The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop-motion animated musical film directed by Henry Selick from a story and characters conceived by producer Tim Burton, following Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, as he discovers Christmas Town and attempts to take over its holiday with unintended and increasingly disastrous results. The film was shot using stop-motion puppet animation on a scale unusual for a theatrical feature at the time, combining Burton's gothic visual sensibility with a full musical score and songs by Danny Elfman. The Nightmare Before Christmas became a lasting cult favorite embraced by both Halloween and Christmas audiences and is widely credited with helping revive interest in stop-motion animation as a viable feature-film technique.
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Is The Nightmare Before Christmas in the National Film Registry?
It was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2023.
Yes. The Library of Congress National Film Registry listing records the 1993 film as inducted in 2023, which places this stop-motion musical among the films the Library has selected for preservation.
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1. Wikidata: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Wikidata Q322328, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Board: Complete National Film Registry Listing
Library of Congress, National Film Preservation BoardNational Film Registry listing row: film released 1993, inducted 2023Quote, National Film Registry listing row: film released 1993, inducted 2023
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 2023
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Wikipedia)
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson.
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