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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Oct 29, 1993 · The Nightmare Before Christmas: Directed by Henry Selick. With Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey. Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
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- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Henry Selick
- 1993-10-29
The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory. The Nightmare Before Christmas originated from a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions.
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning.
- Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington
- Catherine O’Hara as Sally
- William Hickey as Doctor Finkelstein
- Ken Page as Oogie Boogie
- Paul Reubens, Catherine O’Hara & Danny Elfman as Lock, Shock & Barrel
The Nightmare Before Christmas chronicles Jack Skellington's ill-fated attempt to bring Christmas to Halloween Town by kidnapping Santa Claus (or Sandy Claws, as he calls him) after he grows tired of only celebrating Halloween year after year. Jack Skellington is voiced by Chris Sarandon, best known for his roles as Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night, ...
Jack Skellington might be the protagonist, but the heroine of The Nightmare Before Christmas is Sally, a living ragdoll who was created by Halloween Town’s resident mad scientist Doctor Finkelstein, and who is secretly in love with Jack. Sally was brought to life by multi-award-winning actress Catherine O’Hara, who is best known for her roles in Ho...
The Frankenstein-like Doctor Finkelstein is Sally’s father/creator and rather overprotective of his surrogate daughter/creation. The Nightmare Before Christmas character is listed simply as “Evil Scientist” in the credits and is voiced by the late William Hickey, whose other movies include Prizzi’s Honor – for which he received an Oscar nomination ...
Bogeyman Oogie Boogie is the main villain of The Nightmare Before Christmasand a long-time rival of Jack Skellington. Oogie Boogie lives in an underground lair beneath Halloween Town, and after hearing of Jack's Christmas-in-Halloween Town plans, he came up with the idea of cooking the kidnapped Santa Claus in a stew. Veteran theater actor Ken Page...
Accompanying Oogie Boogie in his evil plans and more are Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trick-or-treating trio. Lock, who wears a devil costume and mask is voiced by Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens; Shock, who is dressed as a witch, is voiced by Sally actress Catherine O’Hara; and Barrel, who wears a skeleton costume, is voiced by The Nightmare Before ...
- Helen Armitage
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The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 American stop-motion musical dark fantasy Romance film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton.
