Trivia: This role of Inventor played by Vincent Price would be his very last in a motion picture. Shortly after narrating and starring in a couple of television shows and a voice-over for an animated film, he passed away in 1993.
Trivia: Johnny Depp seems to get his look for Edward Scissorhands from the classic Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. Watch the original version of Dr. Caligari and notice how much the look and mannerisms of the somnambulist Cesare resemble Edward. The hair, the eyes, Even the makeup is similar.
Trivia: Johnny Depp only speaks 169 words in the entire film.
Trivia: Michael Jackson wanted to play the role of Edward Scissorhands, but Johnny Depp was cast instead. (Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar 2010).
Trivia: The neighborhood in which the film takes place is a real development in Southern Florida. During filming, the residents of the development stayed in a local motel. While the homes were repainted by the film crew to give the neighborhood the creepy pastel look, the insides were left as they were.
Trivia: In an interview, Tim Burton, who directed the movie, told the interviewer that it was based upon his own life growing up in Burbank, CA as a teen seen as different from the others.
Trivia: In the scene where Peg Boggs comes into the mansion she backs up to the base of the staircase. Right behind her, you'll see a statue which looks like the Oogie Boogie man in The Nightmare Before Christmas, released a few years later.
Trivia: For the role of Jim, Anthony Michael Hall gained weight and developed a more muscular body. This was a change from his more "geeky" appearances, and there were rumors that he used steroids. In an interview in 1999, he stated that he changed his body naturally.
Answer: If the robbery had been successful, Jim would have been able to accuse Edward of robbing the house with his friends backing him up. Jim probably would have kept the car at a friend's house to avoid suspicion. Since the house belongs to Jim's father, nobody would question him going inside. If Jim and his friends tried to rob someone else's house, there would be the chance that somebody would be home or that a burglar alarm could go off and alert the neighbors and the police.