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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 ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video/Touchstone Home Video
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix
Directed By: Henry Selick

Enter an extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder -- where every holiday has its own special land ... and imaginative, one-of-a-kind characters! THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS tells the heartfelt tale of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, and all things that go bump in the night. Bored with the same old tricks and treats, he yearns for something more, and soon stumbles ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Shelley Duvall
Directed By: Henry Selick, Tim Burton

Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Robert Jayne, Camille Cooper
Directed By: Michael Lehmann

A five star hotel turns into a 3-ring circus when an orangutan named Dunston checks in. Jason Alexander and Faye Dunaway star in this hilarious romp about an orangutan who gets loose in the elegant Majestic Hotel on the eve of the social event of the season. Dodging his jewel-thieving owner and the frantic hotel manager, Dunston is befriended by the manager's ten-year old son, Kyle, who is ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Graham Sack
Directed By: Ken Kwapis

This dark comedy from 1989 was a good showcase for Winona Ryder, playing a high school girl brought into a clique of bitchy classmates (all named Heather), and Christian Slater, doing his early Jack Nicholson thing. While Ryder's character mulls over the consequences of giving up one set of friends for another, her association with a new boy (Slater) in school turns out to have deadly ...

Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker
Directed By: Michael Lehmann

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Charles Grodin, Kieran Culkin, Mary Steenburgen, Christian Culkin, Al Mancini
Directed By: Bob Clark

This dark comedy from 1989 was a good showcase for Winona Ryder, playing a high school girl brought into a clique of bitchy classmates (all named Heather), and Christian Slater, doing his early Jack Nicholson thing. While Ryder's character mulls over the consequences of giving up one set of friends for another, her association with a new boy (Slater) in school turns out to have deadly ...

Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker
Directed By: Michael Lehmann

There was a man who had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o. This particular Bingo escapes from a cruel master in a circus and is adopted by a little boy, who is the son of a professional football place-kicker (David Rasche). The father happens to be allergic to dogs, so the boy keeps him hidden from the rest of the family. When Dad is traded from the Denver Broncos to the Green Bay Packers, the ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Cindy Williams, David Rasche, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., David French, Kurt Fuller
Directed By: Matthew Robbins

You can hear the big gears clank in this glossy, oh-so-watchable remake of the classic 1939 film (and the popular An Affair to Remember). Instead of updating the story with contemporary attitudes (as Warren Beatty did so successfully with Heaven Can Wait), this is a virtual carbon copy of the other films. The early scenes succeed as the two love birds (Beatty and real-life wife ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb
Directed By: Glenn Gordon Caron

Both films are available in widescreen versions for the first time. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) contains a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film; theatrical trailers; and two Tim Burton shorts, Vincent (his debut) and Frankenweenie (a typical Burton mixture of genres, this time putting a cute pooch in the shoes of Frankenstein). James and the ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Paul Terry
Directed By: Henry Selick, Tim Burton