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Edward Scissorhands

1990 film directed by Tim Burton

Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 romantic fantasy film about the solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - that is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.

Directed by Tim Burton. Written by Caroline Thompson.
His scars run deep.taglines

Peg Boggs

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  • The light concealing cream goes on first. Then you blend, and blend, and blend. Blending is the secret.
  • Darn this stuff!

Bill Boggs

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  • [to Peg] Sweetheart, you can't buy the necessities of life with cookies.

Jim

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  • Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places.
  • [last words] Hey! I said, "Stay away from her!" [Enraged, Edward stabs him in the stomach and pushes him out of a window to his death]

Dialogue

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Peg: Why are you hiding back there? You don't have to hide from me - I'm Peg Boggs, your local Avon representative and I'm as harmless as cherry pie... [sees Edward come toward her] Oh - I can see that I've disturbed you. I'll just be going now...
Edward: Don't go.
Peg: [sees his scissor hands] Oh, my. What happened to you?
Edward: I'm not finished.
Peg: My, those are your hands? Those are your hands! What happened to you? Where are your parents? Um... Your mother? Your father?
Edward: He didn't wake up.
Peg: Are you alone? Do you live up here all by yourself? What happened to your face? No, I won't hurt you. But at the very least, let me give you a good astringent. And this will help to prevent infection. What's your name?
Edward: Edward.
Peg: Edward... I think you should just come home with me.
Esmeralda: It's not heaven he's from! It's straight from the stinking flames of hell! The power of Satan is in him; I can feel it. Can't you? Have you poor sheep strayed so far from the path?
Edward: We're not sheep.
Esmeralda: Don't come near me!
Esmeralda: He has been sent first to tempt you. But it's not too late. You must push him from you, expel him! Trample down the perversion of nature!
Joyce: Did you hear that? [chuckles] He's a perversion of nature. Why, isn't that exciting?
Bill: So, Edward, did you have a productive day?
Edward: Mrs. Monroe showed me where the salon's going to be. You could have a cosmetics counter.
Peg: Wouldn't that be great?
Bill: Great.
Edward: And then she showed me the back room where she took all of her clothes off.
[everyone stares; Kevin snickers]
Bill: [without listening] Edward, I can't tell you how thrilled I am, I'm just as pleased as punch. This whole beauty parlor venture is gonna teach you volumes and nothing like running your own business. I've never done it myself, but from what I gather it's the greatest satisfaction a working man can have.
Kim: Hold me.
Edward: [tries to hold her]...I can't.
Officer Allen: Will he be okay, doc?
Psychologist: The years spent in isolation have not equipped him with the tools necessary to judge right from wrong. He's had no context. He's been completely without guidance. Furthermore, his work - the garden sculptures, hairstyles and so forth - indicate that he's a highly imaginative... uh... character. It seems clear that his awareness of what we call reality is radically underdeveloped.
Officer Allen: But will he be all right out there?
Psychologist: Oh, yeah, he'll be fine.
Peg: You know- damn those TV programs!
Bill: Damn them all to hell.
Jim: [after seeing Edward accidentally cut Kim] Hey! Now you've done it!
Kim: It was just a scratch Jim, really!
Peg: What's going on?
Jim: Call a doctor, he skewered Kim!
Kim: He didn't skewer me!
Jim: [bullying and shoving Edward] You can't touch anything without destroying it! Who the hell do you think you are hanging around here, huh? Get the hell outta here! Go you freak!
[Edward leaves]
Jim: He tried to hurt you.
Kim: No, he did not, and you know it!
Jim: Are you nuts?! I just saw him!
Kim: Jim, I don't love you anymore. I just want you to go, okay? Just go.
Jim: Are you serious? I'm gonna lose you to that? He isn't even human.
Kim: Just get out of here, okay?! Just go!
[Jim walks away]
Kim: You're here... They didn't hurt you, did they?
[Edward shakes his head]
Kim: Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back, but, you can't make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we...
Edward: You're welcome.
Kim: It must have been awful when they told you whose house it was.
Edward: I knew it was Jim's house.
Kim: You... you did?
Edward: Yes.
Kim: ...Well, then why'd you do it?
Edward: Because you asked me to.
Kim: She never saw him again. Not after that night.
Granddaughter: How do you know?
Kim: [removes her glasses] Because I was there.
Granddaughter: You could have gone up there. You could still go.
Kim: No, sweetheart. I'm an old woman now. I would rather he remember me the way I was.
Granddaughter: How do you know he's still alive?
Kim: I don't know, not for sure. But I believe he is. You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now... I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes, you can still catch me dancing in it.

Taglines

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  • His scars run deep.
  • The story of an uncommonly gentle man.
  • Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.
  • Edward Was Here....
  • His story will touch you, even though he can't.
  • The Director Of "Batman" & "Beetlejuice" Invites You To Meet His Newest Creation:
  • Edward lived alone where he could hurt no one and no one could hurt him. Until the day the Avon Lady came calling...

Cast

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