After the success of Vincent in 1982, Disney started to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute holiday television special. widescreen format and Dolby digital transfer this charming DVD is perfect for Halloween, Christmas and beyond! When word spreads about Jack's actions, he is shot down by military forces, causing him to crash in a cemetery.

This product has both Blu-ray 'versions' in it, and (when compared to the Special Edition DVD I own) adds a new commentary track on the 3D disc, adding Tim Burton/Danny Elfman but removing director of photography Pete Kozachik; the 2D disc has all the other extras, a lot of which are also 'new'; if you have the 2-disc 'Collector's Edition' I believe there is little new content though. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen. For the film's 30th anniversary and in commemoration of The Walt Disney Company's centennial, it was re-released in theaters across the United States and Canada on October 20, 2023, including engagements in 4DX. The citizens finally realize the true meaning of Christmas, while Jack and Sally declare their love for each other and share a kiss.LiLi Roquelin performed a French cover of "Sally's Song" on her album Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life? Seuss: American Icon (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004), 95 Archived June 11, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. Frankenweenie” (29:50), my favorite of the two, is a live-action film from 1984, featuring Barret Oliver, Shelly Duvall, and Daniel Stern (better known as one half of the Wet Bandits). Disney was looking forward to Nightmare "to show capabilities of technical and storytelling achievements that were present in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Stumbling through the one leading to Christmas Town and awed by the unfamiliar holiday, Jack develops an obsession for it ("What's This").

The film was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. To adapt his poem into a screenplay, Burton approached Michael McDowell, his collaborator on Beetlejuice. It was re-issued in 2000 as a single-disc “Special Edition,” replicating many of the supplements from the movie's lauded laserdisc of yesteryear.