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The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas. Originally released in 1993, The Nightmare Before Christmas is the brainchild of Tim Burton. The film had been on his mind during his time working at Disney as an animator, but it wasn't until long after he had moved on and made several successful pictures of his own, such as Edward Scissorhands and Batman, that the film got to be made. The film was unlike any Disney movie ever seen before, with its cast of scary-looking characters and use of stop-motion animation. The film is based on a poem Tim Burton wrote while working at Disney about a skeleton who is bored with scaring people and so discovers Christmas and tries to improve it. The original drawings Burton did for the poem were changed very little for the character designs in the movie - Jack looks almost identical, as does Zero and despite them never being named in the poem, Lock, Shock and Barrel can be seen abducting Santa. However, a great many characters were added to the movie, most notably Sally, the Frankenstein's monster-esque heroine who is in love with Jack and Oogie Boogie, the boogeyman who wants to take over Christmas for himself. The movie is more of a musical than a film, featuring 10 songs as opposed to the usual Disney total of 5. As a result, casting had to be done very carefully. Jack in fact has two voice actors: Chris Sarandon as his regular speaking voice and Danny Elfman (who also composed the score) as his singing voice. The narrator is none other than the famous actor Patrick Stewart, whose clear tones were perfect for the role. With a budget of $18 million, Nightmare went on to gross $51 million
in the US alone and is now a popular film to be shown at both Christmas
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