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The Nightmare Before Christmas

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• 82   Metascore
• 1993
• 1 hr 16 mins
• Animation, Action & Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
• PG

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Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween Town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.

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Danny Elfman

Jack Skellington - Singing Voice

Chris Sarandon

Jack Skellington

Catherine O'Hara

Sally

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Awards

• 1994 - Oscar - Best Effects, Visual Effects - nominated
• 1994 - Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - nominated
• 1994 - Saturn Award - Best Music - winner
• 1994 - Saturn Award - Best Special Effects - nominated

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