'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Quiz

Hollywood bigwig Tim Burton wrote a poem in 1982 that became the foundation for "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

The movie hit theaters in 1993, and it was immediately celebrated by both audiences and critics. The movie tells the story of Jack Skellington, a Halloween character who winds up in Christmas Town.

Selick is a famed stop-motion director, and he also took the helm for "Coraline" and "James and the Giant Peach."

Burton didn't direct, but he did serve as producer along with Denise Di Novi.

Burton was too busy working on "Batman Returns" to do any directing for this project. Instead, directing was left to Selick, who had never before directed a major feature film.

The movie's dark, ominous tones didn't quite fit the Disney brand, which was too precious to risk. Instead, it launched under Touchstone Pictures.

Nearly 110,000 frames were captured during filming. There were also nearly 230 puppets built to tell the detailed stories.

Considering the elaborate special effects, the $18 million budget seems downright reasonable, particular given the film's $75 million gross earnings at the box office.

Sally is a rag-doll girl who falls for Jack and tries to reason with him during his frantic plotting. Eventually the two have a love connection.

Bridges wasn't a part of this flick. In addition to Reubens and Sarandon, voices were provided by Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix and Ken Page.

He is the Pumpkin King, the leader of the band of Halloween Town's kooky characters.

Elfman is renowned for his music work in Hollywood movies. He also did all of the singing for Jack Skellington.

The varied environments of the movie required many, many sets … about 230 of them.

She poisons him with nightshade, which causes the doctor to fall asleep. Sally falls apart (literally) and constantly has to reattach her limbs.

Zero is the name of the lovable ghost dog that accompanies Jack on his adventures around the world.

A tiny jack-o'-lantern glows at the tip of Zero's ghostly muzzle, adding to his overall cuteness.

The stop-motion animation was labor intensive, so it took about a week to shoot just one minute of film.

The film's setups were so intricate and so expansive that the crew needed 20 different sound stages to get the job done.

He said once that he thought it took about two decades, from idea to finished product.

Hickey did the voice for Santa Claus. You'd recognize him as Uncle Lewis in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

Patrick Stewart, of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," read parts of a poem that bookended the film, but his lines were cut in the theatrical version. You can hear his parts on the soundtrack, though.

How many heads could one movie character possibly need? For a detailed film like this, Jack Skellington needed more than 400.

Most Hollywood productions wrap up in a matter of months, but the insane levels of labor for this movie meant that shooting took three years.

Jack wants to kidnap "Sandy Claws" so that he can take Santa's place and spread joy throughout the world. Things don't go as planned.

The project was his idea, and he gets a lot of credit for creation and production, but he only visited the set five times during filming.

The business folks were worried that audiences couldn't connect to a character who didn't have eyes. Burton stood his ground, and Jack's original look won over audiences.

He is a literal manifestation of the "two-faced politician," as one side of his head is happy, and the other is menacing.

Burton's artistic vision for the project meant one, and only one, movie. He didn't want to ruin the movie's legacy by commercializing it for more money.

Price was all set to voice the part, and then his wife died. The experience was so saddening to him that he couldn't do the job.

There was no Mazzy Star song, but the updated version included Apple, Manson, She Wants Revenge, Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy.