3D Nightmare Before Christmas Costumes
Sally and Jack Skellington costumes make terrific Halloween disguises for 3D NBC fans!
Jack Skellington & Sally outfits make great individual or couples costumes
If you're a true-blue Jack Skellington or Sally fan, you've surely thought about dressing in a Nightmare Before Christmas costume at Halloween time. The good news is that you CAN! The sort-of bad news is that only Jack and Sally costumes are available...not any other of the Nightmare Before Christmas characters. So, you can indeed have a great individual or couples costume...but a group costume featuring a variety of characters will be out of the question.Rebecca Miller & her husband, pictured in Jack Skellington and Sally costumes to your left, had a great time at their Halloween party in Florida last year dressed as these famous movie characters. These are both the officially Disney-licensed Jack Skellington & Sally costumes. Jack's suit comes in 4 styles/sizes: Teen, Regular, Regular deluxe (with mask), and Plus Size/Big & Tall. Sally's costume comes in 3 sizes: Teen, Misses and Plus Size.
What you should know about the Jack Skellington costume: Jack's officially licensed costume comes with the jacket, "bat" bow tie and fake shirt front/ascot. It doesn't come with the mask unless you get the Deluxe version. And, none of the versions come with the black pants, which you'll need to provide for yourself. The official Sally costume is a waist-less dress made of a faux patchwork material. There's a problem: the BACK of the dress is simply a plain pink. I would have expected both sides to have the patchwork design, and you'll never see a publicity photo that shows what the back looks like. But, since it's the only costume available, it's a "take it or leave it" type thing. Otherwise the costume is comfortable. It comes with a red wig and arm gloves with faux stitching. Or, as Ms Miller did in the picture to your left, you can choose to use makeup on your arms, instead. There aren't any sewing patterns for these outfits, but here's a good description (with photos) about making Jack & Sally costumes from one very crafty woman who has done it!
Tim Burton's 3D Nightmare Before Christmas
...a pivotal film in cinematic history
As you're probably already aware, Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" movie was originally released in 1993. Back then, it wasn't a digital movie, but a standard movie on film; and it hadn't been turned into a "3D" version yet, either.But, The Nightmare Before Christmas was charming, original and different. It didn't need any "bells and whistles" to work its way into people's hearts. Jack Skellington and Sally became much-loved fictional characters, and the movie became a "cult hit" with thousands watching it year after year every holiday season.
In Fall 2006, the movie was re-released in its brand new 3D, all-digital version. The story of the "3D Nightmare Before Christmas" release is an important one. The pandemonium caused by the release of a "3D Digital ONLY" format showed the world that theaters were NOT ready to take on such a challenge at that time. It was an absolute disaster for fans who wanted to see the film...but couldn't find a theater because of the lack of available digital projectors.
The year 2007 was a busy one for installing digital projectors into theaters. But, despite the fact that many digital projectors were added to movie theaters in 2007 (and several new all-digital theaters opened in Southern California, as well) fans still had difficulties finding a theater when "3D Nightmare" was re-released in Fall 2007.
In October, 2008, 5 Hollywood Studios banded together to boost digital projection. Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal agreed to help theater-owners bear the cost of making the expensive transition to digital! Also, IMAX started its big push into local cinemas, which included the introduction of digital projectors to show the IMAX versions of newly-released films on an extra-large screen within regular theaters. As of Fall 2008, there were still only about 5,000 screens in the USA and Canada with digital projectors---only a small fraction of the 40,000 movie screens available. Now, 2009 has become the "year of digital projection frenzy" as movie studios pledge to use the distribution costs they WOULD have had shipping reels of film to help out theater owners.
Time can't go backwards; Nightmare fans will always remember the difficulty they had finding their favorite film. But, at least they can be happy that their inconvenience didn't go unnoticed. It's now MUCH easier to find a digital theater thanks, in part, to the uproar Jack Skellington's fans made!
Where can you find Jack Skellington?
Or see 3D Nightmare Before Christmas on the big screen?
Most viewers simply watch Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas on their own home TV's these days (via DVD.) Still, there are some public celebrations still made over the movie.1.) El Capitan Theater in Hollywood: Disney's El Capitan Theater had special showings of 3D NBC during October, 2008...and this theater will be showing 3D Nightmare Before Christmas again in 2009! The movie's opening date will be Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7 pm. Then, beginning on Friday, October 23rd, 3D Nightmare Before Christmas will be held at the El Capitan theater on a full schedule beginning at 10 in the morning and starting every several hours throughout the day and evening. Sunday, November 1st will be the last date in 2009 that it will be shown--so hurry to Hollywood on Halloween to catch it if you can!
October 23, 2009--Jack Skellington opens in your local theater, too! Not planning a trip to Hollywood? No problem--you'll probably be able to catch Tim Burton's "3D Nightmare Before Christmas" at a theater much closer to your home. On October 23rd this year, 3D NBC will open in selected theaters throughout the country. If you're a fan, be sure to attend a local showing...and maybe the powers-that-be will see that we'd like this to be turned into an annual Halloween event!
2.) Jack Skellington and his friends take over the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland every year from the end of September to the first week in January. In 2009, the Holiday version of the Haunted Mansion ride opens on Friday, September 25th. In my opinion, the 3D Nightmare Before Christmas version of the Haunted Mansion is much better than the "regular" version. Its a holiday treat that many fans don't like to miss. If you'd like to see pictures of the holiday version of the ride, here's a link to the Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion Pictures page of this site.
3.) Jack Skellington merchandise is sold year-round at the Disney theme parks. It's a great place to stock up on Nightmare Before Christmas clothing, towels, bags and other souvenirs.
4.) Every holiday season, HotTopic.com offers a nice selection of Jack Skellington merchandise, ranging from clothing to home decor items to knick knacks like keychains.
3D Nightmare Before Christmas Merchandise
Ebay auctions cool Jack Skellington merchandise all year long!
Here's an interesting little widget which shows the 3D Nighmare Before Christmas merchandise that's currently up for auction on the EBay website. Throughout the day, the widget updates itself, so that whenever you come back to this page, you'll see completely different items for sale.Since EBay is an auction website, the merchandise for sale is always changing. You'll might find 3D Nightmare Before Christmas clothing, posters, character figures, DVD's, toys, home decor items, etc. It all depends on what the sellers have to show us at this moment!
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