Q 01/05

When Burton first showed him the concept art and storyboards, what was Henry Selick's job?

A) A Disney animator

B) An MTV producer

C) A Pixar layout artist

D) A theme-park designer

Answer · why

A) A Disney animator

Both men were at Disney at the time. Selick later turned down an MTV series based on his short Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions to direct the feature.

Q 02/05

How long was Burton's original 1982 poem that became the film?

A) One page

B) Three pages

C) Twelve pages

D) Forty pages

Answer · why

B) Three pages

Disney first considered making it a short or a half-hour TV special; the poem was reissued in hardcover for the film's 20th anniversary.

Q 03/05

How many individual frames were photographed to make the film?

A) 24,000

B) 55,000

C) 109,440

D) 250,000

Answer · why

C) 109,440

At 24 frames a second that is a little over 76 minutes of footage, shot at roughly one minute a week.

Q 04/05

Which actor provided the speaking voice for Jack Skellington?

A) Chris Sarandon

B) Glenn Shadix

C) Paul Reubens

D) Danny Elfman

Answer · why

A) Chris Sarandon

He was cast after the songs were recorded so his speech would match the singing, and in 2019 he said he would happily return for a sequel.

Q 05/05

Whose Threepenny Opera did Elfman name as a source for the score's deliberately old-fashioned sound?

A) Kurt Weill

B) Cole Porter

C) George Gershwin

D) Richard Rodgers

Answer · why

A) Kurt Weill

He wanted it to sound as if it had been written 50 or 100 years earlier, and the album was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Score.