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The Nightmare Before Christmas

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7.8/10 • 9.5K

1993-10-09 • 1h 16m

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Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

Directors
Henry Selick
Characters
Tim Burton
Editors
Stan Webb

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Danny Elfman

    Danny Elfman

    Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)

  2. Chris Sarandon

    Chris Sarandon

    Jack Skellington (voice)

  3. Catherine O'Hara

    Catherine O'Hara

    Sally / Shock (voice)

  4. William Hickey

    William Hickey

    Dr. Finkelstein (voice)

  5. Glenn Shadix

    Glenn Shadix

    Mayor (voice)

  6. Paul Reubens

    Paul Reubens

    Lock (voice)

  7. Ken Page

    Ken Page

    Oogie Boogie (voice)

  8. Edward Ivory

    Edward Ivory

    Santa Claus (voice)

  9. Susan McBride

    Susan McBride

    Big Witch / WWD. (voice)

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Andres Gomez

Nov 14, 2014

6/10

I suppose I missed watching it at the proper time so I will explain it as not surviving well after all these years. The idea is daring, the stop motion is OKish and Danny Elfman's OST is quite good but even being only 70 min they were still too many for me. Specially, the songs were to close one to the next.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$18,000,000.00
Revenue
$75,634,409.00
Keywords
skeletonfiremagicholidaysanta claushalloweenvillainmusicalchristmas treesaving christmaspumpkinwoodsstop motionchristmas horrorchristmas