The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 stop motion film directed by Henry Selick
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop-motion animated dark fantasy movie directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a skeleton from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to "Christmas Town". This new town makes Jack realize he wants to do something different than Halloween every year. Jack tries Christmas out but soon realizes that Christmas may not be for him. Danny Elfman wrote the music to the movie and provided the singing voice of Jack, as well as other characters. Other voices in the movie include Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page and Glen Shadix.
The Nightmare Before Christmas | |
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Directed by | Henry Selick |
Written by | Story: Tim Burton Lyrics: Danny Elfman Adaptation: Michael McDowelll Screenplay: Caroline Thompson |
Produced by | Tim Burton Denise Di Novi 2006 reissue: Don Hahn |
Starring | Danny Elfman Chris Sarandon Catherine O'Hara William Hickey Glen Shadix Ken Page |
Cinematography | Pete Kozachik |
Edited by | Stan Webb |
Music by | Danny Elfman |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Release date | October 29, 1993 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million[1] |
Box office | 1993: $50 million 2006: $8.7 million 2007: $15.8 million 2008: $1.1 million |
Cast
- Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington
- Danny Elfman as Jack Skellington (singing voice) / Barrel / Clown with the Tearaway Face
- Catherine O'Hara as Sally / Shock
- William Hickey as Doctor Finkelstein
- Glenn Shadix as Mayor of Halloweentown
- Paul Reubens as Lock
- Ken Page as Oogie Boogie
- Ed Ivory as Santa Claus
References
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- The Nightmare Before Christmas Archived 2005-10-28 at the Wayback Machine at The Tim Burton Collective
- John Scalzi (2008-08-28). "Why Tim Burton's Recurring Nightmare Remains So Popular". AMC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12.
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