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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Genre
Animation
Rating
PG
Released
13 October, 1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory. The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Burton began to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project and in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios.

Director Henry Selick
Produced by Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi
Story by Tim Burton
Starring Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Ed Ivory
Music Danny Elfman
Cinematography Pete Kozachik
Edited by Stan Webb
Production, company Touchstone Pictures, Skellington Productions
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Released October 29, 1993
Running time 76 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $26 million
Box office 2 million
Netflix ID 806284

About The Nightmare Before Christmas

In this Tim Burton musical dark fantasy, character Jack Skellington tries to bring the spirit of Christmas to Halloween Town.

Achievement of The Nightmare Before Christmas

Danny Elfman performed in the film as Jack Skellinton as well as wrote the lyrics and music for the film. Elfman later won the Saturn Award for Best Music. 

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Latest information about The Nightmare Before Christmas updated on July 28 2021.