Tim Burton wrote a three-page poem titled The Nightmare Before Christmas when he was a Disney animator in the early-1980s. Burton took inspiration from television specials of La storia di Lumetto (1964), Come il Grinch rubò il Natale (1966) and the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas. He also started writing a screenplay and making sketches for a movie adaptation, but Disney believes Burton's style was too dark for their usual output, so he pursued his career elsewhere. When Batman (1989) turned out to be a big box office hit and Burton tried to buy back his story and ideas from Disney, they were eager to work with him, and gave him $18 million and free reign to develop Nightmare Before Christmas. Because he was contractually obliged to do Batman - Il ritorno (1992) for Warner Bros studios, he asked Henry Selick as director while he stayed on as producer. Burton's original poem can be heard on the 2008 Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD release, narrated by Christopher Lee with a new animated visual accompaniment.
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