Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas | 
 enlarge | Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix
Studio: Walt Disney Video/Touchstone Home Video
Category: Video
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Rating:  403 reviews
Sales Rank: 1832
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303122647
UPC: 765362236039
EAN: 9786303122649
ASIN: 6303122647
Theatrical Release Date: October 29, 1993
Release Date: August 26, 1997
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For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is! The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called ... Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen." --Jim Emerson
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 New Special Edition coming out on August 26 July 3, 2008
V. Baker (Eaton Rapids, Michigan USA)
Just a note to let everyone know that this "out of print" DVD is going to be re-released as a 2 disc special edition on August 26, if you don't want to pay a high price for a used copy for edition.
 A TIMELESS CLASSIC June 16, 2008
J. (I can't tell you where I live.)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Every so often a movie comes around that from the first time you see it, it grabs you and you instantly know it's going to be a classic. 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is absolutly one of those movies!!!
T.N.B.C. is a 1993 stop-motion, animated musical created and written by Tim Burton, directed by Henry Selick, and scored by Danny Elfman.
Our story starts off with a very memorable musical introduction to 'Halloween Town', one of the many 'holiday worlds'. We are then introduced to Jack Skellington, the ruler of Halloween town and said to be the scariest being in the world. Then we meet Sally, a Frankenstein-type of rag-doll who seems to have a crush of sorts on Jack. After Halloween festivities, Jack grows bored of his day-to-day life. As he is wandering in the forest one day, he comes to a group of trees that have very unique markings. As jack is inspecting one, he accidently falls in, and finds himself in 'Christmas Land'. Jack is amazed at what he sees, and immediatly begins a plan to combine the holidays...Unfortunatly to a near disasterous consequence.
T.N.B.C. was inspired by shorts like 'Rudolph' and 'The Grinch' with a Halloween twist, and Burton put the skeleton(no pun intended)of the story together while working as an animator for Disney. The movie had a very difficult production. It took over 3-years to complete, and needed many different scale-models of characters and the town itself. This was the first time that a feature production has this much stop-motion.
The acting is relative. Being a stop-motion animated movie, the acting is done vocally. Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Cathrine O'Hara, Glen Shadix, and Ken Page give great peformances.
Danny Elfman wrote the score to the film and was nominated for a 1993 Golden Globe. The film's music is very 'emotive' and an instant classic. Right from the first note of 'This is Halloween', the music compliments the story perfectly. 'This is Halloween' has alot of identity to it, and works as an introduction and a 'hook' to keep you watching; It is VERY sucsessfull.
The editing is perfect. The movie is 76 min. and moves at a good pace, and the musicals never go on to long(although it wouldn't be a problem because the score is great).
T.N.B.C. is just one of those movies that instantly shines and becomes unforgetable. From the first I saw it, I new people would still be watching it and talking about it years after the release. When the movie was first released, The execs. at Disney were concerned that the film might be to 'dark' for young children(given that 'Oogie Boogie' kidnaps and tortures Santa)but the movie doesn't 'push the envelope' far enough to cause concern. I bought this for my niece's 2nd birthday, and she watched it 3 times as soon as I gave it to her; this movie is perfect for introducing your children to scary movies!!!
This is a timeless classic and a must have for children and adults alike(almost like 'A Christmas Story')!
My Amazon Bro Mike Lidell has informed me that this will be re-released with additional bonus features in August!! My biggest question is how can a movie like this go out-of-print??
Best Holiday Movie!!! May 9, 2008
MovieFan37 (S.A., TX)
I love watching this movie during the holidays. The special features are great too. If you can find it at a good price, I recommend picking this DVD up.
Out of this world April 27, 2008
Shadow (Australia, VIC, Melbourne)
An absolute joy to watch that will be enjoyed by families everywhere.
A top movie that has been re-launched in cinemas in some parts of the world, why? because it opens the imagination of all children and adults as well with it's unique style and unmissable detail to quality in every aspect of the film from beginning to end.
This movie has proven itself worthy amongst all other great family movies ever made and with it's compelling story and it's imagination filled and memorable characters that you get to know throughout the entire movie, this is a film that would be appreciated by everyone especially in today's day and age as when it was first released seemed to me to be a little ahead of it's time and wasn't fully acknowledged until the late nineties to today.
with amazing songs that children and yourself will love to sing along to this movie has memorable moments that you will not forget also due to it's catchy melodies and heart felt humor its a film not to be missed.
 not good at all February 14, 2008
Sean M. Pemberton (nebraska)
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
this movie is not worth being called a cult fav, i have no idea why it ever became so popular... and p.s. i actually do like james and the giant peach, just not the nightmare before christmas its soooo bad i will never watch it again.
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