The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 4K Restoration
- Today, Oct 31
Today, Oct 31 @ 12:00 pm: 4K Laser Presentation
Director: Henry Selick Run Time: 76 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1993
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Tired of scaring humans every year with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, decides to take over Christmas.
“Dazzling mix of fun and fright”
—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The animated dark fantasy musical The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) was the first full-length, stop-motion feature from a major American studio. Animation took about eighteen months to complete with over 100 crew members and animators averaging 60 seconds per week. Their dedication and skill earned the film an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.
About the filmmakers:
Henry Selick is a stop-motion veteran. He trained as an animator at Disney and made his directorial debut with The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) before helming the Academy-Award nominated masterpieces James and the Giant Peach (1996) and Coraline (2009). Among his other work, Selick directed the feature film Monkeybone (2001), animated the fictional sea creatures in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and directed Wendell & Wild (2022), which premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is based on a poem from producer Tim Burton, with a story adapted by his Beetlejuice (1988) collaborator, Michael McDowell, and a screenplay written by Caroline Thompson, who also worked with Burton on Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Corpse Bride (2005). Another iconic partner on Burton’s films, the highly acclaimed composer Danny Elfman, provided the score and several voices in the film, including the singing voice of Jack.
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