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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 12/03/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 16 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 137 Genres: Fantasy, Musical, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Musical Fantasy, Creature Film, Animated Musical See Also: The Nightmare Before Christmas [UMD for PSP], The Nightmare Before Christmas [Collector's Edition] [Includes Digital Copy], The Nightmare Before Christmas [Blu-ray], The Nightmare Before Christmas [Ultimate Collector's Edition] [Includes Digital Copy]

This stop-motion animated fable was a big hit when it was released -- not only at the box office, but critically. It was praised for its stunning originality and for the excellence of its execution. In addition, it was praised for being a completely absorbing fable that both grownups and children can enjoy, so long as the children are able to its handle scary bits (beginning perhaps at age seven or eight). In the story, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon) is the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, a realm of reality where the inhabitants make it their life's work to scare humans on Halloween. He's good at his work, and is very popular around town, but it all bores him. In a funk one day, he wanders into a wood where every tree is the doorway to realms serving one or another human holiday, and falls through the doorway into Christmas. There, he sees scenes of such glee and good will that he is overwhelmed. He returns to Halloweentown with the inspiration to persuade his fellow citizens to kidnap Santa and do Christmas in their own Halloweentown way -- complete with snakes and shrunken heads. Despite strong arguments against this project by Jack's otherwise loyal girlfriend, Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) is duly captured, and the townspeople prepare a very special Christmas for everyone. Jack is excited about the new plan, and at first doesn't notice that Sally isn't around much anymore. Meanwhile, Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page), a sinister opponent of Jack's, has re-kidnapped Santa and has captured Sally as well. Since Sally is the true love of Jack's life and (he eventually realizes) the only one who can be relied upon to tell him the truth in every circumstance, a confrontation with Oogie Boogie becomes inevitable. In addition to being a monumental work of animation (it took over 120 animators and many more technicians more than two years to film it), this show features ten very appropriate musical numbers by composer Danny Elfman, who also supplies Jack's singing voice. In October 2006, fans of the innovative animated classic got to experience The Nightmare Before Christmas in a whole new dimension when the film was re-released into theaters in Disney Digital 3-D -- a process developed to add remarkable new depth to films that were originally released in standard 2-D. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Danny Elfman - Barrel
Chris Sarandon - Jack Skellington
Catherine O'Hara - Shock
William Hickey - Dr. Finklestein
Glenn Shadix - Mayor

Follow the adventures of Jack Skellington as he makes his maiden journey out of Halloween Town to discover Christmas Town and attempts to save Santa Claus from a fate worse than death in this imaginative tale from the creative mind of Tim Burton, arriving on DVD from Walt Disney Video. Presented in 1.66:1 widescreen and featuring an English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, this release also offers an alternate French Dolby Digital Surround track in addition to optional Spanish subtitles. Extra features on this release are limited to theatrical trailers, though a comprehensive special edition with numerous extra features is also available. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide