{"id":34591,"date":"2018-12-23T23:24:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T23:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=34591"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:21:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:21:07","slug":"podcast-caroline-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-caroline-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Caroline Thompson (&#8216;The Nightmare Before Christmas&#8217;\/&#8217;Corpse Bride&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/549259950-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-88.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34594 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ep88a-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>In our last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast_type\/skwigly-podcast\/\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> of 2018 we look back at the seminal stop-motion feature <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em> which this year celebrated its 25th anniversary &#8211; and are delighted to welcome the film&#8217;s screenwriter Caroline Thompson to discuss her career and contributions to the film.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Official Trailer #1 - Animated Movie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wr6N_hZyBCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With prior work including the novel <em>First Born<\/em> and scripts for <em>Edward Scissorhands<\/em> and the 1991 <em>Addams Family<\/em> movie, Caroline&#8217;s work on <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em> &#8211; alongside the film&#8217;s captivating score and musical numbers by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/danny-elfman-review\/\">Danny Elfman<\/a>, design by Rick Heinrichs and direction by Henry Selick as well as an immensely talented production team &#8211; shaped it into one of the most important and beloved stop-motion feature films of all time. 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