The Nightmare Before Christmas (Update: BD announced for autumn 2008)

[w_tanoto]

well, it's not out from Disney Vault, cause I'm mister oogie boogie, and you ain't goin nowhere. mmmmwahahahaha

[Go Blu]

OHHH How kewl would the first 3D film on Blu-ray be!
and come with the stereo glasses.

[CptGreedle]

I would love to get this on BD.... but BD-3D would be the BEST!

[monkeyhouse]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

I would love to get this on BD.... but BD-3D would be the BEST!

How about both on one BD50. The runtime is >80 minutes.

[mystiksuicide]

This movie on Blu should have two versions one version regular HD and the other 3D. If they do that this movie would rank very high if market correctly. Hell they can include 1 pair of glasses with the movie and additional glasses for sale in different colors representing different characters. It could be huge!!!

I personally love "Lock, Shock and Barrel"

[Frumious Boojum]

Originally Posted by jkwest

I don't think Disney will release it...

For some reason, they have always treated it like the red-headed step child...

They even released it under Touchstone at first...didn't want it to have the Disney logo attributed to it...

Well, actually...

Early trailers had WDP logo and was equating it to another milestone in the line of Snow White. They even thought it would be their next super-huge hit (and Lion King would be the huge bomb). Touchstone was the releaser probably due to the rating and some of the content (not that it's bad, just that it could scare little kids at points) -- considering all the uproar over boycotts and such, I'm not surprised they'd distance themselves slightly by releasing a movie like that under a parent company instead.

Box office wasn't that good, but Japan helped keep it alive (Japan never really stopped selling Nightmare merchandise in 14 years). It became a cult classic... but Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland (followed by Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare at Tokyo Disneyland) and Hot Topic are probably the two major sources of why Disney's embraced it so much now. Kingdom Hearts had a lot to do with the resurrection as well. It's a huge money maker. It's no longer the red-headed stepchild. It WILL be released on Blu-Ray -- there's no questioning that. The only question is when.

Remember: They had released it on UMD (one of the first UMDs available). That format failed. If they will release it on a failed format, they will release it on a successful one. The UMD is about one of the greatest UMDs ever made, by the way. If you like the movie and have a PSP, you need to buy that one. It's a good hint at how good the Blu-Ray will be.

The 10th anniversary DVD was superb -- they packed a lot in that single disc. There's a lot more produced since that DVD that they could cover on a new Blu-Ray -- Haunted Mansion Holiday, the re-releases, the cover album, Kingdom Hearts, Oogie's Revenge... hopefully, we don't get a rehash of the DVD.

[SolidBlu]

when will this be available in blu? i love this movie from tim burton, i already have the corpse bride

[Chad Varnadore]

The 10th anniversary DVD was released in March of 03. Maybe they'll put a BD together for the 15th ann next year. But, considering that 10th ann ed was non-anamorphic, the current master may not be suitable for high def.

[blackhawktraffic]

Yeah im surprised no regular dvd has been put out since then, I have so many people ask me about it.

[sonicbox]

Originally Posted by Chad Varnadore

The 10th anniversary DVD was released in March of 03. Maybe they'll put a BD together for the 15th ann next year. But, considering that 10th ann ed was non-anamorphic, the current master may not be suitable for high def.

The DVD wasn't anamorphic because the original movie is less wide than 16:9. Really. It's 1.66:1.

If it gets released in HDM, it'll either be pillar-boxed or (hopefully not!) cropped. And no, the home release won't be 3D. The digital cinema 3D process they use now doesn't use lame colored glasses and doesn't suck!

I'm sure there is a shiny new 2006 film master that was used to create the 3D version.

[blackhawktraffic]

Originally Posted by sonicbox

The DVD wasn't anamorphic because the original movie is less wide than 16:9. Really. It's 1.66:1.

If it gets released in HDM, it'll either be pillar-boxed or (hopefully not!) cropped. And no, it'll never be 3D. The 3D process they use now doesn't use lame colored classes!

Doesn't matter I have seen 3D movie before without those glasses, they can put the new kind in the box as well.

[sonicbox]

No, the digital cinema process can't be used... but yes, they could make an alternate 3D version for home use with crappy glasses... but I doubt it. It really does look crappy compared to what you get in the theater now (48fps, 24fps per eye).

[MOONPHASE]

the real thing is good luck finding it on dvd because its so hard to find so imagine a blu-ray release of it with PCM audio and 1080p picture. I actually got a copy of the dvd used from my store but as soon as the blu-ray release comes out im going to trade it back in

[Chad Varnadore]

Originally Posted by sonicbox

The DVD wasn't anamorphic because the original movie is less wide than 16:9. Really. It's 1.66:1.

If it gets released in HDM, it'll either be pillar-boxed or (hopefully not!) cropped. And no, the home release won't be 3D. The digital cinema 3D process they use now doesn't use lame colored glasses and doesn't suck!

I'm sure there is a shiny new 2006 film master that was used to create the 3D version.

While I wouldn't say that the 1.66 aspect had nothing to do with Disney's choice to not encode the widescreen video using an anamorphic process. There have been plenty of 1.66 films that have been anamorphically enhanced on DVD. Though 1.66 is pillarboxed on a 1.78 screen, anamorphically squeezing the full height image still amounts to the same relative increase in vertical resolution that you get from 1.85 films. Their first Nightmare... release was non-anamorphic as well and put out long before the studio began to support anamorphic enhancement with any of their titles on DVD. They were slower to the game than most everybody else in that regard. Shakespeare in Love was their first if I recall correctly. More likely the master that was used for both releases of Nightmare was the same one created for LD, VHS, broadcast...

It's a good possibility that work has been done with the film since the 3D re-release. But, seeing as the DVD is OOP with no new announcement, if it has been remastered they must be saving it for something. Again, possibly a 15th Ann Ed next year.

[bangy38]

Originally Posted by Chad Varnadore

While I wouldn't say that the 1.66 aspect had nothing to do with Disney's choice to not encode the widescreen video using an anamorphic process. There have been plenty of 1.66 films that have been anamorphically enhanced on DVD. Though 1.66 is pillarboxed on a 1.78 screen, anamorphically squeezing the full height image still amounts to the same relative increase in vertical resolution that you get from 1.85 films.

Yep yep, there was actually even a Region 2 anamorphic 1.66:1 release of the Nightmare Before Christmas. Such a shame it never made it over here...

Anyway, this is one of my favorite movies and it's probably my most wanted BD right now (especially given the non-anamorphic nature of the DVD). I popped in the DVD and then watched the 1080p trailer of the new master they're using for the 3D re-release and it was such a revelation. The amount of difference in colors and detail is just amazing.

Any other fans of the movie that want to check out the HD trailer can see it here...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808740474/trailer

[Frumious Boojum]

Most likely, it will be cropped considering the UMD release of the film. The UMD is so far the only 16×9 release of the film. I'm sure the theatrical version probably isn't 1.66:1 either.

[MacDaddyOJack]

I have seen a bunch of threads on the speculation of this BD, but nobody seems to have any evidence. Check this link from DVDReview.com, near the bottom, as they claim it has gone into production!

http://www.dvdreview.com/news/viewnews.asp?id=9724

This was one of the movies I REALLY wanted this year, but the news that it is at least on the way is very comforting. I can't wait!!!

[MacDaddyOJack]

The article is well written and very pro-blu as well. Give it a read!

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

The article is well written and very pro-blu as well. Give it a read!

Very pro Blu? At least it isn't bias.

[WickyWoo]

It won't be out for another year though

I hope they put a second copy of the movie on there that supports Samsung's 3-D system