Search - Edward Scissorhands [Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 09/05/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 24 Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy Comedy, Romantic Fantasy See Also: Edward Scissorhands [Fullscreen Special Edition], Edward Scissorhands [Collectible Tin Packaging], Edward Scissorhands [Blu-ray], Edward Scissorhands [Anniversary Edition] [Widescreen], Edward Scissorhands: 10th Anniversary [Widescreen]

Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands opens as an eccentric inventor (Vincent Price) lovingly assembles a synthetic youth named Edward (Johnny Depp). Edward has all the essential ingredients for today's standard body, with the exception of a pair of hands. For what is initially thought to be a temporary period, he is fitted with long, scissor-like extremities that, while able to trim a mean hedge, are hardly conducive to day-to-day life. When the kindly inventor dies, however, Edward is left lonely and cursed with some very heavy metal for hands. He is eventually taken in by Peg Boggs (Dianne Weist), an Avon lady who takes pity on him after seeing his bleak existence. Edward, in spite of his inherent ability to slay anyone he comes across, is a gentle soul whose only wish is to be loved. His impromptu family has, at best, a limited understanding of Edward, but he finds himself drawn to Peg's weary but sympathetic daughter, Kim (Winona Ryder), who is dating Jim (Anthony Michael Hall), the neighborhood bully. Meanwhile, Edward finds himself a local celebrity after the town realizes that his talents include creative hedge trimming and an unrivaled ability to cut hair. His so-called friends are proven fair-weather when Edward is accused of a crime, after which his only supporters are Peg and Kim. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Winona Ryder - Kim Boggs
Dianne Wiest - Peg Boggs
Anthony Michael Hall - Jim
Alan Arkin - Bill Boggs
Vincent Price - The Inventor
Kathy Baker - Joyce Monroe

One of the best presentations of a Tim Burton film on DVD, =Edward Scissorhands features a widescreen, anamorphic transfer, Dolby Digital 4.0 and Surround Audio, and an array of supplements that complement Burton's bittersweet tale of a gentle misfit with blades where his hands should be. The disc includes commentaries by Burton and composer Danny Elfman, a brief "making of" featurette, concept sketches, the original theatrical trailer, and TV commercials, all of which lend different perspectives on the film's creative processes. As with his Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Sleepy Hollow commentaries, Burton's engaging track focuses mainly on the film's thematic and artistic concepts instead of technical information. Though he's not nearly as talkative as Burton, Elfman's track reaffirms just how intertwined his composing is with Burton's filmmaking process. Burton's spindly, evocative concept sketches of Edward and the inventor who created him both hint at the final versions of the characters and show how much Edward Scissorhands' production and design contributed to the film. Likewise, the featurette includes an interview with screenwriter Caroline Thompson, who wrote the screenplay around those same drawings. All in all, the DVD of =Edward Scissorhands gives the film the treatment it deserves, as well as the ideas and the people behind it. ~ Heather Phares, All Movie Guide