Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition - Ultimate Collector's DVD Set + Digital Copy
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Actor: Edward Ivory, Judi M. Durand, L. Peter Callender, Randy Crenshaw, William HickeyBrand: Disney
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 76 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-26
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition - Ultimate Collector's DVD Set + Digital Copy
DVD Review: Details of limited 2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition due out August 26th, 2008
Summary: 5 Stars
Aaron has already pointed out the main announced difference between this Ultimate edition and the non-ultimate Collector's Edition, the numbered, hand-painted bust of Jack Skellington with his Sandy Claws hat and beard and a sound chip that plays quotes from the movie (with certificate of authenticity). Amazon has since posted more details (above). Looks like the bust will come in a special coffin-shaped box. This edition will also have a booklet with the Nightmare Before Christmas poem, and an additional DVD for the digital copy. Not sure what the advantage of the extra disc is. It will cost you about an extra hundred bucks for those extras. For that money, you may as well know about the movie and the other details of the set and the alternative new releases.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is the kind of Christmas movie you might expect from Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands): macabre, sort-of-but-not-too-scary, and ultimately good-humored and good-natured. It's also quite a feat of animation, the first feature-length stop-action film. And it's a musical!
The story takes place in a world where the magical side of each major holiday is run by a specialized, hidden holiday town, like Santa's North Pole headquarters. One year, the restless Jack Skellington of Halloween Town discovers Christmas Town, is very impressed, and decides Halloween Town should expand its horizons and take over Christmas that year. Unfortunately, he and the other residents of his town don't understand Christmas as well as they do Halloween, and their basically well-intentioned efforts threaten to ruin Christmas altogether.
The animation is highly imaginative and particularly well suited to the Halloween connections, as we would expect from a Burton-produced project. The songs, by Danny Elfman, are catchy and fun, partly because of twisted but good-hearted subject matter. There are scares, adventures, a romance, lessons learned, and a good Christmassy outcome. Most kids and adults will be delighted, though parents may wish to consider the scary stuff for very young kids who don't like being scared.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is returning to DVD in three editions, all with newly restored and remastered transfers. For standard definition, there will be the 2-disc Collector's Edition (here) and this Ultimate Collector's Edition, which will have the same features except for those mentioned above. This will be the first time the movie will be available in anamorphic widescreen. There will also be new special features.
There will be a Blu-ray edition with the same DVD special features plus an exclusive intro by Burton (here). There has been no announcement for a Blu-ray Ultimate edition with the bust, and I don't see a page for one here at Amazon.
The new special features, shared by all the new new editions, are these:
-- audio commentary with producer/writer Tim Burton, director Henry Selick and composer Danny Elfman (who also sings in the movie)
-- Burton's original "The Nightmare Before Christmas" poem read by legendary horror actor Christopher Lee
-- new intro by Burton for Frankenweenie (see below)
-- a digital copy of the movie
-- "What's This? Jack's Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour," a two-part promo for the Disneyland theme park attraction
Features carried over from the 2000 Special Edition, shared by all the new editions:
-- "The Making of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" (about 25 minutes on the Special Edition)
-- "The Worlds of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" (the worlds being Halloween Town, Christmas Town, and "The Real World")
-- deleted scenes (scenes that didn't get past the storyboards and cut animated scenes)
-- storyboard to film comparison
-- theatrical trailers and posters
-- Burton's early short stop-action film Vincent, about a boy who dreams of being Vincent Price, who narrates (5:50)
-- uncut version of Frankenweenie, Burton's early short live-action film wherein the basic events of Frankenstein are played out in suburban America, with a young boy in the place of Dr. Frankenstein and a pet dog in the place of the monster (29:50)
There's no mention in the press release of the old commentary with Selick and director of photography Pete Kozachik, which went into detail about the technical aspects of the animation. No mention either of the DTS 5.1 sound option included on the Special Edition. The sound will be Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, aspect ratio 1.66:1 (original format).
Looks like an excellent set. The video and sound quality of the previous DVD was excellent, and Disney claims the new anamorphic version will be even better.
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Description of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition - Ultimate Collector's DVD Set + Digital Copy
Now digitally restored and remastered with state-of-the-art technology, The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector s Edition is deeper, darker and more brilliant than ever as Tim Burton originally envisioned. This new version comes with DisneyFile Digital Copy, a full-length version of the movie you can transfer and watch on your PC, Mac, and video-enabled compatible portable players.The dimensions of the Jack bust itself (out of box) are 2.5 inches wide by 13.5 inches high by 7.3125 inches deep. The dimensions of the Coffin-shaped box that holds the bust gift set are: 15.5 inches wide by 16.75 inches high by 9.25 inches deep.
Bonus Features
What s This? Jack s Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour
Frankenweenie (Uncut Version) with new introduction by Tim Burton
Vincent short film
Tim Burton s original poem narrated by Christopher Lee
All-New Audio Commentary by Tim Burton, Director Henry Selick and Music Designer Danny Elfman
Behind-the-scenes making of Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas
The worlds of Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Town, Christmas Town, The Real World
Deleted Scenes
Storyboard To Film Comparison
Original Theatrical Trailers and Posters
Limited Edition Jack Skellington DVD Bust Set includes
Completely restored original full-length feature
Two discs loaded with new and existing bonus
Third disc Disney File Digital Copy, compatible with Mac and PC (and an insert with more details)
Individually numbered, hand painted ultimate collector s bust
Plays sound bites from the movie
Includes Sandy Claws hat and beard with matching disc case
Booklet containing original poem
Letter of Authenticity
Specifications
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
French and Spanish language tracks
French and Spanish subtitles
Widescreen1.66 to 1 original theatrical format. Anamorphic enhanced for 16 by 9 televisions
For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is! The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called ... Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. 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." --Jim Emerson
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