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  • Burton Originally Conceived Of The Film As A Musical on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#10) Burton Originally Conceived Of The Film As A Musical

    In the early stages of development, director Tim Burton wanted Edward Scissorhands to be a musical. He thought the more bizarre and fantastical elements of the story would be more believable to audiences in song form. Screenwriter Caroline Thompson told Variety that in her original treatment for the film, there were actual musical interludes, including lyrics. One of the songs was called "I Can’t Handle It."

    Ultimately, Burton decided against the idea, which Thompson believes "better served" the film. She also admitted that she "wrote some really bad lyrics" in the first pass. 

  • The Film Marked Vincent Price's Final Theatrical Appearance on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#11) The Film Marked Vincent Price's Final Theatrical Appearance

    Director Tim Burton had long been an admirer of horror legend Vincent Price before he worked with him in Edward Scissorhands. 

    Burton was obsessed with Price as a child, and he told the Los Angeles Times about Price's profound impact on him:

    I can’t tell you what [Price] meant to me growing up. This sounds dramatic but he helped me live... When you’re a child and a teenager it’s not unusual to go through a melodramatic phase. Some people find release through heavy metal or whatever. But by watching [Price’s] films, there was a catharsis for me. You’re not just watching a low-budget Edgar Allan Poe movie, there’s something else there that’s not on the screen. I channeled my melodrama into that, as opposed to [self-destruction] probably.

    Burton wrote the role of the Inventor - the man who creates Edward - specifically for Price. It was Price's last role before he passed in 1993 at the age of 82. 

  • Burton Asked Robert Smith Of The Cure To Do The Soundtrack on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#8) Burton Asked Robert Smith Of The Cure To Do The Soundtrack

    Given their similar aesthetic, it's no wonder director Tim Burton was a big fan of new wave, goth-rock band The Cure. As production was gearing up on Edward Scissorhands, Burton asked The Cure singer Robert Smith if he would create the film's soundtrack.

    According to keyboardist Roger O'Donnell, who worked with the band on-and-off early in their career, Smith ultimately passed on the project:

    Another thing I remember but I don’t know how widely known this is was that Tim Burton had asked Robert for The Cure to do the soundtrack to Edward Scissorhands and the script was lying around the studio. I don’t know why we didn’t or what happened, I don’t think we knew who he was at the time.

    Fortunately for Burton, the two did eventually have the chance to work together; Smith provided his take on the Alice in Wonderland track "Very Good Advice" for Burton's 2010 live-action reimagining. 

  • The Crew Redecorated An Entire Neighborhood In Florida on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#6) The Crew Redecorated An Entire Neighborhood In Florida

    In order to create the whimsical pastel world of Edward Scissorhands, the production team had to find a somewhat plain suburban area in which to film. They settled on a small town in Carpenter's Run, FL, roughly five miles away from Tampa. Of the 52 houses in the neighborhood, 50 had permanent residents, who allowed the crew to decorate their houses for the duration of filming.

    Some residents, however, gave the crew a hard time. Art director Tom Duffield explained to Dazed:

    We had a couple of people that were holding out, saying, 'I want more money!' so right up to the last day there were a couple of houses that didn't go along with the plan. One or two days before, the two houses figured they weren't getting any money, so they [caved] and we had to rush out and paint the houses and put in the bushes.

  • Edward Originated As A Drawing Tim Burton Made As A Teenager on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#1) Edward Originated As A Drawing Tim Burton Made As A Teenager

    When screenwriter Caroline Thompson first met director Tim Burton about Edward Scissorhands, all he gave her was a drawing of the titular character he created as a teenager. From this, Thompson dreamed up the character so adored by fans today.

    Burton opened up to The Guardian about how his teenaged creation took shape as a full-fledged film protagonist:

    [He] was based on a feeling of touching and communication, and I, I, I've gotten better at all that, but if you're lonely, you can grow up and have 20 million friends and be Mr Touchy-Feely, but you still have that feeling because it doesn't leave you. So I think it's those things you think you're exorcising, but you don't, really. Some feelings never leave you.

  • The Film's Color Palette Was Partially Inspired By Leningrad on Random Fascinating Stories From Making Of 'Edward Scissorhands'

    (#3) The Film's Color Palette Was Partially Inspired By Leningrad

    Edward's outsider status is amplified by the film's candy-colored palette - literally. The film's art director, Tom Duffield, told Dazed that the film's signature hues were inspired by the chalky candy Necco Wafers.

    Duffield's reason for selecting these colors isn't as sweet as the inspiration might make it seem, however; he and production designer Bo Welch were going for "if Leningrad had an American-type housing complex:"

    That [Necco Wafers] is where we got the basis for the colors for the houses.We wanted to make it a totally controlled neighborhood. Everything was totally controlled: the colors, the look. That’s one of the great things about working for Tim, because he lets you have total control.

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Edward Scissorhands is a popular and classic fantasy romance film starring Johnny Depp, Winona Reid, and other stars. The movie tells a tragic fairy tale about Edward Scissorhands falling in love with his lover but unable to be together. As the most successful movie in 1990, it won many international awards and praise. Edward Scissorhands was inspired by a painting created by director Tim Bolton when he was a teenager. 

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