Throughout the film, you see the water fountain in the middle of the town. How is that effect of the water done? Is it shot in real time?
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Quotes
Santa: Haven't you heard of peace on Earth, and goodwill toward men?
Lock, Shock, Barrel: NO!
Mistakes
After Sally escapes from the Evil Scientist, she joins the crowd going into the town hall to hear about Jack's experience in Christmas Town. After the witch flies past Sally, watch the Mayor's loudspeaker car. The loudspeaker changes position about three times. See more...
Trivia
During the song "Jack's Lament", at one point, Jack pops up between two tombstones. The tombstone on the left is a figure from the painting "The Scream", and the tombstone on the right is the horse from Picasso's "Guernica". See more...
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - 3 questions
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Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Throughout the film, you see the water fountain in the middle of the town. How is that effect of the water done? Is it shot in real time?
Right after you find out Oogie Boogie is just a bag full of bugs he falls into the lava, or at least what looks like lava. It looks as if this is not an animated shot, is it a shot from a real camera? [Yes, it was shot "real time" as opposed to stop-motion animation as the rest of the film was.]
Answered by CCARNI
What's up with the Halloween Town and Christmas Town clocks? I understand the idea of the tension increasing as the clock hands approach the "12" position, but if Christmas in on the 25th of December, towards the end of the month, shouldn't the hands be closer to the "1 o'clock" position then the 12? And why is December at the top of the clock in Halloween Town when their holiday is in November? It doesn't make sense. [The clocks might not be literal. When the hands are at the 12 position, it could be when their holidays are. And the whole concept of the movie is the people from Halloween try to do Christmas, so they changed the clock month to December.]
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