The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.
Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main divisions are Disney Media Networks, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic TV, and A&E Networks; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world.
The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993
stop motion fantasy film directed by
Henry Selick and produced/co-written by
Tim Burton. It tells the story of
Jack Skellington, a being from "
Halloween Town" who opens a
portal to "
Christmas Town".
Danny Elfman wrote the
film score and provided the singing voice of Jack, as well as other minor characters. The remaining principal voice cast includes
Chris Sarandon,
Catherine O'Hara,
William Hickey,
Ken Page and
Glenn Shadix. The genesis of
The Nightmare Before Christmas started with a poem by Tim Burton as a
Disney animator in the early-1980s. With the success of
Vincent in 1982, Disney started to consider
The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a
short subject or 30-minute
television special. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, Burton and Disney made a development deal. Production started in July 1991 in
San Francisco.
Walt Disney Pictures decided to release the film under their
Touchstone Pictures banner because they thought
Nightmare would be "too dark and scary for kids".
The Nightmare Before Christmas has been viewed with critical and financial success. Disney has
reissued the film annually under their
Disney Digital 3-D format since 2006.
Carl Barks visiting Finland in June, 1994.
Why, oh why couldn't that woman have a fetish for rutabagas, or something?
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