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Bookmark this pageTim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (2006)
Director: Henry Selick
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From Time Out London
Probably the single neatest expression of Tim Burton’s cute-gothic outsider sensibility, this highly likeable 1993 stop-motion fable also proves a perfect match for Disney’s impressive new 3D technology. The spindly, ragged tactility that always made ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ such a visual treat now leaps from the screen, its undead stars coming alive thanks to a process that saw the meticulously crafted original translated frame by frame into a digital model, then processed for viewing through polarised specs. The story sees Jack Skellington, ennui-stricken King of Halloweentown, alighting on a muddle-headedly revitalising scheme: he and his variously rotting, slavering and blood-sucking subjects will co-opt Christmas and deliver a holiday according to their own gruesome lights. Daintily combining cartoon horror-show visuals with quasi-Romantic yearnings and a cracking score and songs by Danny Elfman, ‘Nightmare…’ now makes for a thoroughly pleasurable 3D experience – partly for the wonderfully rendered details of the grotesque puppets and sets, partly because the script’s non-stop momentum suits the roller-coaster photography – and the punchy running time brings things to a close before eye-strain sets in.Author: Ben Walters
Time Out London Issue 1891: November 15-22 2007
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- bigfatbob said...
- Posted on May 11 2009 14:18 go get a life
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- tracy said...
- Posted on Dec 19 2008 15:17 i think this peformance is one of the best films that i seen in my life and it was very interseting
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- Zaher said...
- Posted on Dec 26 2007 13:23 This film is the best that i've ever seen and it is my fav!!!
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- James said...
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Posted on Dec 21 2007 18:58
I saw the original when i was 5 and i loved it! now i just took my 15 year-old nephew and his mates to see it in 3D. They thought it would be lame but actually they came out saying.
"That was f***ing sweet!"
"Man, that was AWESOME!" and everyone else agreed. If a couple of teenagers enjoyed it, you know it must be pretty good! The 3D was amazing! and it doesn't mess with the colours like Spy Kids where the reds are purple and the blues are black. and you don't see any of those annoying silhouettes. - Report as inappropriate
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- Aimey said...
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Posted on Dec 21 2007 11:09
I love Nightmare Before Xmas!
tis my favourite film of all time.
total must see if youve never seen it (= - Report as inappropriate
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- belle said...
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Posted on Dec 15 2007 12:39
llllloooooovvvveeeeeee iiiiiitttt!
A* in 3D - Report as inappropriate
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- Lucy said...
- Posted on Dec 14 2007 15:13 this is the best film on earth, i love everything about it, the music is amazing . tim burton and danny elfman are my heros
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- Steven said...
- Posted on Dec 12 2007 17:28 I love it! Its probably my fave. film of all time. The music is great and the plot is brilliant! Not too long either :D
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- James said...
- Posted on Nov 05 2007 18:38 This film is the creation of the millennium! see it NOW!
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- daniella said...
- Posted on Sep 30 2007 20:31 i want too see this movie in sunset place on stauerday!
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Cast & crew
Director: Henry Selick
Producer: Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi
Cast: William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman full cast
Genre(s): Children's
Rated: PG
Duration: 76 mins
UK Release: Oct 19 2007
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