Edward Scissorhands (1990)

This is a noteworthy movie. In a small town, where the houses and cars all seem alike, and the neighbors like to gossip, an Avon lady named Peg (Dianne Wiest) decides to visit the castle on the hill to sell her products. Inside she meets a strange man named Edward (Johnny Depp). He was created by a skilled inventor, but the scientist died before he could give Edward proper hands. She decides to take Edward to stay with her family. He is naïve and doesn’t say much, but soon finds release with his masterful skill of cutting hedges.

The majority of filming took place in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. This was the fourth film directed by Tim Burton to include film scores performed by Danny Elfman; both of them consider this their favorite project. Depp watched several Charlie Chaplin films to get ideas on expressing emotions without words. This was the last live action film role for Vincent Price, who played the inventor; he was a lifelong smoker and died of lung cancer two years after the film was released.