The Charleston Gaillard Center presents Disney’s timeless holiday classic, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with music performed live by the Charleston Symphony. Costumes welcome and encouraged! About the Film Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © All rights reserved.
First released in 1993, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was directed by Henry Selick (“James and the Giant Peach”) and based on a story and characters by Tim Burton. The film follows the earnest-but-misguided adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town’s beloved Pumpkin King, as he attempts to take over the Christmas holiday. Against the advice of Sally, a lonely rag doll who has feelings for him, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters – Lock, Shock, and Barrel – to help him kidnap Santa Claus. The film is rated “PG.”
Ages: The film is rated PG.
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Ernest Hemingway portrayed by John Dennis Anderson
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