Edward had been connected to several actors prior to Depp's casting: a meeting between Burton and"
"Holland is also reportedly scheduled to be writing and directing a feature-length anthology of horror shorts titled ""Twisted Tales"". He is the father of American actor Josh Holland. Tom Holland (director) ""Not to be confused with actor Tom Holland (actor)"" Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film ""Psycho"", directing the first entry in the long-running ""Child's Play"" franchise, and writing and directing the cult vampire film ""Fright Night"". He also directed the Stephen King"
"Tom Holland (director) ""Not to be confused with actor Tom Holland (actor)"" Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film ""Psycho"", directing the first entry in the long-running ""Child's Play"" franchise, and writing and directing the cult vampire film ""Fright Night"". He also directed the Stephen King adaptations ""The Langoliers"" and ""Thinner"". He is a two-time Saturn Award recipient. Holland was born July 11, 1943 in Poughkeepsie, New York, to Lee and Tom Holland. He"
"Henry Selick Charles Henry Selick (; born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer and writer who is best known for directing the stop-motion animation films ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" (1993), ""James and the Giant Peach"" (1996), and ""Coraline"" (2009). He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the guidance of Jules Engel. Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson. Selick did little but draw from ages 3 to 12. Selick's fascination with animation"
"Elfman cites ""Scissorhands"" as epitomizing his most personal and favorite work. In addition to Elfman's music, three Tom Jones songs also appear: ""It's Not Unusual"", ""Delilah"" and ""With These Hands"". ""It's Not Unusual"" would later be used in ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996), another film of Burton's with music composed by Elfman. Burton acknowledged that the main themes of ""Edward Scissorhands"" deal with self-discovery and isolation. Edward is found living alone in the attic of a Gothic castle, a setting that is also used for main characters in Burton's ""Batman"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"". ""Edward Scissorhands"" climaxes much like James Whale's"
"Rick Heinrichs Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his work on the ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" series, Ang Lee's ""Hulk"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"". He started his career on visual effects on the other world sequence in ""The Watcher in the Woods"", Tim Burton's ""Hansel and Gretel"" and ""Vincent"" to later work on ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" and """". He also worked on ""Frankenweenie"". He also contributed conceptional designs for Tim Burton's failed ""Superman Lives"" project. Graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (in Valencia, California),"
"many new projects and additional collaborations with Cameron. In fact, Winston won his first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1986 on James Cameron's next movie, ""Aliens"". Over the next few years, Winston and his company received more accolades for its work on many more Hollywood films, including Tim Burton's ""Edward Scissorhands"", John McTiernan's ""Predator"", ""Alien Nation"", ""The Monster Squad"", and ""Predator 2"". In 1988, Winston made his directorial debut with the horror movie ""Pumpkinhead"", and won Best First Time Director at the Paris Film Festival. His next directing project was the child-friendly ""A Gnome Named Gnorm"" (1990), starring"
"Nightmare Before Christmas"" and ""James and the Giant Peach"", were directed by Henry Selick). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was dedicated to executive producer Joe Ranft, who died in a car accident during production, also during production of Pixar's movie, ""Cars"". The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for the 78th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, but lost to """", which also starred Bonham Carter. It was shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark II digital SLRs, rather than the 35mm film cameras used for"
"Edward Scissorhands (dance) Edward Scissorhands is a contemporary dance adaptation of the 1990 American romance fantasy film ""Edward Scissorhands"", created by Matthew Bourne, with music by Terry Davies. The screenwriter and composer of the film version, Caroline Thompson and Danny Elfman, helped to develop the dance version, which is set in the 1950s (the film is set in the late 1980s). The story is told entirely through music and dance with no discourse although the plot is similar to the movie. The piece debuted in London in 2005 and, despite mixed reviews, has subsequently toured in Britain, Asia, the U.S."
"Another recent devious mall Santa was played by Billy Bob Thornton in ""Bad Santa"" (2003), a film which gained normally family-friendly Disney ""bad press"". Tim Burton's stop-action animated musical film, ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" (1993), depicts Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, wanting to become Santa Claus after an accidental visit to Christmas Town. After the mostly well-meaning but clueless Halloween citizens capture Santa, they try to take over Christmas with disastrous results; the real Santa is almost killed by the Oogie Boogie Man. Santa is voiced here by Ed Ivory, and in the video game spin-offs, Corey"
"Christmas Evil Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out and Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 psychological horror film, directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. It is considered an obscure film but has gained a cult following which includes film director John Waters. It was originally released as ""You Better Watch Out"". Though lesser known, it predates the horror film ""Silent Night, Deadly Night"", in which a deranged man goes on a murderous rampage dressed in a Santa Claus suit. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section"
"on ""The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"", though no new details have since emerged. He contributed material to the 2018 reboot of ""Tomb Raider"". Evan Daugherty Evan Daugherty (born 1981) is an American screenwriter. He wrote the films ""Killing Season"", ""Snow White and the Huntsman"" and the film adaptation of ""Divergent"". Daugherty’s first screenplay was ""Shrapnel"". It won first place in the 2008 Script Pipeline contest and was featured in the 2008 ""Black List"", for screenplays not yet made into films Daugherty also wrote, directed, and edited the short film ""Rusty Forkblade"", which won the 2007 Bronze Medal for Excellence at the"
"aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, with an average of 6.8/10 based on 5 reviews. Christmas Evil Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out and Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 psychological horror film, directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. It is considered an obscure film but has gained a cult following which includes film director John Waters. It was originally released as ""You Better Watch Out"". Though lesser known, it predates the horror film ""Silent Night, Deadly Night"", in which a deranged man goes on a murderous rampage dressed in a Santa Claus suit. While not prosecuted for"
"acclaimed cinematography on films like Mishima and American Gigolo has been deeply influential), Lance Gewer (who photographed the Academy Award-winning Tsotsi) Robefrt Chappell (The Thin Blue Line; The Fog of War) and Stefan Czapsky (best known for his photographing Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood), editors Brad Fuller (Gary Oldman’s Nil by Mouth and Tom Swartwout (who edited the legendary director Sydney Lumet’s last film, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead), composers Philip Glass (Mishima; The Hours) and Asche and Spencer (Monster’s Ball) re-recording mixer and sound designer Randy Thom (the Harry Potter films), and sound recordist Peter Handford"
"Rotten Tomatoes, indicating more mixed contemporary reviews. Burton's next film, ""Ed Wood"" (1994), was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of Ed Wood, a filmmaker sometimes called ""the worst director of all time"". Starring Johnny Depp in the title role, the film is an homage to the low-budget science fiction and horror films of Burton's childhood, and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity. Owing to creative squabbles during the making of ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", Danny Elfman declined to score ""Ed Wood"", and the assignment went to Howard Shore."
"I want to see freaks, all I have to do is look out the window."" On January 5, 1991, Eck suffered a heart attack in his sleep, dying at the age of 79 at the home where he was born. Robert followed him on February 25, 1995, aged 83. They are buried under one headstone in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore. A Hollywood feature film on the life of Johnny Eck has been pursued since the 1990s by Leonardo DiCaprio. A screenplay has been written by Caroline Thompson, the acclaimed scriptwriter of ""Edward Scissorhands"". Production will be by Pelagius Films and"
"Todd Strauss-Schulson Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the 2011 comedy film ""A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas"", and the 2015 horror comedy film ""The Final Girls"". He has also directed episodes of the television series ""The Inbetweeners"" (2012) and ""Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous"" (2013). Strauss-Schulson was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City on June 24, 1980. He has one younger sister named Caren. Strauss-Schulson is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. He attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating"
"gave the film two thumbs down on the television program ""Siskel & Ebert At the Movies"", citing tonal inconsistency and lack of narrative, and the film was on their list for one of the worst films of 1993. Stephen Hunter of ""The Baltimore Sun"" thought Yoshi had ""more personality than all the human actors put together."" ""Super Mario Bros."" was one of four Disney films under consideration for the Best Visual Effects award at the 66th Academy Awards. Of the four, the Academy ultimately nominated ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"". The film was first released on VHS in 1994 and on"
"Jack Skellington Jack Skellington is a character and the main protagonist of the 1993 film ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"". Jack is the ""Pumpkin King"" of Halloween Town, a fantasy world based solely on the Halloween holiday. Jack is voiced by Chris Sarandon. Danny Elfman provided Jack's singing voice in the film, although Sarandon has sung as Jack in subsequent productions. His overall appearance is a skeleton dressed in a black pin-striped suit and a bow tie that strongly resembles a black bat. Originally, his suit was meant to be completely black, but it blended with the background too well, so"
"Hands of a Murderer Hands of a Murderer is a 1990 British made-for-television mystery film directed by Stuart Orme, starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes and John Hillerman as Dr. John H. Watson. Filmed in England in association with Yorkshire Television, the film premiered on CBS on 16 May 1990. The screenplay was written by Charles Edward Pogue who had penned the earlier Ian Richardson Sherlock Holmes films, ""The Sign of Four"" and ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" and was initially intended to be a part of that series of films. Reviews for the film were decidedly mixed. ""People"" gave"
"as a screenwriter. Her other works include """" for Hallmark, starring Miranda Richardson and Kristin Kreuk, ""The Secret Garden"", ""Buddy"", ""Black Beauty,"" "","" and ""The Addams Family"". From the above, she directed ""Black Beauty"" (1994) as her directorial debut, followed by ""Snow White"" in 2001 for TV and ""Buddy"". She was the producer for ""Snow White"" and the associate producer for ""The Secret Garden"" and ""Edward Scissorhands"". Her recent screenplay for ""Wicked Lovely"", intended to be directed by Mary Harron, was in turnaround in 2011. Thompson was recently presented with the ""Distinguished Screenwriter Award"" at the 2011 Austin Film Festival."
"film with screenwriter Eric Roth, with Carrey still attached. In 2001, The Walt Disney Company began to consider producing a sequel to ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"", but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. ""I was always very protective of ""Nightmare"" not to do sequels or things of that kind,"" Burton explained. ""You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it... Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was"
"he started to work at Disney where he met Tim Burton and became a regular collaborator of his. Rick Heinrichs Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his work on the ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" series, Ang Lee's ""Hulk"" and ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"". He started his career on visual effects on the other world sequence in ""The Watcher in the Woods"", Tim Burton's ""Hansel and Gretel"" and ""Vincent"" to later work on ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" and """". He also worked on ""Frankenweenie"". He also contributed conceptional designs"
"a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Goddard co-wrote and made his directorial feature film debut with the horror-comedy film ""The Cabin in the Woods"" (2012). He also directed, wrote and produced the mystery thriller film ""Bad Times at the El Royale"" (2018). Goddard was born in Houston, Texas and was raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the son of Colleen Mary (Hogan), a teacher, and Dr. Laurence Woodbury Goddard. Goddard started his career as a staff writer for ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" and ""Angel"", receiving a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for the former. In"
"Wes Craven Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. He was known for his pioneering work in the genre of horror films, particularly slasher films, where his impact on the genre was considered prolific and influential. Due to the success and cultural impact of his works in the horror film genre, Craven has been called a ""Master of Horror"". He is best known for creating ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" and ""Scream"", featuring the characters of Freddy Krueger and Ghostface respectively. Some of his other films include ""The"
"Freddy Krueger, the psychotic burn victim and child murderer in Wes Craven's hugely successful ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" in 1984. This role catapulted him to fame, and Englund became the first new horror movie star since Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in the 1960s. His association with the genre led him to top-billed roles in ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1989), ""The Mangler"" (1995) – another film directed by Tobe Hooper, and ""2001 Maniacs"" (2005). He reprised his role as Freddy Krueger in """" (1985), """" (1987), """" (1988), """" (1989), """" (1991), ""Wes Craven's New Nightmare"" (1994) and"
"low-budget horror films before his career moved into larger projects beginning with ""Edward Scissorhands"" in 1990. In addition to ""Dracula"", he has also received Oscar nominations for his work on ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Ghosts of Mississippi"" (1996), and ""Albert Nobbs"" (2011). In ""Albert Nobbs"" he used make-up and prosthetics for actresses Glenn Close and Janet McTeer portrayals of women pretending to be men. Matthew W. Mungle Matthew W. Mungle (born October 26, 1956) is an American make-up artist. He has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Makeup, winning (as part of a three-person team) in 1992"