On the 25th anniversary of The Nightmare Before Christmas, director Henry Selick reveals the Tim Burton joke that he had to reshoot.
Even without the Tim Burton joke, starting with no script, and the difficulty animating Oogie Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas has become a holiday classic.
The Nightmare Before Christmas was released in 1993, but work on the project started in 1991, says Henry Selick.
There’s no doubt that Tim Burton would have loved seeing a hockey puck hit his face at the end of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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