See the real Florida neighborhood where 'Edward Scissorhands' was filmed

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• PHOTOS: The 'Edward Scissorhands' House in Lutz is now a free museum
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That being said, this extraordinarily large set was just a façade with scenes on the staircase, in the lab, and the emptied-out attic shot on a separate set. Okay, time to be seriously shocked because as it turns out, Edward’s castle is also real! While the Edward Scissorhands house gained national attention when it was listed for sale — landing extensive coverage in magazines and newspapers across the country — the property seems to have been later taken off the market.

PHOTOS: The 'Edward Scissorhands' House in Lutz is now a free museum

Joey, who was a dishwasher on the set of the movie, said he also has a pair of scissors Johnny Depp used in the movie, as well as a pack of cigarettes Depp left behind. Although there was some renovating done in the house, he said the couple kept the original kitchen cabinets seen in the film. Licalzi, who now builds guitar amp cabinets, has a unique connection to the movie. He worked at a nearby Denny’s in 1990 when a producer stopped by with an offer. The movie’s craft services department needed a kitchen at which to wash dishes and a dishwasher. In 1990, director Tim Burton transformed the Carpenters Run neighborhood into a bizarre movie set for the film Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.

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“The kitchen cabinets and counter tops are original, but all are in good working order. A high ceiling in the living room and updated insulated windows throughout the home. When Depp discarded cigarettes on the road, neighborhood kids grabbed the litter. That house, at 1774 Tinsmith Circle on the Pasco County side of Lutz, was purchased a year ago by Joey and Sharon Licalzi. The couple then opened it to the public as Scissorland, a museum dedicated to the quirky romance film.

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Thirty years later, this modern fairy tale about the boy with the world’s most dangerous digits is still as wonderful as when it first hit theaters. The town they set the film in was actually a suburb of Tampa, Florida. They painted all the houses pastel colors for the shoot, to make them look almost like toys, or Monopoly pieces. The museum features original props from he film like Kim Bogg's purse, original wallpaper, and the scissors Edward used to trim the dinosaur hedge. Currently there are six exhibits, and Licalzi says he plans to expand, eventually turning his garage into the top floor of the castle featured in the film.

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Licalzi has a personal connection to the film, and it’s why he says he bought the home — placing the winning bid at a time when he says offers for it came from fans around the world. At the time of the movie’s production, Licalzi worked as a dishwasher at a local Denny’s restaurant, and the film’s craft services department needed a place, and a person, to wash their dishes. Some of the pieces were donated by neighbors who lived in the area when Edward Scissorhands was filmed. One neighbor gave them one of the license plates they used to cover their real plates during production.

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A month later, TMZ reported that fans bought the home for $6,000 above the asking price. Now those fans, the Licalzis, have come forward and are ready to show off the work they have done in the past year. They shared photos of the display of movie-used memorabilia they collected with TMZ on Sunday. The idea for the movie came from a sketch of a boy with scissors for hands that filmmaker Tim Burton had drawn as a teenager. The suburban neighborhood where the story takes place was lined with cookie-cutter, pastel-painted houses. At the end of the street, there were iron gates leading to a crumbling castle on a hill.

Having grown up near to, but not as part of, a similarly quaint and uniform-looking housing complex she knew just how to incorporate this type of sickly sweet yet somewhat darkly fated town into the story. Therefore, he knew they could easily take on the challenge of bringing this enigmatic set design to life. Meanwhile, screenwriter Caroline Thompson worked tirelessly to bring Tim’s wild story about a man with blades for hands to fruition. As he presents Edward with an early Christmas gift, a brand new set of hands, he suffers a heart attack leaving Edward all alone in their sprawling gothic mansion on a hilltop without a friend in the world.

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Fans and former crew members donated props — both authentic and reproduced — plus other items connected to the film. The house at 1774 Tinsmith Circle, on the Pasco County side of Lutz, is where Johnny Depp’s Edward Scissorhands character stayed with the Boggs family in director Tim Burton’s 1990 movie Edward Scissorhands. LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — Mementos of her time on the Edward Scissorhands set have been stored in Tandova Ecenia’s attic since shortly after director Tim Burton yelled cut for the final time in 1990. But the fenced-in yards of Tinsmith Circle don’t have those same perfectly manicured lawns — the neighborhood is a bit more overgrown than in the movie.

These garages also show up in the new Cadillac commercial, in which Edward and Kim’s teenage son Edgar — a black leather-clad Chalamet who also has scissors for hands — receives a self-driving car (scissor hands aren’t conducive to driving). Either way, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home retains the character of the movie, with the large two-car garage out front and the arched window over the door. It has hardwood floors, wood-veneer cabinets, a covered patio and a fenced-in yard.

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