Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

Release Date

1990

Director

  • Tim Burton

Cast

  • Johnny Depp
  • Winona Ryder
  • Dianne Wiest

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.

Tim Burton's Academy Award-nominated, bittersweet fantasy tells the story of Edward (Johnny Depp), a young man assembled by an eccentric inventor (Vincent Price), who dies before he can finish his creation, leaving him with scissors in place of hands. When a kindly Avon lady (Dianne Wiest) comes calling and discovers Edward all alone, she brings him home to live with her family in the pastel "paradise" of suburbia, where he falls for Peg's teen daughter (Winona Ryder). Edward's sweet helpfulness and exceptional talents in dog grooming, hair cutting, and topiary sculpture make him popular in the neighborhood—but the mood swiftly turns against him.

Past Programs

2012

3D Printing

Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK

2013

The Evolution of Hands

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA