Roger Ebert gave a highly positive review for Nightmare. Ebert believed the film's visual effects were as revolutionary as Star Wars, taking into account that Nightmare was "filled with imagination that carries us into a new world". [64] The Nightmare Before Christmas originated from a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the critical success of Vincent that same year, Burton began to consider developing the film as either a short film or a half-hour television special, to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and, in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco; Disney initially released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark and scary for kids". [1] The Nightmare Before Christmas premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 9, 1993, and was given a limited release on October 13, before its wide theatrical release on October 29. The film was met with critical success upon release, earning praise for its animation, particularly the innovation of stop-motion as an art form, as well as its characters, songs, and score. While initially a modest box office hit, it has since garnered a large cult following and is widely regarded as one of the greatest animated films of all time. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a first for an animated film, but lost to Jurassic Park. [12] The film has been reissued by Walt Disney Pictures and was re-released annually in Disney Digital 3-D from 2006 until 2010.

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Nightmare: Truly the Stuff of Dreams". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No.53. EGM Media, LLC. December 1993. p.357. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas UMD VIDEO". psp.ign.com. August 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 7, 2006 . Retrieved June 24, 2022. Thompson, Frank T. (October 14, 1993). Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, The Art, The Vision. Disney Editions. p.8. ISBN 9780786880669. OCLC 28294626. a b c d e Mark Salisbury, Tim Burton (2006). Burton on Burton. London: Faber and Faber. pp.121–127. ISBN 0-571-22926-3. https://www.thegamer.com/mattel-disney-halloween-little-people-collector-sets-nightmare-before-christmas-hocus-pocus/Next, a basic “Storyboard-to-Film Comparison” (3:45) displays rough storyboards alongside the finished film for a segment featuring a Halloween Town meeting. Unlike more recent extras like this, you cannot use the angle button to flip between the two, but it's easy to see the similarities and differences nonetheless. John Evan Prook (August 18, 1993). " Christmas comes to N.Y. Film Fest". Variety . Retrieved September 26, 2008. Tokyopop Reveals A New Nightmare Before Christmas Series, The Battle For Pumpkin King". Graphic Policy. November 1, 2022 . Retrieved December 24, 2022. Nightmare Before Christmas' Sequel Book 'Long Live The Pumpkin Queen' Release Date Announced". Halloweendailynews. July 24, 2021 . Retrieved October 16, 2021.