The 80s - Tim Burton #4: I always liked strange characters.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 01-04-2018, 05:07 PM

Timothy Walter Burton[1] (/ˈbɜːrtən/; born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012). He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), the superhero films Batman (1989) and its first sequel Batman Returns (1992), the sci-fi film Planet of the Apes (2001), the fantasy drama Big Fish (2003), the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Burton has worked repeatedly with actor Johnny Depp and with musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but three of the films Burton has directed. Actress Helena Bonham Carter, Burton's former domestic partner, has appeared in many of his films. He wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997 by Faber and Faber, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009. A follow-up to The Art of Tim Burton, entitled The Napkin Art of Tim Burton: Things You Think About in a Bar, containing sketches made by Burton in napkins at bars and restaurants he occasionally visits, was released in 2015. Both compilations were published by Steeles Publishing.

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http://www.fanforum.com/f129/tim-bur...orld-63160350/
http://www.fanforum.com/f129/tim-bur...lity-63155252/

**GardenSirens** · 01-04-2018, 05:09 PM

love the art in the opening! The Big Fish tree is one of my favorites!

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 01-04-2018, 05:13 PM

mine too

i tried to google the previous threads to add to the op. but i couldnt find the first one.

**Melis** · 01-04-2018, 05:58 PM

Jen is on a roll with the new threads!

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 01-04-2018, 06:40 PM

2 in one day

**Melis** · 01-04-2018, 06:53 PM

Great!

**Barrybgb** · 04-08-2018, 07:36 AM

**Melis** · 04-08-2018, 02:37 PM

You have any of the merch?

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 04-08-2018, 05:57 PM

very cool

**Melis** · 04-08-2018, 06:51 PM

He looks serious there.

**Barrybgb** · 04-09-2018, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Melis (View Post)

You have any of the merch?

I did not, no.

That was his short film "Vincent" which was a tribute to his hero, Vincent Price. Not long after that he did "Frankenweenie" and was then fired by Disney.

**Melis** · 04-09-2018, 04:43 PM

You are full of knowledge.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 04-09-2018, 05:37 PM

why was he fired from disney?

**Barrybgb** · 04-10-2018, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by My Kind Of Crazy (View Post)

why was he fired from disney?

After "Frankenweenie", they fired him because they thought he was wasting company resources and felt that the film was not suitable to the target young audience. Apparently, the new Disney regime wanted back in the Burton business since he returned to the studio decades later to do "Alice In Wonderland" and the 2012 version of "Frankenweenie".

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 04-10-2018, 06:45 PM

wow. interesting.
thanks for that.
you just know everything

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