Cult Movies, Animated

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Actors:Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)
by Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-10-03)

Actors:George Dunning (II), John Clive, Paul McCartney, Geoffrey Hughes, ...
Yellow Submarine
by MGM (Video & DVD) (DVD) (Release Date: 1999-09-14)

This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just supersized with extra footage. Recognizing that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarine a video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its original monaural audio tracks with a meticulously reconstructed stereo mix that actually refines legendary original album versions. What emerges is a vivid time capsule of the late '60s and a minor milestone in animation. The music represents the quartet's zenith--Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The story line, cobbled together by producer Al Brodax and a committee of writers, is a broad, feather-light allegory set in idyllic Pepperland, where the gentle citizens are threatened by the nasty, music-hating Blue Meanies and their surreal arsenal of henchmen, with ...

Actors:Don Francks, Caroline Semple, Richard Romanus, Al Waxman, ...
Heavy Metal (Collector's Edition)
by Sony Pictures (DVD) (Release Date: 1999-11-23)

Actors:Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, ...
The Iron Giant
by Warner Home Video (DVD) (Release Date: 1999-11-23)

Actors:Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, ...
The Nightmare Before Christmas
by Walt Disney Video (DVD) (Release Date: 1997-12-03)

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 ...

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