

To bounce off that idea.Disney has theories and Easter eggs galore - and some even tie into Tim Burton’s universe. Plus, Jack has been featured in South Park, the MAD episode “Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas ” and Tiny Toon Adventures, to name a few. In the opening scene of Edward Scissorhands, one of the cookie-cutter machines closely resembles Jack.
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His face appears on a doormat in the first volume of the graphic novel series Lenore. His silhouette is shown in The Princess and the Frog. He plays Captain Jack in James and the Giant Peach. He’s on the Mad Hatter's bow tie in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland. Hidden animated cameos happen, too, as Jack Skellington appears during the final minutes of Vincent. Possible complaints aside, perhaps the actors and actresses Burton casts in his films are chosen to assist his intertwined worlds. I didn’t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.” In an interview about Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Burton stated, “I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct, like, OK, let’s have an Asian child and a black - I used to get more offended by that than just - I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that’s great. Jackson is the first black actor to play a leading role in a Burton movie, according to Bustle. Last but not least, Winona Ryder starred in Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Frankenweenie, as well as appeared in the Burton-directed music video for The Killers ' "Here with Me". Vincent Price worked with Burton on three projects, by hosting the television film Hansel and Gretel, narrating the short film Vincent and appearing in the feature film Edward Scissorhands. Jason Hervey appeared in the 1984 Frankenweenie before appearing in Pee-wee's Big Adventure the next year. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Christopher Lee, who all appeared in eight, seven and six films, respectively.ĭanny Elfman composed the music for all of Burton's feature films, with the exception of Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The real-life happenings of Burton films also go along with this theory of connectedness the director often uses the same actors, actresses and collaborators in his films, such as …
