Best Film Ever

Episode 95 - The Nightmare Before Christmas

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What's This? What's This? There's powder everywhere. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia - as we review the most popular film that intersects the Venn Diagram of Christmas and Halloween in The Nightmare Before Christmas.  We're taking 12 photographs a second in this episode as we discuss:

  • The sheer amount of work this film was to make
  • Why the first screenwriter had to be replaced
  • Why Disney switched this to the Touchstone brand
  • Why this film is remembered so fondly
  • Exactly how long the love story is in this film
  • Ian suggests an alternate title for this movie
  • Georgia talks more about Jim Cavaziel and his ordeal in The Passion of the Christ
  • Who should take the credit for this film? The producer (Burton) or the director (Henry Selick)
  • We try and discuss the difference between fate and free will
  • Which actor steals a key scene by not saying a word
  • We reveal Tier 2 of the BFE Patreon
  • Whether or not The Nightmare Before Christmas is the Best Film Ever.

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    Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

    Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

    Timestamps for this episode:

    • 0:00 - Opening Banter
    13:55 - Shoutouts
    25:20 - Deep Dive
    1:24:25 - Endgame
    ...more
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