Edward Scissorhands

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

 * The light concealing cream goes on first. Then you blend, and blend, and blend. Blending is the secret.


 * Darn this stuff!

Bill Boggs

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

Jim

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
 * Winona Ryder - Kim Boggs
 * Dianne Wiest - Peg Boggs
 * Anthony Michael Hall - Jim
 * Kathy Baker - Joyce Monroe
 * Vincent Price - The Inventor
 * Alan Arkin - Bill Boggs
 * Robert Oliveri - Kevin Boggs
 * Conchata Ferrell - Helen
 * Susan Blommaert - Tinka
 * Caroline Aaron - Marge
 * Dick Anthony Williams - Officer Allen
 * O-Lan Jones - Esmeralda