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Edward Scissorhands (1990) More at IMDbPro »

• The houses used in the film were a real community in Florida, completely unchanged except for their garish exterior paint.
  
  
• This was Vincent Price's last screen appearance and his last moment ever on screen is a death scene
  
  
• The first draft of the film was written as a musical.
  
  
• Johnny Depp had to lose a reported 25 pounds for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
  
  
• Johnny Depp said only 169 words in this film.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [Tim Burton] [music] music by Danny Elfman
  
  
• The idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager.
  
  
• During the scene where Vincent Price dies, he actually fainted on the set as it was filmed. Tim Burton decided the take was fine and kept it for the morbidity of it.
  
  
• For her role as the religious zealot Esmeralda, O-Lan Jones also arranged and actually played the organ music her character performs on-screen.
  
  
• Some of the topiary that Edward makes in the movie can be seen permanently at the New York City restaurant Tavern On the Green.
  
  
• When Edward goes to have his hands sharpened, the storefront was that of an actual hardware store called Crowder Brothers in Southgate Shopping Center. At the time of the filming, they did offer a sharpening service, and they did have a giant motorized Victorinox in the window.
  
  
• The Southgate Shopping Center is located in Lakeland, FL while the neighborhood was filmed at the Carpenter's Run subdivision in Lutz, FL.
  
  
• The neighborhood is based on Burton's hometown, Burbank.
  
  
• Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey and Robert Downey Jr. were all considered for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
  
  
• The last ice statue to the right that Edward creates at the end of the film is modeled after Penny, the orphan girl in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).
  
  
• Composer Danny Elfman said of all the films he's composed music for, Edward Scissorhands is his favourite.
  
  
• Edward Scissorhands is Tim Burton's favourite of all his films.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [Tim Burton] [Black and white stripes] Jim's shirt collar at dinner.
  
  
• The restaurant that the family eats at was, at one time, a real restaurant; a national chain diner called "Sambo's". It was located directly across the street from Southgate Shopping Center, as appears in the movie. Due to the controversial nature of the name and interior design, the diner (and entire chain) closed sometime in the late 70's/early 80's. It remained an abandoned building for many years, until Tim Burton came to town to film "Edward Scissorhands". Burton's crew unboarded the doors and windows and redressed the interior to look like a working restaurant again.
  
  
• When Edward has a flashback, brought on by a can opener, there is a scene with an egg cracker. This is the same type of egg cracker used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
  
  
• The Police Station set in this title is a copy of the one seen in Invaders from Mars (1953).
  
  

• SPOILER: During the scene where Edward runs away, back to his home, Johnny Depp collapsed from heat exhaustion due to the extreme temperatures and the leather costume.
  
  

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