Expanded Release in United States October 29, 1993
Limited re-release in United States October 27, 2000
Released in United States Fall October 13, 1993
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States October 15, 1993
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States October 1994
Released in United States on Video September 27, 1994
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States September 2009
Re-released in United States October 23, 2009
Wide Release in United States October 22, 1993
Shown at Deauville Film Festival September 2-11, 1994.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Velodrome) September 18-26, 2009.
Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 7-15, 1994.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Venetian Nights) September 1-12, 1994.
Feature directorial debut for Henry Selick who previously created numerous station identifications for MTV.
Began shooting August 1, 1991.
Completed shooting June 1993.
Film employs stop-motion animation rather than the more traditional cel animation technique. Unlike the latter, which is two-dimensional, the former is three-dimensional and involves the use of miniature sets and puppets which are painstakingly staged and photographed frame by frame.
The 32nd animated feature from the Walt Disney Company and the first to bear the Touchstone label.
3-D re-release in USA October 19, 2007.
3-D re-release in USA October 20, 2006.
3-D re-release scheduled in USA October 23, 2009.
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Deauville Film Festival September 2-11, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Venetian Nights) September 1-12, 1994.)
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Velodrome) September 18-26, 2009.)
Released in United States on Video September 27, 1994
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown at Sitges International Festival of Fantasy & Horror Film October 7-15, 1994.)
Released in United States Fall October 13, 1993
Released in United States October 15, 1993 (Los Angeles)
Wide Release in United States October 22, 1993
Re-released in United States October 23, 2009
Limited re-release in United States October 27, 2000
Expanded Release in United States October 29, 1993
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.)