Top 250 241 | Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations See more awards » Related Videos Edit Storyline Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween - but alas, they can't get it quite right. Written by Jon Reeves Plot Summary | Add Synopsis Plot Keywords: Christmas | Halloween | Pumpkin | Woods | Dog | See more » Taglines: We're changing the face of 3- D See more » Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical Parents Guide: View content advisory » Edit Details Official Sites: My Space | Official site [ Japan] | See more » Release Date: ( USA) See more » Also Known As: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas See more » Filming Locations: San Francisco, California, USA Box Office Budget: ,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: 1,232 ( USA) ( ) (2 Screens) Gross: ,379,629 ( USA) ( ) See more » Company Credits Show detailed company contact information on IMDb Pro » Technical Specs Runtime: 76 min Color: Color ( Technicolor) Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1 See full technical specs » Edit Did You Know? Trivia In the song, This is Halloween, the lyrics. tender lumplings everywhere. refers to Tender Lumplings, a song done by composer Danny Elfman when he was with Oingo Boingo. See more » Goofs Continuity: Near the end of the movie, when Jack puts a kid on the Mayor's hat, he's doing it from the left, both his arms are on the left of the hat. In the next shot, he's holding the kid with his arms from both sides of the hat. See more » quot;s [first lines] Santa: ' Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems in a place perhaps.
Original theatrical release poster This article is about the film. For other uses, see The Nightmare Before Christmas (disambiguation). The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 American stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from Halloween Town who opens a portal to Christmas Town and decides to celebrate the holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences. Danny Elfman wrote the film score and provided the singing voice of Jack, as well as other minor characters. The remaining principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O' Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens and Glenn Shadix. The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982, while he was working as a Disney animator. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Disney started to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, he made a development deal with Disney. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco. Disney decided to release the film under their Touchstone Pictures banner because they thought the movie would be too dark, and scary for kids. [3] The Nightmare Before Christmas was met with both critical and financial success. Walt Disney Pictures has reissued the film annually under their Disney Digital 3- D format from 20, making it the first stop-motion animated feature to be entirely converted to 3- D. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast and characters 3 Production 3.1 Character design 3.2 Marketing 4 Soundtracks 5 Release 5.1 Home media 6 Reception 6.1 Critical response 6.2 Box office 6.3 Accolades 7 Legacy 8 Related media 9 See also 10.
Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere. Oogie Boogie Cupcakes Popping up from his underground cupcake lair, this bug-eating Halloween Town villain tastes way sweeter than he looks — particularly when served with a few candy worms on the side. See More Spooky Skellington Lampshade No one casts Halloween in the same light as the pumpkin king with a skeleton grin. This decoupage holiday lampshade depicts the skeletal master of fright lamenting his fate in the glow of the full moon. See More Alice in Wonderland Tumble down the rabbit hole as a 19-year-old Alice returns to Wonderland and its fantastical characters in an all-new adventure. See More Frankenweenie Victor brings his dog back to life, but when the monster wreaks havoc, he must show neighbors that Sparky is still man's best friend! See More Spirited Away When Chihiro's parents undergo a mysterious transformation in a world of spirits, she must find the courage to free her and her family. See More Footer.
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