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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Johnny — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:25:43 GMT

http://imdb.com/title/tt0408236/

Anyone else looking forward to this?

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Burton to direct two new films for Disney

Jen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:38:36 GMT

Tim Burton has been tapped by Disney to make a full-length 3D version of his "Frankenweenie" short, as well as a new 3D version of "Alice in Wonderland":
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/11/16/tim-burton-directing-frankenweenie-and-alice-in-wonderland-in-3d/

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Who is your favorite Tim Burton Character?

hobbitkicker — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:39:53 GMT

I have to say of all his movies, I love Celina Kyle/Cat Woman from Batman Returns. Her transformation from the self-loathing executive assistant to cat woman (who loathed everyone who betrayed her) was beautifully done and Michelle Pfeiffer was perfect for that role.

Edward Scissorhands runs a close second in my heart as well as so many of the other beautiful characters he creates on screen. Who's your favorite?

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Sweeny Todd

charlotte — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:40:14 GMT

I am very excited about this..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/

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Burton and the Killers

coppertop — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:13:23 GMT

07/13/2006 2:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dotmusic

Tim Burton will apparently direct a video for a forthcoming single by The Killers, it has been claimed.

The acclaimed film-maker, who's movie credits include Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, is understood to be a huge fan of the Las Vegas rockers.

Apparently Burton visited the group in a London studio as they worked on their currently untitled second album, and suggested shooting the promo film.

According to varying reports online today, Burton is expected to work on a video for either "Bones" or "Read My Mind," both of which feature on the forthcoming LP.
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Cant wait to see what it looks like!!!

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Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Jen — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:38:19 GMT

So has anyone else seen this yet? We had to drive about an hour and a half just to get to a theater that's showing it, but I'm glad we went.

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Paul Reubens Day IV Celebrations!!!!! SF

ty-techslave — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:53:38 GMT

Brought to you by The Drunken Redheaded Sluts

Paul Reubens’ Day IV!
Honoring the 15th Annivesary of Exposed Genius Paul Reubens's tribute to Jocelyn Elders

Some things are just meant to go together….
…Saturday mornings and Cartoons …
…Porno and Kleenex…
…Paul Reubens’ Day and the Castro!!!!

Guaranteed to make you “Scream real LOUD!”
Cum celebrate four years of Pee-wee loving, bowtie wearing, spooge-mongering, adult-themed Saturday kid’s show watching, secret word screaming mayhem with us on Saturday, July 29th!

*Any and all Pee-wee/Paul Reubens related costume encouraged!!!
*-wees will meet at 1pm at location in the Castro that will be disclosed within
two weeks of the 29th
*PRD is free, but bring $$$ for transportation/drinking/toys

PRD Party!

The Dark Room, 2263 Mission St @ 19th
9pm, $7 in -wee wear
($10 in un-wee wear)

After the day full of cavorting and tequila-dancing, frolicking and spooging, drinking and
“I meant to do that!” cum on down to the Mission for the PRD after party. The days are hot and sticky and you will be too at the porniest Pee-wee party of the year!

Featuring : The Diamond Daggers, Circus Finelli Uphill Both Ways,
Sherilyn Connely, Uke Apocalypse, Pandora,
K-rob, pornography and much more!

Clips from the VERY PORN Paul Reubens was watching when arrested!
Many faces of Pee-wee on the big screen!
Costume contest! Miss Yvonne Beauty Pagaent! Trivia Contest!
Sexy, Zany, Spoogey Fun!

Pee-wee games and kissing booth!

Saturday July 29th 1pm in the Castro 9pm at The Dark Room
www.darkroomsf.com or www.paulreubensday.com

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Sweeney Todd rumors

Glenda — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:14:04 GMT

I've heard a few, but would like more real news.

What do you think?

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Believe it? Or Not?

"T I M" — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:15:58 GMT

No Jim Carrey though. He would ruin it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492445/

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CBS Sunday Morning.....

aer3 — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:33:01 GMT

For those who are up early on Sunday morning.....they are going to do a segment on Tim Burton on March 5, 2006 CBS Sunday Morning show....FYI.....

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No Haunted Mansion Holiday merch this year :(

Jen — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:45:36 GMT

I've been meaning to post for a while, but have been very busy...

Over Thanksgiving, I visited Disneyland. Didn't notice too many big tweaks to the Haunted Mansion overlay (though, this year, the man-eating wreath is featured on the cake in the ballroom). Disney released *no* HMH merchandise this year - what a disappointment. On the other hand, a lot of Jack merchandise has made its way into the Emporium, which resulted in seeing his appearance pretty frequently on fellow guests as compared to in the past. (Though there's a better and more unique variety in Le Bat En Rouge.) We also spied a cute homegrown design someone was wearing - Jack with mouse ears.

While Disneyland did not quite have what I had been looking for, it ends up that the Studio Store next to the El Capitain Theater still had some items left over from the "12 Days of Nightmare" event. They had a lot of home decor, as well as some exclusive tees, sweatshirts, and jewelry.

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what's next?

lizabat — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:00:31 GMT

so...what's next on tim burton's plate?
anyone hear of any new projects?

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Corpse Bride Movie

lilseabiscut — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:23:47 GMT

I saw it last nite and I LOVED it!!!! It is a relatively short film, but it was amazing....and funny.....and heartfelt.....
A++++++
I loved the worm!!!! He was so cute.

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CD

Chaos — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:22:24 GMT

I just bought the soundtrack to Corpse Bride.
I love it!

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Halloween

RevFresh — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:47:19 GMT

has anyone been a Burton character for Halloween?

I'm putting together a Beetlejuice costume this year. I'm excited, I get to be obnoxious (as normal) and hand out reptiles to folks.

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Corpse Bride Mobile Phone Wallpapers!

Aaron — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:39:51 GMT

Hi everyone, just want to keep everyone up to date.... the Corpse Bride website should have available mobile wallpapers for your phone within the week!

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So What About Wonka

james — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:10:18 GMT

its been out for two days already and not a word about it from anyone. i saw it this afternoon...it reeks of Burton...no one else could have done this story such visual justice...

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NBC Fest

Bloodflower — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:59:13 GMT

check this out Burton fans:

www.nbcfest.com

Found this link on the TimBurton.com site.

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More Corpse Bride sneek peeks!

QuirkyGrrrl — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:18:24 GMT

- A run down of The Corpse Bride panel at Comic-Con, with seven mintues of completed footage shown.....

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20743

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Corpse Bride trailer!

ste3ve — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:31:18 GMT

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/corpse_bride/large.html

Wow.

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Charlie exclusive on ET tonight.....

Miss C — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:38:36 GMT

I saw on tv this morning, that ET is having an "exclusive" tonight. I many not be anything we Burton fans have not already seen on the web, but FYI, just in case.

"Veruca- is a very bad nut"

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One month to go!!

Miss C — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:44:13 GMT

YIPPEEE! One month to go until Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is released. I'll be seeing it in SF on the IMAX :)

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What Tim Burton Book character would you want to be?

Fri, 20 May 2005 23:45:18 GMT

I would like to be Roy the Toxic Boy. I don't know why, he's just cool.

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Kid Robot...

madchengeist — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:29:02 GMT

...has some Tim Burton action figures not only from the movies he's done but from the books as well. Might take a while to search the site but they are there and they are cool.
http://www.kidrobot.com/

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Tim Burton's Willy Wonka

Wed, 11 May 2005 00:14:07 GMT

Eeeeeeee.....!!!! I can't wait until Willy Wonka comes out!!! I love Tim Burton Movies he has always done a great job with all his movies.I haven't seen aTim Burton movie I don't like yet!Plus Johnny Depp is in it!

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What Tim Burton character would you want to be?

Wed, 11 May 2005 22:35:03 GMT

If you could be any Tim Burton character who would you be?
I would be sally because she can stitch herself together again.

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Corpse Bride article link some spoilers

QuirkyGrrrl — Tue, 03 May 2005 21:47:38 GMT

A visit to the set!

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20000

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Willy Wonka/Corpse Bride

Tue, 10 May 2005 04:54:50 GMT

So am I the only one feaking out about Tim Burton's new movies!?

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TIM BURTON'S GARAGE SALE

ste3ve — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 05:27:14 GMT

Friday, March 11, Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 2005
207 North Aspan Avenue
Azusa, CA 91702
9:00am - 4:00pm
(Absolutely No Early Previews or Early Sales)

Previously owned items by director Tim Burton and his actress wife former girlfriend Lisa Marie. Designer furniture (Herman Miller, Noguchi, Knoll, Ashland & Hill), clothing (Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, YSL), lamps, ceramic kiln, fine crystal, make-up, electronics, Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver, movie memorabilia, props from movie sets and tons more. This sale will be held in a warehouse in Azusa, CA, a 45 minute drive from Studio City.

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McFarlane Toys nabs Corpse Bride rights

ste3ve — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:58:51 GMT

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050122a.php

"Corpse Bride" carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of Tim Burton's classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham-Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. It's a tale of optimism, romance and a very lively afterlife, told in classic Tim Burton style.

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By a show of hands...

dee_fective — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 01:30:46 GMT

OK. I did.

Who else cried at the end of Big Fish?

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Johnny — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:54:25 GMT

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/charlieandthechocolatefactory.html

Enjoy

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Favorite tall tale in Big Fish

FaerieFae — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:55:02 GMT

What's everyone's favorite of the tall tales in Big Fish?

Mine is the one about Will's parents meeting and falling in love...all those daffodills *sigh* The part at the circus when Edward first sees Sandra and everything stops is really awesome too!

Share your favorites!

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New pic added

ste3ve — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:29:27 GMT

Pic #8 - first advance poster.

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The Corpse Bride!

QuirkyGrrrl — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:20:14 GMT

A first look at the art.

http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00001673.html

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Haunted Mansion Holiday '04

Jen — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:33:39 GMT

So have anyone else been to Disneyland since Haunted Mansion Holiday made its 2004 debut?

I was at the park not that long ago and found that the changes to the "Nightmare Before Christmas" overlay were on the minor side. Despite this, I enjoyed it as always and rode it about four times during my vacation. On one of the days, a whole bunch of radio stations were doing a live broadcast just outside the Mansion. I don't know if this was just for the benefit of those stations, but they actually had a trio of vampires and a ghoulish band performing for a while.

If you go, of course you will find a lot of NBC/HMH merchandise at the cart outside and at Le Bat En Rouge as usual. The new souvenir popcorn bucket features Zero and this year you can also get a hot beverage mug with Zero, too. (There's a big emphasis on Zero this year.) These can only be found at the carts in New Orleans Square. In addition, check out the French Market for NBC themed entrees and desserts. The seasonal entrees come in a Zero dog dish that you can take home. Should you decide to have Zero's dog bone dessert, consider yourself warned that it is very delicious but quite rich so you may want to share!

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Willy Wonka...

Steve — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:27:06 GMT

Correct me if I am wrong, isn't Tim directing the remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? I cannot wait for the film to come out but if it gets a Burton treatment, even better. From what I have heard, Johnny Depp is signed on to play Charlie and what sealed the deal for him was hearing that Tim was directing. Can't wait! Anyone else with me?

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Disneyland NMBC showing cancelled

ste3ve — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:24:52 GMT

For the last couple of years, The Nightmare Before Christmas has been shown at Disneyland at Halloween with costume contests and such. It's been cancelled this year due to the occupation of the Fantasyland Theater by the Snow White show.

http://www.disneygallery.com

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Nightmare before christmas videogame

inanutshell — Thu, 20 May 2004 04:47:04 GMT

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/nightmarebeforechristmas/screenindex.html

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rumors....?

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:04:08 GMT

i heard he was doing another movie like NMBC well, same animation anyway. Does anyone have any clues to what this may be about? Is it true or not? someone help please???

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Big Fish on DVD Tuesday the 27th

SnapesMistress — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:11:59 GMT

Saw a commercial last night announcing Big Fish on DVD tomorrow.

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Edward Scissorhands and NBC posters, etc.

Jen — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 03:21:50 GMT

Today, I happened to run across a web site that sells movie posters, lobby cards, and the like.

Edward Scissorhands items for sale:
http://www2.moviemarket.com/index.html?str=edward%20scissorhands&cid=&kid=T101313

NBC items for sale:
http://www2.moviemarket.com/index.html?kid=T102524

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Down with Tim Burton!

dee_fective — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:00:06 GMT

Gotcha!

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"Big Fish" out on DVD in April

Jen — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:55:36 GMT

I don't have an exact date, but according to Netflix, "Big Fish" will be released on DVD in April - yay!

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searching for 1993 statue....

Tuesday — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:41:46 GMT

HI!

I am in search of a rare statue of Jack, Sally and Zero on the hill entitled "We Were Simply Meant To Be" by Applause in 1993.

I found the 6" resin copy but I was hoping to aquire the origional and bigger version for my wedding cake top.

If anyone has any idea where I could find this I would be so grateful.... any suggestions appreciated :)

Thanks!

~tuesday

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Lisa Marie..

dee_fective — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 07:16:18 GMT

Hottest dame on the planet.

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New pic

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 01:56:45 GMT

The new tribe pic is gorgeous!!! Thanks, whoever posted it!

:)Gypsy

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Big Fish

Jen — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:59:23 GMT

Is anyone here in one of the "selected cities" currently showing the film?

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Hot Topic

angrybutterfly — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:23:28 GMT

Has tons of NMBC stuff! I was amazed when I wandered in there today. Ive always had a little troulble with hot topic on a conceptual level... I always saw punk as more buying something on sale after halloween at longs and then making it look like you got it from hot topic... But SO MANY NMBC things ! I want them all!

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More news on NMBC Xbox game

Carrie — Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:51:07 GMT

There's a 2 page article over at Gamespy.. it doesn't really have anything we don't already know , and same old screen captures, but still thought I'd post the link.

http://www.gamespy.com/previews/february04/nmbxmasps2/

-carrie

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love his films

jeff_junker — Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:40:17 GMT

i even own frankenweenie..it a rad short...can't believe he started out working for the disney corp. lol

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All kinds of mag articles on Burton/"Big Fish" right now

Jen — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:15:59 GMT

If you haven't been to a bookstore lately, it appears a lot of the SF/fantasy and movie magazines currently have articles about "Big Fish," as well as retrospective pieces on Burton's work. I'm afraid I don't remember all the titles I came across, but one of them was *Starlog*.

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Un-favorite Tim Burton Movie

lilseabiscut — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:51:21 GMT

So Tim is a genius but was there a certain movie that he did, that you just didn't like????
Me-Planet of the Apes....sorry

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Interview link w/Burton

Jen — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 20:41:14 GMT

Go to http://www.scifi.com/exposure/frameup/frankenweenie.html Toward the top center of the page, you have the option of choosing a low or high speed version of an interview that can be viewed via Real Player. Burton talks about "Frankenweenie," his time at Disney, how he feels about technology, and so on.

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hello!

Shane_Chance — Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:23:57 GMT

Ive just joined this tribe..as I am a huge Tim Burton and Johnny Depp fan and am soooo excited about the upcoming 'Wonka' movie! There is no better director or actor in my own opinion!

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the melancholy death of oyster boy and other stories

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:57:11 GMT

I was wondering if anyone has the book metioned above and if so how is it? i want to get it but i wanted to know before i got it how good it was.

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Song

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:15:18 GMT

For those who are NMBC fanatics and must have or at least know about everything that has to do with Jack and Sally, the new song by Blink 182 "I Miss You" has a few lines of reference in the first stanza to the undead duo. Enjoy.

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"Vincent" is an entry in "The Animation Show"

Jen — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:10:01 GMT

BTW, if you haven't seen "The Animation Show" (http://www.animationshow.com/) yet, Burton's "Vincent" is one of the cartoons that appears in the festival.

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Tim Burton on "The Corpse Bride"

Carrie — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:00:26 GMT

Just some tiny bits of news on his next animated feature.

http://www.killermovies.com/c/thecorpsebride/articles/3528.html

-carrie

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Nightmare Before Christmas tribe

Jen — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:27:24 GMT

For fans of the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas," there is a tribe solely dedicated to it:
http://nmbc.tribe.net

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Burton on CNN.com

SnapesMistress — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:56:47 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/13/film.tim.burton.ap/index.html

SANTA MONICA, California (AP) -- With most of his irreverent movies about dying, Tim Burton doesn't just whistle past the graveyard -- he plays a game of tag with the Grim Reaper among the tombstones.

Death is a surreal joke and day-to-day life is the real hardship for the characters in movies like "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," but now Burton has sobered his gothic sense of humor with "Big Fish."

The deaths of his parents led him toward a more heartfelt exploration of mortality and a warmer picture of life in his latest movie, about a tall-tale teller whose son learns to appreciate his dying father's fantasies.

"They were good people, but I wasn't particularly close," Burton said of his own parents. "But it doesn't matter whether you're close or not. When your parent dies you could be completely distant from them and it would still have a powerful impact on you."

Burton's father, Bill, died in 2000 while the director was working on his remake of "Planet of the Apes"; his mother, Jean, died in 2002. He said he never fit into their Burbank household and had a remote relationship with them his whole life.

The filmmaker said the theme of child-parent reconciliation in "Big Fish" fed his interest in the story, especially since it never really happened for him in real life.

"It was not something that was easy for me to talk about with anybody," he said. "But this script was a great way to present that feeling without having to talk about it."

In the movie, Albert Finney plays the aging Edward Bloom, a man who claims to have caught the world's biggest catfish by using his wedding ring as bait on the day his son Will (Billy Crudup) was born. The rest of his life is full of similar fish tales -- some true, most exaggerated -- which frustrates his son.

The director said the character's storytelling prestidigitation in "Big Fish" is something he has aspired to with his fantasy films.

'It's not a lie'

"Big Fish" has some fantastical images, such as a car in a tree.
For Burton, telling tall tales -- even true ones, like his biopic "Ed Wood" -- "is sort of organic. It's not a lie. It's almost more of an emotional thing. It's how you feel, even at that moment. That's the beauty of it. You can read a lot of realities and truths into a completely surreal story."

In the flashback fantasy sequences, Ewan McGregor plays the younger Bloom as he encounters a cave-dwelling giant, a circus ringleader who turns into a werewolf and an Asian singing duo made up of conjoined twin sisters.

The film has nominations for four Golden Globe Awards, including best comedy, and critics are praising Burton's fusion of his moody, dreamy visuals with the realistic drama of the father-son relationship.

Recently, the 45-year-old Burton became a father himself. He and actress Helena Bonham Carter, who live next door to each other in London, have a 3-month-old boy, Billy. (Bonham Carter also plays two roles in "Big Fish": a witch whose foggy eye shows Bloom as a child how he will die, and a young woman with a mysterious relationship with the character when he gets older.)

Like his real childhood and the father and son characters in "Big Fish," Burton finds that most parents and their children are the opposite of each other. He's not sure what to expect from his own child.

"That's sort of a classic dynamic. If the parents are hippies, then the kids are straight-laced," he said. "People say, 'Well, do you think you son will be like you?' Well, no, it'll probably be the opposite, and that's probably the way it should be. It's natural. There is that resistance and reaction against your parents -- even if you like them."

But there are always similarities, and when pressed Burton acknowledged that his dad, while not a great storyteller, had a dark sense of humor that the younger Burton shared.

"He had these false teeth and when the full moon would come out, he could pull it back and his side teeth would seem to stick out and he'd pretend to turn into a werewolf," Burton said, laughing. "It got everybody going."

Joking around

Billy Crudup plays tale-telling Albert Finney's skeptical son in "Big Fish."
The director has a reputation for being gloomy -- reinforced by his wild black hair, preference for dark clothing and oversized, blue-tinted glasses -- but in reality he's more funny than fearsome.

Upon entering an oceanfront hotel suite for an interview, his first move is to throw open all the window shutters to flood the shadowy room with light, and he's more likely to make a joke than to linger on anything too serious.

On living in London: "I do like Europe. Growing up in California you don't get a sense of age. But I guess, you have the old Denny's, and you can start to notice the finely aged wood at the counter."

On superhero movies after his "Batman": "I liked the psychology of it, the darkness of it, but now it just seems like the tortured superhero has become its own genre. 'Yeah, OK, tortured kid ...' You kind of long for the days when they were just happy and doing good just because they loved it."

On why he won't make a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which was about the collision of Halloween and Christmas: "What would it be ... 'Thanksgiving World'? Or they go kidnap Uncle Sam on the Fourth of July? That wouldn't go over too good these days."

Burton will be back to poking fun at death with one of his next movies, "The Corpse Bride," which he's producing.

Made in the same animation style as "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the story is based on an Eastern European folk tale about a man who mistakenly weds a dead body. Expect plenty of dark humor -- Burton says it's therapeutic to laugh at death instead of fearing it.

"Rather than make it this dark, unspoken thing -- which is kind of how I grew up -- I always liked the idea that it was more a celebration. It feels more positive, somehow, and more spiritual and right to me," he said.

He is also preparing to start work directing a live-action remake of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," (this one titled "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," like the original Roald Dahl story) with frequent collaborator Johnny Depp as the peculiar candy impresario.

Burton also plans to get back to being a dad.

"I'm anxious to get back because I really haven't spent too much time," he said. "It's a little spooky, really ... I have to go back and learn how to be a human being.

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Official site

Jen — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:46:12 GMT

http://www.timburton.com

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Article on Burton's appearance at the El Capitan

Jen — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:55:36 GMT

The following is a short article about Tim Burton making an appearance at the now annual "Nightmare Before Christmas" screening event at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre. I especially like the Q&A part:
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID507850.asp

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Edward Scissorhands

Jen — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:11:40 GMT

For the first time in a long while, I saw this movie again. While I loved before, I loved it even more in context of having just read that Tim Burton biography and its accompanying details about the film. Everything just flows together beautifully...set design, acting, story, score.

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House decorated for the holidays NBC style

Jen — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:08:46 GMT

On Christmas Eve, my family regularly goes on a holiday light tour. From the annual listing in the local newspaper, I found out that one home was done up with a "Nightmare Before Christmas" theme, so I just had to check it out. It was very cool! There were lots of wood cutouts, such as of Jack in his Sandy Claws suit, a snowman with a pumpkin head, and Zero and his tombstone. The roof had a series of jack o' lanterns with Santa caps and the holiday lights were interspersed with Jack lights. The touch that amused me the most was that they had turned up some dirt in their front yard to look like a freshly dug grave, complete with tombstone and lilies!

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Glad to see you out there

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:49:23 GMT

I just wanted to express my enthusiasm for the greatest director ever. His fantastical perspective is entirely unique, and the world is a richer place for him havin' been born. I first realized that a lot of my favorite movies had a similiar feel, after I took the time to see who directed Nightmare before Christmas. Since then I've revisted his movies, and was thrilled to see the incredible detail and beauty in Edward Scissorhands, that I had overlooked as a child. Even the doorknobs in the film are beautiful!!! Glad to see other appreciaters out there...

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Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker

Jen — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:38:48 GMT

I recently finished reading _Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker_ by Ken Hanke. If you haven't read it already, I definitely recommend it. The introduction briefly covers his childhood and then goes into his time at CalArts and subsequent Disney experience, followed by backgrounds and synopsis of all of his works, from "Vincent" to "Mars Attacks!" (There's also mention of "Superman" and, briefly, "Sleepy Hollow.")

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Holiday version of Oyster Boy vs. the original?

Jen — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:20:39 GMT

I've noticed that a holiday version of _The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy_ has popped up. Is it actually any different than the original, or is it simply added emphasis being placed on the holiday poems that were already part of the collection?

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NBC holiday overlay of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion

Jen — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:56:59 GMT

This is the third year now that a "Nightmare Before Christmas" overlay has been up at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. Has anyone else seen it? What do you think of it?

I was just in Anaheim last week so I have now seen all three versions. (Each year has varied somewhat.) This year, the key change is the addition of Oogie Boogie. Not only is there an audio-animatronic version of him toward the end of the ride, there's ten "hidden" depictions throughout the attraction. It has been a great success for the park, as even people who have never seen the film/are not fans enjoy it.

If you will be in the park during the holiday season, be sure to check out the outdoor vending cart just outside the exit of the attraction as well as the Bat En Rouge shop for NBC/Haunted Mansion Holiday merchandise.

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Favorite film

Jen — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:55:29 GMT

What's your favorite Tim Burton film? I don't think I could go with a single title, it's more of a tie between "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," "Batman," and "Edward Scissorhands."

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