The Nightmare Before Christmas     Directed by Henry Selick Written by Tim Burton                                      Cast                                        Jack Chris Sarandon and Danny Elfman Sally Catherine O'Hara The Mayor Glenn Shadix Oogie Boogie Ken Page                               Other Information                       1993 76 Minutes PG In English

Get ready for Halloween with this stunningly original stop-motion masterpiece from the visionary genius Tim Burton. Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, 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. One day, he wanders into a forest 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 goodwill that he is overwhelmed. He returns to Halloween Town with the inspiration to persuade his fellow citizens to kidnap Santa and do Christmas in their own Halloween Town way—complete with snakes and shrunken heads. Things take a sinister turn when Oogie Boogie, Jack's nemesis, re-kidnaps Santa and captures Jack's girlfriend as well.

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