Edward mani di forbice

Titolo originale: Edward Scissorhands
Regia: Tim Burton |
Anno: 1990
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantasy Dramma Romance
Tag: underdog | small town | unsociability | inventor | hairdresser | isolation | scissors | burglar | love at first sight | fairy tale | sadness | symbolism | castle | alone | flashback | tragic love | snow | gothic | told in flashback | christmas horror | christmas | artificial | hair salon | signs & wonders | wonder | love story | goth | frankenstein | introspective | topiary | sentimental | awestruck | cliché | compassionate | earnest | gentle | suburban gothic |
Cast: Johnny Depp | Winona Ryder | Dianne Wiest | Anthony Michael Hall | Kathy Baker | Robert Oliveri | Conchata Ferrell | Caroline Aaron | Dick Anthony Williams | O-Lan Jones | Vincent Price | Alan Arkin | Susan Blommaert | Linda Perri | John Davidson | Biff Yeager | Marti Greenberg | Bryan Larkin | John McMahon | Victoria Price | Stuart Lancaster | Gina Gallagher | Aaron Lustig | Alan Fudge | Steven Brill | Peter Palmer | Marc Macaulay | Carmen J. Alexander | Brett Rice | Andrew B. Clark | Kelli Crofton | Linda Jean Hess | Rosalyn Thomson | Lee Ralls | Eileen Meurer | Bea Albano | Donna Pieroni | Ken DeVaul | Michael Gaughan | Tricia Lloyd | Kathy Dombo | Rex Fox | Sherry Ferguson | Tabetha Thomas | Tammy Boalo | Jackie Carson | Carol Crumrine | Suzanne Chrosniak | Ellin Dennis | Kathy Lockwood | Jalaine Gallion | Miriam Goodspeed | Dianne L. Green | Mary Jane Heath | Carol D. Klasek | Laura Nader | Doyle Anderson | Harvey Bellman | Michael Brown | Gary Clark | Roland Douville | Russell E. Green | Cecil Hawkins | Jack W. Kapfhamer | Bill Klein | Phil Olson | Joe Sheldon | James Spicer | Tim Rerucha |

La storia di Edward, un uomo creato da un inventore ma non terminato a causa della prematura morte di questi. In realtà Edward è un ragazzo come tanti altri, ma al posto delle mani ha delle forbici. Quando Peg troverà Edward e lo porterà a casa sua, inizieranno le avventure di questo uomo incredibilmente gentile.

Approfondimenti

Johnny Depp had to lose a reported 25 pounds for the role of Edward Scissorhands. D
Tim Burton hired Caroline Thompson, then a young novelist, to write the Edward Scissorhands scr [...] D
When Peg drives up to the mansion, one of the clouds is shaped like scissors. D
Tim Burton originally wanted Geena Davis for the role of Peg after working with her on Beetleju [...] D
Though Tim Burton was unfamiliar with Johnny Depp's then-popular performance in I quattro della [...] D
In Winona Ryder: The Biography, her and Johnny Depp's first time meeting is best described: "It [...] D
O-Lan Jones arranged and actually played the organ music her character Esmeralda performs on sc [...] D
Previously, Winona Ryder had starred in Tim Burton's film, Beetlejuice - Spiritello porcello (1 [...] D
Gary Oldman had been considered early on for the title role, but after reading the script he tu [...] D
Anthony Michael Hall was famous for his Hollywood Nerd roles, most famously as Brian in Breakfa [...] D
Edward is speculated as being a metaphor for autism and related disorders. One particularly not [...] D
Tom Cruise was considered for the role, but ultimately did not take it, because he wanted a hap [...] D
The waterbed scene was one of the only scenes that wasn't originally in the script. D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Tim Burton mentions the power and emotion on set the day Vincent Price filmed his death scene, [...] D
Crispin Glover auditioned for the role of Jim. He later played an antagonist to Johnny Depp in [...] D
Contrary to popular belief, Winona Ryder was actually cast in the film before Johnny Depp got t [...] D
While filming the scene where Edward runs back to his house, Johnny Depp collapsed from heat ex [...] D
When Peg Boggs comes into the mansion for the first time, she backs up to the staircase and she [...] D
Tim Burton explained that his depiction of suburbia is "...not a bad place. It's a weird place. [...] D
In an old interview with Charlie Rose, Johnny Depp spoke about his experience on set with Tim B [...] D
Tim Burton remembers sending a copy of his first film, Vincent (1982), to Vincent Price. Actual [...] D
A scene with Edward in the hospital was shot on the first day of production. Tim Burton notes t [...] D
In an interview with People, Johnny Depp professed his feelings for Winona Ryder. He said, "The [...] D
Although Tim Burton said this isn't his greatest film, he said it is his favorite of all his fi [...] D
Putting on that long, blonde wig was a genuine challenge for Winona Ryder, who found herself mo [...] D
Kathy Baker saw her part of Joyce, the neighbor who tries to seduce Edward, as a perfect chance [...] D
One of the weird hairstyles Edward creates is hair shaped like a tissue box resting on a neighb [...] D
Edward is wearing a 1990 University of Virginia baseball cap during the burglary. D
When Edward goes to have his hands sharpened, the storefront was that of an actual hardware sto [...] D
When Peg looks in her rear view mirror at Edward's mansion for the first time, the mansion she [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin; and two Oscar nominees: [...] D
The film is classified 'U' (Unrestricted Public Exhibition) in India. D
Alan Arkin (Bill) says when he first read the script, he was "a bit baffled. Nothing really mad [...] D
The neighborhood is based on Tim Burton's hometown of Burbank, California. D
Viewers are divided on whether they think Kim is telling a fairy tale to her granddaughter or r [...] D
At one point, Stan Winston had to leave production for one day to direct the teaser trailer for [...] D
Leonard Nimoy was Tim Burton's second choice for The Inventor in case Vincent Price was unavail [...] D
Some of the topiary that Edward makes in the movie can be seen permanently at the New York City [...] D
Edward's dog haircuts are real. D
Dianne Wiest was the first to sign on. "Dianne, in particular, was wonderful", Tim Burton said. [...] D
Edward's odd hands mean he is unable to touch others physically, which becomes a problem when h [...] D
"That's a scary shot," says the director when the camera falls on the picture of Kim and Jim's [...] D
Sara Gilbert was considered for the role of Kim Boggs, but the producers of Pappa e ciccia (198 [...] D
The old man at the barbecue is the doctor who delivers the Penguin in Batman - Il ritorno (1992 [...] D
Drew Barrymore was considered for the role of Kim Boggs. D
When Tom Cruise was being considered for the main role, he asked a lot of odd questions, like ' [...] D
The town in Edward Scissorhands was the inspiration for the model town in Beetlejuice - Spirite [...] D
Five is something of a recurring number in the film, likely because most of the drama is center [...] D
Anthony Michael Hall was twenty-two while playing the teenage Jim. Winona Ryder was nineteen. E [...] D
Edward's amazing topiaries aren't real. They are welded steel armature, wrapped with chicken wi [...] D
Wil Wheaton was considered for the role of Jim, but was contractually obligated to Star Trek: T [...] D
Corey Feldman was considered for the role of Jim. But he turned it down as he was busy doing Ta [...] D
Tim Burton: [Black and white stripes] Jim's shirt collar at dinner. D
Although theatrically released in the U.S. during Christmas 1990, Twentieth Century Fox decided [...] D
Johnny Depp's first movie role was in Nightmare - Dal profondo della notte (1984), in which the [...] D
Johnny Depp stated that he "cried like a baby" when he first read the script. D
The faded-pastel palette they came up with was intended to look a bit like a "faded circus." D
To construct the scissor hands, Stan Winston and his team searched for every different kind of [...] D
Edward is regarded as Tim Burton's avatar. The over-the-top Gothic mansion on a hill above the [...] D
The Southgate Shopping Center is located in Lakeland, Florida, while the neighborhood was filme [...] D
The neighbor who tells Edward to not be concerned with his "handicap" at the barbecue is the sa [...] D
Joyce's husband plays one of the security guards scared by Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman - Il rit [...] D
Being rather frail of health at this point, Vincent Price fainted under the hot studio lights i [...] D
The Boggs family car is a 1974 Ford Maverick. D
Sean Astin was considered for the role of Jim, but he turned it down as he wasn't comfortable p [...] D
The film was shot in an actual neighborhood in Florida, and the houses were all painted to matc [...] D
Edward is based on Caroline Thompson's dog. D
The role of The Inventor was written specifically for Vincent Price. D
The hill on which Edward's Gothic mansion sits is based on California Institute of The Arts, Ti [...] D
The house is on Tinsmith Circle in Carpenter's Run. D
"When I first started drawing the characters, they were more sharp instruments, and the emotion [...] D
On the commentary, Tim Burton mentions how happy he is that the studio allowed them to give the [...] D
Edward - who is himself apparently immortal - doesn't understand what's happened to his 'father [...] D
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp would make another movie about a character with blades on/in hands t [...] D
Tim Burton: [wild hairstyle] Edward's wild hairdo is similar to Tim Burton's wild hairstyle. D
Tim Burton: [music] Music by Danny Elfman. D
Dustin Hoffman was considered for the role of Bill Boggs. But he was unavailable because he was [...] D
Johnny Depp revealed it was "love at first sight" when he first met Winona Ryder. In Rolling St [...] D
The signature scene where Edward makes an ice sculpture, and Kim dances in the "snow" he makes, [...] D
Jim Carrey auditioned for the role of Edward. Years before, he had auditioned for the role of F [...] D
The restaurant at which the family eats, was, at one time, a real restaurant; a national chain [...] D
The black "suit" that Edward wears is heavily implied to actually be part of his body. D
Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, and Robert Downey Jr. were all considered for the role of Edward Scisso [...] D
Anthony Michael Hall previously starred in La donna esplosiva (1985), also based on Frankenstei [...] D
Tom Hanks was considered for the part of Edward. D
Donna Pieroni's debut. D
Michael Jackson was rumored for the part of Edward. D
The crew took façades of the houses and reduced the size of the windows, to make them slight [...] D
The character Peg is based on the writer's (Caroline Thompson) mom, who used to bring home stra [...] D
Most of the characters in the film were representative of real people Tim Burton knew growing u [...] D
When Caroline Thompson first heard about Edward, a character with scissors for hands, she thoug [...] D
Pressure from the media was what eventually caused Johnny Depp's split from Winona Ryder. At le [...] D
Edward is regarded as an artificial human but he is more of a homunculus than a robot or golem. [...] D
One of two films released in 1990 in which Johnny Depp plays the title role, for the first time [...] D
The first draft of the film was written as a musical, a concept Tim Burton would revisit for "N [...] D
Tim Burton acknowledged that the main themes of Edward Scissorhands deal with self-discovery an [...] D
Tim Burton has never intended to make a sequel as he said it would rob the film of its "purity" [...] D
In her high school days, Winona Ryder got beaten up for not dressing up like her character, Kim [...] D
Tim Burton had asked Robert Smith of The Cure to do the soundtrack, and had even sent the scrip [...] D
This is the first time that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp worked together. They became good friend [...] D
Winona Ryder and Conchata Ferrell appeared in Mr. Deeds (2002). D
When Peg is answering the phone call on her bed, she has Avon products on her bedside table, im [...] D
"Edward Scissorhands" is a similar title to Ed Wood (1994). This marked the second collaboratio [...] D
Tim Burton had originally planned for the film to be a musical, feeling "it seemed big and oper [...] D
The little blond boy on the Slip 'N Slide, at the beginning of the film, is Nick Carter of The [...] D
Tim Burton joked on the commentary that some of the scars on Johnny Depp's face were real, beca [...] D
Edward Scissorhands is often interpreted by people in the autism community as an allegory for b [...] D
Esmeralda has a slightly bigger role in the ballet. Instead of being a reclusive neighborhood c [...] D
Johnny Depp was determined to nail the character, and refused any cooling agent, even in his al [...] D
The entire story is meant to be seen through Edward's eyes, which is why the neighborhood looks [...] D
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder dated throughout filming of this movie, and became engaged later t [...] D
Johnny Depp's wardrobe and prosthetic makeup took one hour and 45 minutes to apply. D
Edward says only 169 words in the film. D
Tim Burton wrote Winona Ryder's character as a popular cheerleader who is pretty much the antit [...] D
Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson cite monster stories (specifically Il gobbo di Notre Dame (192 [...] D
Winona Ryder starred in three films in 1990. "Edward Scissorhands" and Sirene (1990), which wer [...] D
The idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager. Th [...] D
The entire movie is based on a seventy-page treatment that Caroline Thompson wrote in just thre [...] D
According to Tim Burton, Dianne Wiest was one of the first actors to react positively towards t [...] D
Caroline Thompson based Edward on her border collie mix she had when she was in college. "When [...] D
When Edward is cutting the neighborhood ladies' hair, the instrumental music playing sounds sim [...] D
Tim Burton mentions there were two things that caused Johnny Depp to "throw up" while filming. [...] D
Macaulay Culkin was considered for the role of Kevin Boggs after Tim Burton had seen him in Io [...] D
Tim Burton cast Dianne Wiest as Peg after seeing her in films like Parenti, amici e tanti guai [...] D
When Peg (Dianne Wiest) is helping Edward get dressed in Kim's (Winona Ryder) room, you can see [...] D
Tim Burton: [cast] Johnny Depp in a starring role. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Ye [...] D
In the scene where Peg Boggs enters the mansion, she backs up to the base of the staircase, whe [...] D
Edward's hair is based on Robert Smith of The Cure's hair. D
Vincent Price's role was intended to be larger, but the veteran actor was very ill with emphyse [...] D
The houses used in the film were a real community in Florida, completely unchanged, except for [...] D
This was Vincent Price's last screen appearance, and his last moment ever on screen, is a death [...] D
Rick Baker was first approached to do the make-up effects for this film. But Baker was busy doi [...] D
On the commentary, Tim Burton jokes that the Inventor's mansion where Edward lives is Martha St [...] D
When Tim Burton first saw Stan Winston's enhanced drawings he said, "I didn't think he'd actual [...] D
This is the only film in which both Vincent Price and his daughter Victoria Price both appear, [...] D
Tim Burton feels we live in a time where media controls what people think, that they have opini [...] D
Even though he grew up on and loved monster movies, Tim Burton doesn't consider the drawings he [...] D

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Errori

When all the dogs are waiting in line to be groomed, Edward has Joyce's dog sitting on a single, lo [...] D
When Joyce knocks on the Boggs' door, the knocker reads 'The Boggs' but when Peggy closes the door, [...] D
When Kim startles Edward after seeing him in the mirror, you can see the board that replaced the wa [...] D
The size of the blood stains on Kim's dress starts out small on the left of silk collar portion. By [...] D
When Peg wants to bandage her daughter's injured left hand, Kim raises her right hand initially, bu [...] D
When Edward sculpted his first bush shaped like a dinosaur, it is significantly taller than him, bu [...] D
When Peg comes in Kim's room to help Edward put on the white shirt that Peg gave him to change into [...] D
After receiving a phone call, Joyce looks for something to wear, throwing clothes on her bed behind [...] D
In the diner, Kim's straw in her glass is at an angle, in the next shot it is completely upright. [...] D
At the "bed time story" scene, the granddaughter of older Kim is covered all the way to her neck. A [...] D
When Kevin places the hose pipe on the ground, he doesn't actually turn off the water tap. D
in the climax of the movie when Jim is hitting Edward with the "iron" bar, it bends noticeably. [...] D
When Edward strokes his father's cheek after he has died from a heart attack, the amount of blood o [...] D
In the first shot of the husbands driving off to work, the house next to the Esmeralda's is being t [...] D
When Edward begins to cut Joyce's hair, she tips her head back and you can see the band of the wig [...] D
Upon Esmeralda's remarks of Edward "coming from hell", you can see the reflection of a cameraman on [...] D
When Peg first meets Edward at the mansion, his face is very white and pale. But when they are in t [...] D
Edward is seen making various ice sculptures. Where does he get the ice from? D
There is no egg on the whisks of the cookie-making machine after mixing. D
Many of the businesses seen in the film have Visa and Mastercard logos in their store front windows [...] D
When Jim throws Kim to the ground as the roof caves in, you can see blood stains (from Jim's arm wo [...] D
One shot of Edward surrendering to the police for his robbery shows the cameraman's shadow off to h [...] D
When Edward unlocks the door after everyone leaves to find him, we can see some white cue tape wher [...] D
When Bill is watching TV in the garden, Edward is standing right next to him, in the next shot Edwa [...] D
Before Jim points the gun at Edward and Kim in the attic, the two of them are both sitting/leaning [...] D
On one version the movie poster of Edward's profile, there is a grammatical error. It says, "The St [...] D
Edward has a flashback memory of a time before he was even created. D
At the diner, Kevin has his hand on a tomato sauce bottle. In the next angle, we see he is putting [...] D
When Peg leaves Edward to answer the phone after she gives him the clothes, she (obviously) leaves [...] D
The first dog that Edward grooms changes breeds before and after its hair was cut. D
When Peg is applying makeup to Edward's face, you can see that Peg has her glasses on the top of he [...] D
When caught as a burglar, Edward is wearing dark clothes and a cap unlike what wears in the rest of [...] D
When Peg stands by the mansion's garden gate where she meets Edward for the first time, acres and f [...] D
When Edward stabs Jim in the stomach, Jim falls out of the window. When we see Jim on the ground, h [...] D
Visible line attached to the "sculpted" Bear when Denny knocks it over with the van. D
When Edward first enters the Boggs' home, he accidentally pokes a hole in Kim's waterbed and covers [...] D
When Edward's bush sculptures are finished, most of them are much higher than the original hedges. [...] D
Peggy's glasses while she puts cream on Edward's face to fix his scars. D
When Peg first brings Edward to her house, she clearly parks her vehicle on the left side of the ho [...] D
After Edward tells the Boggs family about Joyce taking all her clothes off, Peg is sitting still (s [...] D
During the fight scene in the attic, the slashes in Jim's leather jacket are no longer bloody. And [...] D
Joyce's cigarette when Peg comes to the house. D
At the end of the movie, the police car is parked in front of the gates to the mansion with the mob [...] D
Peg is applying makeup to Edward's face, you can see that Peg have her glasses on the top of her he [...] D

Frase

Kim: Edward, I was so afraid. I thought you were [...] D
Peg Boggs: My, those are your hands? Those are y [...] D
Kim: [approaches the neighbors] He's dead. The r [...] D
Kim: You're here... They didn't hurt you, did th [...] D
Retired Man: Have they caught him yet? Kevin: W [...] D
Kim: [threatening Jim with Edward's scissors] ST [...] D
Esmerelda: He has been sent first to tempt you. [...] D
Neighbors: Hi. Joyce: You all are hiding in the [...] D
Bill: Well, this must be quite a change for you, [...] D
Edward: Kevin, you wanna play scissors, paper, s [...] D
Esmerelda: I can't believe you sheep have straye [...] D
Peg Boggs: Hello? Hello? Hello? Avon calling. Oh [...] D
[first lines] Kim: Snuggle in, sweetie. It's co [...] D
Kim: I guess it would have to start with scissor [...] D
Bill: Well I'll be darned. D
Jim: [after seeing Edward accidentally cut Kim] [...] D
Peg Boggs: Why are you hiding back there? You do [...] D
Jim: [In the van] Forget holding her hand. Pictu [...] D
Joyce: [after Edward cuts her hair] That was the [...] D
Peg Boggs: The light concealing cream goes on fi [...] D
Jim: I'd give my left nut to see that again. [...] D
[last lines] Kim: She never saw him again. Not [...] D
Bill: Sweetheart, you can't buy the necessities [...] D
Peg Boggs: Edward, this is our daughter Kim. Kim [...] D
George: Eddie. The guys and I were talking, we'd [...] D
Helen: [on the phone] Hello? Marge: [on the pho [...] D
Esmerelda: It's not heaven he's from! It's strai [...] D
Peg Boggs: Darn this stuff! D
Officer Allen: Will he be OK, Doc? Psychologist [...] D
Bill: So Edward, did you have a productive day? [...] D
Kevin: Man, those things are cool! You know, I b [...] D
Peg Boggs: [talking on phone] Well, of course, w [...] D
Kim: [as Jim discusses a plan with her] But that [...] D
Joyce: All along I felt in my gut there was some [...] D
[Kevin has brought Edward to his class for show [...] D
Edward: I am not complete. D
Kim: Hold me. Edward: I can't. D
Jim: Forget about holding her hand, man. Think a [...] D
Host-TV: [to Edward] How about it, Edward? Is th [...] D
Host-TV: Quite a story, yes? Any questions for E [...] D
Tinka: [on the phone] Joyce, I just saw this str [...] D
Jim: Hey! Now you've done it. Kim: It's just a [...] D
Officer Allen: We're looking for the man with th [...] D
George: [to Edward] Hi, George Monroe. Woah. Tha [...] D
Edward: Goodbye. [Kim kisses Edward] Kim: I lo [...] D
Peg Boggs: Good morning Joyce. Avon calling. Jo [...] D
[Joyce offers Edward lemonade] Joyce: Lemonade? [...] D
Suzanne: [at the dinner table, Edward hands her [...] D
Bill: OK, everybody. Grab your plates. Soup's on [...] D
Bill: Soup's on! Edward: I thought this was shi [...] D
Peg Boggs: [to Edward] You want to see the pictu [...] D
The Inventor: I know it is a little early for Ch [...] D
The Inventor: [to Edward] Let us pretend that we [...] D
Officer Allen: [to Edward] Drop your weapons! [...] D
Edward: I'm not finished. D
Kim: Edward? Edward: Are you okay? Kim: Yes. A [...] D
various characters: I know a doctor who might be [...] D
Audience Member #5: Do you have a girlfriend? H [...] D
Kim: [finishes her story to her granddaughter] S [...] D
Joyce: [to Edward] Oh! Eddie, is there anything [...] D
Joyce: [to Edward] Don't be ridiculous! You're n [...] D
Peg Boggs: Avon calling. Helen: Weren't you jus [...] D

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