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It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town", who stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and schemes to take over the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. [6]
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Directed by Henry Selick. With Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey. Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
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- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Henry Selick
- 1993-10-29
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. Danny Elfman wrote the film score and provided Jack's singing voice, as well as other minor characters.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas is based on a poem Tim Burton wrote in 1982 while working at Disney, who had purchased the film rights but felt it was too weird.
- Disney found the movie “too scary” for kids to be released under the Disney Animated Features banner. Because of the dark and deeply weird nature of the movie, Walt Disney Studios decided it was too off-brand to be released under the Disney Animated Features banner.
- It took one week for the producers to shoot one minute of the movie. Overall, the movie, which is of 70 minutes, took three whole years to be produced.
- Originally, the voice for Santa Clause was to be played by Vincent Price. But before he could record his lines, his wife passed away. The director felt that Price’s sadness could be heard in his voice and felt him unfit to portray the joyous Santa.
- No sequel planned. The Nightmare Before Christmas has amassed a cult following, with fans of all ages and generations. In true Disney fashion, it may come as no surprise that a sequel was brewing.
- Composer Danny Elfman didn't have a script. In the Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, composer Danny Elfman revealed that he didn’t have a script to work with when writing the music.
- The most difficult scene to film involved Jack’s reflection. Although the film is filled to the brim with action-packed sequences and stirring theatrical performances, one of the most difficult scenes to film was also one of the more subtle.
- Disney wanted Jack to have eyes. We mentioned before about how Disney initially felt that the film was too dark, but they also made notes about Jack’s overall character design, and wanted him to have eyes.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop-motion animated comedy 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".
Nov 21, 2023 · The film, adapted from a story by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick, tells the musical tale of Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon and sung by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the...
