Thursday, October 29, 2020

"The Nightmare Before Christmas" released 1993


Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, released across the US October 29, 1993, is a stop-motion animated dark fantasy film about Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, who becomes obsessed with Christmas.  

Tim Burton wrote a poem while working as an animator for Walt Disney Productions and it eventually became The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Disney released it through its stepchild studio Touchstone Pictures.  

It was a critical and financial success and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.  It won Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film and Best Music.  

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