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 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 Fo...