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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

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: John G. Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William Hickey, Alan North
Directed By: James Melkonian

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: Universal Studios
Starring: Ned Beatty, Joe Dorsey, Brad Dourif, Richard Earle, Betty Lou Groover

Manufacturer: Bridgestone
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver
Directed By: Will Mackenzie

Manufacturer: Good Times Home Video
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver
Directed By: Will Mackenzie

Mel Brooks's directorial debut remains both a career high point and a classic show business farce. Hinging on a crafty plot premise, which in turn unleashes a joyously insane onstage spoof, The Producers is powered by a clutch of over-the-top performances, capped by the odd couple pairing of the late Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, making his screen debut. Mostel is Max Bialystock, a ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Frank Campanella, Madelyn Cates, Josip Elic, Christopher Hewett, William Hickey

After a career slump that plagued him through most of the 1980s, Al Pacino made a stellar comeback in this taut 1989 thriller, playing a weary New York police detective who falls in love with the woman (Ellen Barkin) who is the prime suspect in the murder case he's investigating. Expertly written by Richard Price and directed by Harold Becker, the story is designed to keep its central characters ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey
Directed By: Harold Becker

Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: John G. Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William Hickey, Alan North
Directed By: James Melkonian

The idea is clever but the movie can't seem to pull its comic weight: Steve Martin plays a mob informer who is placed in the witness-protection program and doesn't fit into the suburban California life the Feds have picked out for him. Rick Moranis is the FBI agent assigned to protect him. Martin mugs his way through the role of an Italian wise guy from the New York streets, but his performance is ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron, Bill Irwin
Directed By: Herbert Ross