Tim Burton's The nightmare before Christmas / [presented by] Walt Disney Pictures ; produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi ; screenplay by Caroline Thompson ; directed by Henry Selick ; adaptation by Michael McDowell.

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Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween. He becomes bored with the same routine every year. He decides to take a walk in the woods. There, he discovered a door leading to Christmastown and decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. When he is back in Halloweentown he shows his friends what Chri...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Burton, Tim, 1958-
Di Novi, Denise
Thompson, Caroline, 1956-
Selick, Henry
Elfman, Danny
Sarandon, Chris
O'Hara, Catherine
Hickey, William, 1927-1997
Shadix, Glenn
Reubens, Paul, 1952-2023
Page, Ken
Ivory, Ed
Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015
McDowell, Michael, 1950-1999
Kozachik, Pete
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, French and Spanish subtitles.
Published: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]
Edition:Collector's edition.
Series:Disney DVD.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Halloween > Drama.
Santa Claus > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Sleds > Drama.
Good and evil > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Fantasy > Animation > Feature.
Musical > Animation > Feature.
Fantasy films.
Musical films.
Animated films.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Fantasy
Musical
Fantasy films.
Musical films.
Animated films.
Animation
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Nightmare before Christmas.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween. He becomes bored with the same routine every year. He decides to take a walk in the woods. There, he discovered a door leading to Christmastown and decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. When he is back in Halloweentown he shows his friends what Christmas is like, and he suggests doing Christmas this year instead. But things do not go as planned when Oogie Boogie, an evil gambling boogey man, plots to play a game with Santa Claus' life and creates a nightmare for all the good little boys and girls everywhere. Although Sally attempts to stop him, Jack embarks into the sky on a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer.
Note:Based on a story and characters by Tim Burton.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.
Special features: Jack's haunted mansion holiday tour; Tim Burton's original poem narrated by Christopher Lee; audio commentary with Tim Burton, Henry Selick and Danny Elfman; making-of documentary.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1997.5 .N555 2008 VideoDVD
CV1 D0126513 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG; for some scary images.
Credits:Music, lyrics & score, Danny Elfman ; director of photography, Pete Kozachik ; editor, Stan Webb.
System Details:DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Participant or Performer:
Voices: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory.