Summary: A lonely scientist creates a human named Edward (played by Johnny Depp) only to die before he can create lifelike hands for his creation, leaving Edward instead. with scissor blades. Years later, he is discovered by a saleswoman named Peg (Dianne West), who takes him to live in her suburb, where he feels like a complete outcast. .
Festival elements: The scene in the backyard where Edward scrapes an ice sculpture to turn it into ‘snow’ for his sweetheart, Kim (Winona Ryder), is like Christmas. Oh, and there’s Peg’s annual Christmas party that no one wants to attend because of Edward.
Movie fact: Depp was not the first choice to play Edward. According to producer Caroline Thompson, who also wrote the screenplay, director Tim Burton wanted Tom Cruise to play the role.
Obviously, the Top gunner the star was too concerned but he asked too many bizarre questions.
“[Cruise] wanted to know how Edward went to the bathroom,” she had previously said digital stun. “He asked personality questions that this character couldn’t ask! A subtle part of the story was not answering questions like, ‘How did he go to the bathroom? How did he go to the bathroom? I live without eating all those years?’ Tom Cruise certainly doesn’t want to be in a movie that doesn’t have answers to those questions.”
