The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Directed by	Henry Selick
Produced by	Tim Burton; Denise Di Novi; 2006 reissue:; Don Hahn
Written by	Story:; Tim Burton; Lyrics:; Danny Elfman; Adaptation:; Michael McDowelll; Screenplay:; Caroline Thompson
Starring	Danny Elfman; Chris Sarandon; Catherine O'Hara; William Hickey; Glen Shadix; Ken Page
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Pete Kozachik
Edited by	Stan Webb
Production; company	1993 release:; Touchstone Pictures; Disney Digital 3-D:; Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	October 29, 1993
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million
Box office	1993:; $50 million; 2006:; $8.7 million; 2007:; $15.8 million; 2008:; $1.1 million

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 movie directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It is a 31st movie. 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.

Cast[change | change source]

Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington
Danny Elfman as Jack Skellington (singing), Barrel, Clown with the Tearaway Face
Catherine O'Hara as Sally and 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[change | change source]

↑ Mark Salisbury, Tim Burton (2006). Burton on Burton. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 121–127. ISBN 0-571-22926-3.

Other websites[change | change source]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Official website
The Nightmare Before Christmas on IMDb
The Nightmare Before Christmas at AllMovie
The Nightmare Before Christmas at Rotten Tomatoes
The Nightmare Before Christmas at Box Office Mojo
The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Big Cartoon DataBase
The Nightmare Before Christmas at The Tim Burton Collective
John Scalzi (2008-08-28). "Why Tim Burton's Recurring Nightmare Remains So Popular". AMC. Check date values in: |date= (help)

This short article about movies can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[Elfman-1] Mark Salisbury, Tim Burton (2006). Burton on Burton. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 121–127. ISBN 0-571-22926-3.

[1]

v t e Disney theatrical animated features
Walt Disney Animation Studios films	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Bambi (1942) Saludos Amigos (1942) The Three Caballeros (1944) Make Mine Music (1946) Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Melody Time (1948) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Cinderella (1950) Alice in Wonderland (1951) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955) Sleeping Beauty (1959) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) The Sword in the Stone (1963) The Jungle Book (1967) The Aristocats (1970) Robin Hood (1973) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) The Rescuers (1977) The Fox and the Hound (1981) The Black Cauldron (1985) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Oliver & Company (1988) The Little Mermaid (1989) The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) The Lion King (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Mulan (1998) Tarzan (1999) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Dinosaur (2000) The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Lilo & Stitch (2002) Treasure Planet (2002) Brother Bear (2003) Home on the Range (2004) Chicken Little (2005) Meet the Robinsons (2007) Bolt (2008) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Tangled (2010) Winnie the Pooh (2011) Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Frozen (2013) Big Hero 6 (2014) Zootopia (2016) Moana (2016) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Frozen II (2019) Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Pixar films	Toy Story (1995) A Bug's Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013) Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Cars 3 (2017) Coco (2017) Incredibles 2 (2018) Toy Story 4 (2019) Onward (2020) Soul (2020) Luca (2021)
Blue Sky Studios films	Spies in Disguise (2019) Nimona (2022)
Live-action films with animation	The Reluctant Dragon (1941) Victory Through Air Power (1943) Song of the South (1946) So Dear to My Heart (1948) Mary Poppins (1964) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Pete's Dragon (1977) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Enchanted (2007) Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Disneytoon Studios films	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) A Goofy Movie (1995) The Tigger Movie (2000) Return to Never Land (2002) The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) Bambi II (2006) Planes (2013) Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Disney TV Animation films	Doug's 1st Movie (1999) Recess: School's Out (2001) Teacher's Pet (2004)
Other Disney units films	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) The Wild (2006) A Christmas Carol (2009) Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) Mars Needs Moms (2011) Frankenweenie (2012) Strange Magic (2015) Bob's Burgers: The Movie (2021)
Related lists	Unproduced films Live-action remakes Walt Disney Animation Studios short films (Academy Award Review) Pixar short films

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Cast[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

Other websites[change | change source]

Navigation menu

Search