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

Selick was a Disney animator, like Burton, when he first saw the artwork in the early 1980s; he later turned down an MTV series based on his short Slo...

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

Burton's 1982 poem was three pages long; Disney first considered making it a short or a half-hour TV special, and the poem was reissued in hardcover f...

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

109,440 individual frames were photographed; at 24 frames a second that adds up to the film's 76-minute running time.

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

Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera was Elfman's model for the songs' deliberately old-fashioned sound; the score went on to earn a Golden Globe nominat...