Henry Selick
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Oct 16, 2026
Scott YoungbauerHOST
And then we'll get to-
Peter LozanoHOST
First we're gonna talk about Coraline, written and directed by Henry Selick, based on the 2002 novella by Neil Gaiman.
Peter LozanoHOST
Coraline premiered at the International Portland Film Festival February 5th, 2009, and went on to its wide release February 6th.
Peter LozanoHOST
The film is Laika's first and biggest hit to date, with $126 million worldwide at the box office on its initial release.
Peter LozanoHOST
Several theatrical re-releases have raised the box office total to 188 million, making it the third highest grossing stop-motion film of all time.
Peter LozanoHOST
Immediately after finishing the book, Neil Gaiman met with filmmaker Henry Selick about a possible ad-
Scott YoungbauerHOST
ad-... film adaptation, maybe a 45-minute short, and it was expanded in a theatrical movie.
Peter LozanoHOST
Uh, yeah.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
But, uh, okay, la- last, last thing before we get into this film proper.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
Uh, Henry Selick, worth mentioning him a bit, because this guy is an undersung hero of animation.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
Everyone and their mother thinks that Tim Burton directed Nightmare, uh, Before Christmas, or The Nightmare Before Christmas Uh-uh.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
Wasn't him, it was Henry Selick.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
Henry Selick directed it.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
He's the one that made it special.
Jeffrey ScottHOST
He's also the guy who directed, um, Henry, uh, not Henry-
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Jeffrey ScottHOST
There's so many iconic elements to it.
Meghan CunninghamHOST
Um, but of course, Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas arrived in 1993, right in the heart of the period that we're exploring in this countdown, so we have to cover it.
Meghan CunninghamHOST
Like, it was directed by Henry Selick, and s- that's something worth emphasizing, 'cause Tim Burton's name has become so thoroughly attached to the film that people sometimes casually describe Burton as its director.
Meghan CunninghamHOST
Burton conceived the story and the characters produced in the film, but Selick directed it.
Meghan CunninghamHOST
Burton's original idea dated back years before the finished movie, developing out of a poem that he had written after seeing Halloween merchandise in stores being replaced by Christmas displays before Halloween had even arrived.
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Um, lovely film.
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Henry Selick, the man who directed Nightmare Before Christmas with Tim Burton.
Phil DunsterGUEST
Mm.
Brett GoldsteinHOST
One of my favorite films, and he also made Coraline.
BrianHOST
I'm Brian.
BrianHOST
I'm sitting here in person with Ashvin, in Ashvin's house, and today we are discussing Coraline from 2009, written and directed by Henry Selick, based on the 2002 children's novella written by Neil Gaiman, starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David and Jon Hodgman.
BrianHOST
In this animated stop-motion film, a little girl who moves into a new house discovers a secret door that leads her to a seemingly better version of her life.
BrianHOST
If you're new to the show, we're gonna talk spoiler-free about this movie for the first 15 or 20 minutes, then we're gonna take a little break, play some transition music, and at that point we will go through the plot in detail with spoilers.
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AshwinHOST
Okay.
BrianHOST
Uh, Tim Rock says, "Coraline is a stop-motion marvel.
BrianHOST
Henry Selick turns Neil Gaiman's eerie fable into a world so tactile and strange you can practically feel the stitching.
BrianHOST
Dakota Fanning gives Coraline real spine, and the Other Mother is one of the great screen villains, equal parts seductive and skin-crawling.
JeffreyHOST
I think that he consulted for style.
JeffreyHOST
It was Henry Selick.
JeffreyHOST
Oh.
JeffreyHOST
And I think Coraline might be the same thing.
Alanah PearceHOST
What's the difference between-
Kerry DyerGUEST
Well, He- Henry Selick's a fantastic director 'cause he did, um, Coraline-
Alanah PearceHOST
Coraline
Kerry DyerGUEST
... and, um, Pinocchio and, yeah.
David EdwardsHOST
Coraline, sorry, yeah.
David EdwardsHOST
Directed by Selick.
David EdwardsHOST
Yeah, absolutely, yes.
David EdwardsHOST
That's a classic.
Joel SturgisHOST
I've done that.
Brittany SeifertHOST
It was Henry Selick that did it.
Joel SturgisHOST
Okay, okay.
Joel SturgisHOST
But
JordyGUEST
It's a big theme every year, which I don't know why I do this to myself 'cause it always stresses me out.
JordyGUEST
But, like, last year we did, like, a Tim Burton/Henry Selick creepy carnival.
JordyGUEST
So it was, like, Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Spot, like, all sorts of things.
DwayneHOST
Dude, what was the thing where you dressed up as the fucking Blockbuster horror section?
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