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| Danny Elfman | ... | Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice) | |
| Chris Sarandon | ... | Jack Skellington (voice) | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | Sally / Shock (voice) | |
| William Hickey | ... | Dr. Finkelstein (voice) | |
| Glenn Shadix | ... | Mayor (voice) | |
| Paul Reubens | ... | Lock (voice) | |
| Ken Page | ... | Oogie Boogie (voice) | |
| Edward Ivory | ... | Santa (voice) | |
| Susan McBride | ... | Big Witch / W.W.D. (voice) | |
| Debi Durst | ... | Corpse Kid / Corpse Mom / Small Witch (voice) | |
| Greg Proops | ... | Harlequin Demon / Devil / Sax Player (voice) (as Gregory Proops) | |
| Kerry Katz | ... | Man Under the Stairs / Vampire / Corpse Dad (voice) | |
| Randy Crenshaw | ... | Mr. Hyde / Behemoth / Vampire (voice) | |
| Sherwood Ball | ... | Mummy / Vampire (voice) | |
| Carmen Twillie | ... | Undersea Gal / Creature Under the Bed (voice) | |
| Glenn Walters | ... | Wolfman (voice) | |
| Mia Brown | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| L. Peter Callender | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Ann Fraser | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jennifer Levey | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Jesse McClurg | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| John Morris | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Robert Olague | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Bobbi Page | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Elena Praskin | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Trampas Warman | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Judi M. Durand | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Judy Durand) | |
| Doris Hess | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Daamen J. Krall | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (as Daamen Krall) | |
| Christina MacGregor | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| David McCharen | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Gary Raff | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| David Randolph | ... | Additional Voice (voice) (as David J. Randolph) | |
| Gary Schwartz | ... | Additional Voices (voice) |
Directed by | |||
| Henry Selick | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Tim Burton | (story and characters) | |
| Michael McDowell | (adaptation) | |
| Caroline Thompson | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Tim Burton | .... | producer | |
| Denise Di Novi | .... | producer (as Denise DiNovi) | |
| Danny Elfman | .... | associate producer | |
| Kathleen Gavin | .... | co-producer | |
| Don Hahn | .... | producer (3D Version 2006) | |
| Jill Jacobs | .... | associate producer | |
| Diane Minter Lewis | .... | associate producer (as Diane Minter) | |
| Philip Lofaro | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Danny Elfman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Pete Kozachik | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Stan Webb | |||
Casting by | |||
| Mary Gail Artz | |||
| Barbara Cohen | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Deane Taylor | |||
| Barry E. Jackson | (uncredited) | ||
Special Effects by | |||
| Myles Murphy | .... | stereo artist | |
| Loretta Weeks | .... | special effects (as Loretta Asbury) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Joel Aron | .... | digital production supervisor: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Loretta A. Asbury | .... | cel model painter | |
| Jim Aupperle | .... | camera operator | |
| Al Bailey | .... | digital artist | |
| Katharine Baird | .... | digital rotoscope and paint artist | |
| Gordon Baker | .... | effects animator | |
| Jon Berg | .... | moldmaker | |
| Bill Boes | .... | model maker | |
| Nick Bogle | .... | model maker | |
| Scott Bonnenfant | .... | assistant effects animator | |
| Dave Bossert | .... | snow animator | |
| Jeff Brewer | .... | model maker | |
| Mike Cachuela | .... | effects animator (as Miguel Domingo Cachuela) | |
| Mario Capellari | .... | digital artist | |
| Thomas Cardone | .... | color timing and paint | |
| Nicholas Cerniglia | .... | digital artist: RotoFactory, Inc. (3D version 2006) | |
| Kai Chang | .... | assistant technical director: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Peter Chesloff | .... | digital artist | |
| Stephen D. Childs | .... | digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures | |
| Eric D. Christensen | .... | senior staff: RotoFactory, Inc. (3D version 2006) | |
| Ronnie Cleland | .... | roto artist | |
| Julie Creighton | .... | visual effects coordinator (3D version 2006) | |
| Scott David | .... | compositor | |
| Melissa De Santis | .... | visual effects production assistant (3D version 2006) | |
| Janeen Elliott | .... | 3D digital artist: ILM | |
| Joel Fletcher | .... | animator | |
| Joel Friesch | .... | model maker | |
| Greg Gilmore | .... | Inferno artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| David Gottlieb | .... | digital artist | |
| Rich Grande | .... | digital artist: RotoFactory Inc. (3D version 2006) | |
| Chris R. Green | .... | effects animator (as Chris Green) | |
| Michael Grivett | .... | assistant moldmaker (as Mike Grivett) | |
| Tyler Ham | .... | layout artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Trevor Hazel | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Michael Hinton | .... | additional optical effects | |
| Sherry Hitch | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Rebecca House | .... | assistant model maker | |
| Adam Howard | .... | Inferno artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Shirley Hsiao | .... | production accountant | |
| Amanda Instone | .... | digital artist | |
| Andreas Jablonka | .... | rotoscope artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Erik Jensen | .... | moldmaker | |
| Mike Jobe | .... | moldmaker (as Michael Jobe) | |
| Pamela Kibbee | .... | assistant model maker | |
| Aaron Kohr | .... | assistant model maker | |
| Pete Kozachik | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Derek Krauss | .... | rotoscope artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Donna Lanasa | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| John M. Levin | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Victoria Lewis | .... | moldmaker (as Victoria B. Lewis) | |
| Paula Lucchesi | .... | model maker | |
| Tia L. Marshall | .... | digital stereo artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Will McCoy | .... | digital artist: ILM | |
| Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally | .... | stereoscopic supervisor (3D version 2006) | |
| Tory Mercer | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Robert Molholm | .... | technical support (3D version 2006) | |
| Aaron Muszalski | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| C. Andrew Nelson | .... | digital effects artist: RotoFactory, Inc. (3D version 2006) | |
| Ken Nielsen | .... | digital artist (special edition) | |
| Ben O'Brien | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Jeffrey Odell | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Michael Parkinson | .... | conform editor: 3D | |
| Tony Preciado | .... | assistant moldmaker | |
| Tom Proost | .... | set foreman | |
| Rebecca Ramsey | .... | visual effects executive producer: Look Effects | |
| Jerome Ranft | .... | assistant model maker | |
| John Reed | .... | mold maker supervisor (as John A. Reed III) | |
| Marc Ribaud | .... | model maker | |
| Grover Richardson | .... | roto artist: Evil Eye Pictures (3D version 2006) | |
| Mitchell Romanauski | .... | model shop supervisor (as Mitch Romanauski) | |
| Rob Ronning | .... | moldmaker | |
| Dino Salee | .... | roto artist: Evil Eye Pictures (3D version 2006) | |
| Nicole Samarron | .... | digital artist: Disney Digital 3D | |
| Frederic Schmidt | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Chad Schott | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Kirk Scott | .... | production assistant | |
| Rene Segura | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Anthony Shafer | .... | stereoscopic lead | |
| Jason Smith | .... | creature technical director: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Tefft Smith | .... | digital effects artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Tom St. Amand | .... | armature supervisor | |
| Nathan Stanton | .... | assistant effects animator | |
| Eric Swenson | .... | camera operator | |
| Chad Taylor | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Radley Teruel | .... | digital artist: RotoFactory Inc. (3D version 2006) | |
| Meghan Thornton | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Alan Travis | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Wim van Thillo | .... | moldmaker | |
| Ariel Velasco-Shaw | .... | digital effects supervisor (as Ariel Velasco Shaw) | |
| Harry Walton | .... | additional optical effects | |
| Pablo Wang | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Talmage Watson | .... | digital artist (3D version 2006) | |
| Jeff White | .... | digital artist | |
| Eddy Wong | .... | visual effects (3D version 2006) | |
| Victor Wong | .... | visual effects (3D version 2006) | |
| Nick Woo | .... | technical support: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Shuichi Yoshida | .... | digital artist: RotoFactory (3D version 2006) | |
| Scott Younkin | .... | digital artist: ILM (3D version 2006) | |
| Megan McDonald | .... | visual effects coordinator (3D version 2006) (uncredited) | |
| Michelle Motta | .... | digital paint & rotoscope artist (uncredited) | |
| Spencer Reynolds | .... | digital artist (uncredited) | |
| Sukumaran Lalithambika Vijin | .... | rotoscope artist (uncredited) | |
| Eric Voegels | .... | digital stereo artist: ILM (3D version 2006) (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Mike Bienstock | .... | assistant camera (as Michael Bienstock) | |
| Jo Carson | .... | camera operator | |
| Richard Downing | .... | photographer | |
| Selwyn Eddy | .... | camera operator (as Selwyn Eddy III) | |
| Ray Gilberti | .... | camera operator | |
| David Hanks | .... | camera operator (as Dave Hanks) | |
| Joe Jiuliano | .... | camera manager | |
| Mark Kohr | .... | assistant camera | |
| Richard Lehmann | .... | camera operator (as Richard E. Lehmann) | |
| Sara Mast | .... | assistant camera | |
| James Matlosz | .... | assistant camera | |
| Carl Miller | .... | assistant camera | |
| Cameron Noble | .... | assistant camera | |
| Chris Peterson | .... | assistant camera | |
| Pat Sweeney | .... | camera operator | |
| Brian Van't Hul | .... | assistant camera | |
| Matthew White | .... | assistant camera | |
Animation Department | |||
| Mike Belzer | .... | animator (as Michael Belzer) | |
| Lana Bernberg | .... | apprentice animator | |
| Paul Berry | .... | animator | |
| Kim Blanchette | .... | animator | |
| Jeff Brewer | .... | character fabricator | |
| Stephen A. Buckley | .... | animator | |
| David Chong | .... | character fabricator | |
| Sandy Clifford | .... | character fabricator | |
| David Cutler | .... | additional character designer | |
| Bonita R. DeCarlo | .... | character fabrication supervisor (as Bonita DeCarlo) | |
| Chrystene R. Ells | .... | character fabricator | |
| Doug Engalla | .... | animation research library (3-D edition) | |
| Joel Fletcher | .... | animator | |
| Angie Glocka | .... | animator | |
| Margot Hale | .... | character fabricator | |
| Timothy Hittle | .... | animator | |
| Barry E. Jackson | .... | additional character designer (as Barry Jackson) | |
| Elizabeth Jennings | .... | character fabricator | |
| Paul Jessel | .... | additional animator (as Paul W. Jessel) | |
| Mike Johnson | .... | assistant animation rigger (as Michael W. Johnson) | |
| Mike Johnson | .... | assistant animator (as Michael W. Johnson) | |
| Tamara Khalaf | .... | animation research library | |
| Owen Klatte | .... | animator | |
| Jorgen Klubien | .... | additional character designer (as Jorgen Klubein) | |
| Justin Kohn | .... | animator | |
| Barbara Kossy | .... | character fabricator | |
| Eric Leighton | .... | animation supervisor | |
| Eric Leighton | .... | animator | |
| Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht | .... | ink and paint manager (as Gretchen Albrecht) | |
| Daniel Mason | .... | additional animator | |
| Grace Murphy | .... | character fabricator | |
| Tennessee Reid Norton | .... | character fabricator (as Timothy Reid Norton) | |
| Loyd Price | .... | animator | |
| Facundo Rabaudi | .... | character fabricator | |
| Elise Robertson | .... | character fabricator | |
| Anthony Scott | .... | animator | |
| Valerie Sofranko | .... | character fabricator (as Valerie Sofranko-Banks) | |
| Trey Thomas | .... | animator | |
| Lauren Vogt | .... | character fabricator | |
| Harry Walton | .... | additional animator | |
| Michael Wick | .... | character fabricator | |
| Ken Willard | .... | additional animator | |
| George Wong | .... | animation rig engineer | |
| Richard C. Zimmerman | .... | animator | |
| Jesse Spencer | .... | character fabricator (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Barbara Harris | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Davia Nelson | .... | casting: San Francisco | |
| Mary Hidalgo | .... | casting associate (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Tracy Barber | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Jeannine Berger | .... | post-production administrator | |
| Andrea Biklian | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Edie Bleiman | .... | associate editor (as Edie Ichioka) | |
| Kristen Gerstner | .... | assistant editor | |
| Dale E. Grahn | .... | color timer | |
| Michael Kelly | .... | additional editor | |
| Chris Lebenzon | .... | consulting editor | |
| Jenny Oznowicz | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Theresa Repola Mohammed | .... | negative cutter | |
| Patti Tauscher | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Kevin Rose-Williams | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Bob Badami | .... | music editor | |
| Steve Bartek | .... | music arranger: vocal and song arrangements | |
| Steve Bartek | .... | orchestrator: songs | |
| Chris Boardman | .... | conductor | |
| Megan Cavallari | .... | vocal assistant to Danny Elfman | |
| Mark McKenzie | .... | orchestrator: score | |
| Shawn Murphy | .... | song & music mixer | |
| J.A.C. Redford | .... | conductor: score | |
| Letitia Rogers | .... | music editing assistant | |
| Patrick Spain | .... | assistant score engineer | |
| Patti Zimmitti | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Tod Cooper | .... | music production supervisor (uncredited) | |
| Robert Fernandez | .... | scoring mixer (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Ila Abramson | .... | production runner | |
| Alia Agha | .... | stage coordinator (as Alia Almeida Agha) | |
| Robert Anderson | .... | stage manager | |
| Jon Angle | .... | production assistant | |
| Derick P. Arippol | .... | intern | |
| Christine Beck | .... | caps personnel | |
| Frances P. Behnam | .... | caps personnel | |
| Andrew Birch | .... | production assistant | |
| Thomas Buchanan | .... | facilities production assistant | |
| David Burke | .... | production runner | |
| Daniel Campbell | .... | production assistant | |
| Aisha Candrian | .... | massage therapist | |
| Hortensia Casagran | .... | final check supervisor | |
| Hortensia Casagran | .... | ink supervisor | |
| Merrick Cheney | .... | armature engineer | |
| Carol J. Choy | .... | caps personnel (as Carol Choy) | |
| Blair Clark | .... | armature engineer | |
| Jerome Cook | .... | intern | |
| Joel Franklin | .... | supervising copyist | |
| Derek Frey | .... | assistant: Tim Burton (2006 3D version) | |
| Christopher W. Gee | .... | caps personnel (as Chris Gee) | |
| Kent Gordon | .... | caps personnel | |
| Thomas Hahn | .... | personnel: Pixar | |
| Barbara Hamane | .... | caps personnel | |
| Dina Hardy | .... | intern | |
| Craig Harris | .... | assistant stage manager | |
| Bruce Hatakeyama | .... | caps personnel | |
| Don Henry | .... | caps personnel | |
| Gisela Hermeling | .... | assistant to producers & director | |
| Shyh-Chyuan Huang | .... | caps personnel (as Chyuan Huang) | |
| Rebecca Pahr Huntley | .... | caps personnel (as Rebecca Pahr) | |
| Ron Jackson | .... | caps personnel | |
| David Janssen | .... | production assistant | |
| Shannon Fallis Kane | .... | caps personnel (as Shannon Fallis-Kane) | |
| Lisa Keene | .... | caps personnel | |
| R. Todd King | .... | caps personnel (as Todd King) | |
| Ed Leonard | .... | caps personnel | |
| Ethan Marak | .... | intern | |
| Daniel Mason | .... | track reader | |
| Michael Meagher | .... | caps personnel (as Tony Meagher) | |
| Kat Miller | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Mark Musumeci | .... | electrical consultant/contractor | |
| Peter Nye | .... | personnel: Pixar | |
| Lionel Ivan Orozco | .... | additional armatures | |
| Syndi Pilar | .... | intern | |
| Chris Rand | .... | armature engineer | |
| Kevin Reher | .... | production accountant | |
| Robyn Roberts | .... | caps personnel | |
| Ann M. Rockwell | .... | intern | |
| Denise Rottina | .... | production assistant | |
| David J. Rowe | .... | caps personnel (as David Rowe) | |
| James 'J.R.' Russell | .... | caps personnel (as James Russell) | |
| Jill Ruzicka | .... | production coordinator | |
| Beth Lee Schneider | .... | production assistant | |
| Michael Shantzis | .... | personnel: Pixar (as Michael A. Shantzis) | |
| Debra Y. Siegel | .... | caps personnel (as Debbie Siegel) | |
| Jenny Spamer | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Eben Stromquist | .... | armature engineer | |
| Michael T. Sullivan | .... | caps personnel (as Michael Sullivan) | |
| Arianne Sutner | .... | production assistant | |
| David Teller | .... | production runner | |
| Jefferson Thomas | .... | intern | |
| Bart Trickel | .... | armature engineer | |
| Ann Tucker | .... | scene planning supervisor | |
| Chuck Warren | .... | caps personnel | |
| Cathy Whitney | .... | intern | |
| Paul Yanover | .... | caps and effects software lead | |
| George Young | .... | production coordinator | |
| Renato Zero | .... | voice dubbing (Italian version) | |
| Thomas Baker | .... | scene planner (uncredited) | |
| Jim Belmessieri | .... | stage manager (uncredited) | |
| Jesse Merz | .... | market researcher (uncredited) | |
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Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King the creative genius behind the holiday of Halloween, designing each year to be scarier and more horrible than the one before. However deep inside he longs for more than the horror and scares of Halloween Town, a longing he cannot understand until he stumbles into Christmas Town and sees happiness and cheer the likes of which has evaded him all these years. Having finally worked out what Christmas is all about, Jack decides to kidnap Santa and make himself the new king of Christmas Town so that he can have the happiness of Christmas all the time. But the others in the towns realize the significant consequences that this disruption of the norm will have as Jack's evil nature proves harder to overcome than he thought.
With Pixar currently dominating the world of 'animations that please both children and adults' it is easy to forget that over a decade ago Tim Burton delivered this delightful family film to the cinema using a much more traditional animation and a huge amount of imagination. The basic plot is a great little fantasy fairytale with a very dark heart to it that make it much more enjoyable for having that edge. Too often kids films (especially at the time and animated) are soaked in a sweet sentiment that simply forgets that kids are not stupid and indeed often prefer a bit of darkness in the story. The only downside of this darkness is that younger children might not 'get it' and just end up being scared by the Halloween images and imaginative images. Despite this the material will play equally well to adults and children because it neither panders to nor excludes one group over the other at any time. Regardless of the material, the film still manages to come off as charming and enjoyable thanks to a well-written script that never plays for the basic laugh or easy sentiment. Some viewers may come to this with Pixar in their minds and bemoan it for not being hilariously funny from start to finish, but they are missing the point and
The songs reflect this approach and are very clever throughout; whether it is the sorrowful longing of Jack at the start or the Cab Calloway-inspired song from Oogie Boogie Man, generally they are inventive and fun. The same praise can be laid at the door of the stop-motion animation, which is inventive and fun to look at from start to finish. All the characters have a great deal of effort put in and they add to the dark feel of the film. The voice cast may not feature a load of well-known voices in the same way as Pixar films generally do, but they still do a great job. Sarandon and Elfman combine to do a good job with Jack; Page is fun as Oogie Boogie; O'Hara is good as Sally despite not having as fun a character to work with but for my money it is Hickey (as Dr Finklestein) and Shadix (Mayor) that make the biggest impression, mainly due to having the most enjoyable characters.
Overall this is a very short but very enjoyable film that will please both children and adults at the same time (with the same material) and never ignores or panders to one side of the audience over the other. Both groups will appreciate the dark fairytale, the clever songs, the darkly imaginative animation and the comic sense of humour, making this a family film that deserves to be remembered even as kids movie get smarter and fancier.