* The scene where Bruce being a child falls into the cave and see a bat as his inspiration and his fear ( also used in Batman Begins ), something not mentioned in the prequels of Tim Burton.

The Gielgud / Burton production was also recorded complete and released on LP by Columbia Records.

Henry Selick also went on to direct James and the Giant Peach and Coraline, and Tim Burton went on to direct Corpse Bride.

The argument that the textures achieved with CGI cannot match the way real textures are captured by stop motion also makes it valuable for a handful of movie makers, notably Tim Burton, whose puppet-animated film Corpse Bride was released in 2005.

Burton also commented that he was anxious about his role, because he feared that ST: TNG was going to flop: " At the beginning, you know, there was a lot of conversation in the press at what a bad idea this was I thought that since Gene was involved we had a real good shot of making a good show that would carry on in that tradition of Star Trek.

Sweeney Todd has also been featured in several films, the most recent being 2007's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, based on the 1979 musical.

He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings, sketches and other artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009.

( In 2009, the short went on display in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 2011 the short also played at the Tim Burton art exhibit at the LACMA.

The success of the film helped establish Burton as a profitable director, and it also proved to be a huge influence on future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism of Richard Donner's Superman for a grimmer, more realistic look and characters with more psychological depth.

According to BMI, " Landslide " also earned Nicks the 35th Robert J. Burton Award as " Most Performed Country Song of the Year ".

Burton acted as publisher, while also furnishing the edition with footnotes whose tone ranges from the jocular to the scholarly.

" Philip Burton tutored his charge intensely in school subjects and also worked at developing the youth's acting voice, including outdoor voice drills which improved his projection.

The Kennedys, newly in the White House, also enjoyed the play and invited Burton for a visit, establishing the link of the idealistic young Kennedy administration with Camelot.

Burton turned down the lead for Lawrence of Arabia, also turned down by Marlon Brando, which went to newcomer Peter O ' Toole.

In 2011, however, Liam Neeson was cast in the part for a " next generation " rerecording, and subsequently also replaced Burton as the hologram character in the stage show.

Burton also adopted Taylor's daughter by the late producer Mike Todd, Elizabeth Frances " Liza " Todd Burton ( born 6 August 1957 ).

He was also a heavy smoker from the time he was just eight years old ; and by his own admission in a December 1977 interview with Sir Ludovic Kennedy, Burton was smoking 60 – 100 cigarettes per day.

Four-mallet vibists usually play scalar linear passages much the same as two-mallet players, using one mallet from each hand ( outside right and inside left for Burton grip ), except four-mallet players tend to make more use of double strokes, not only to avoid crossing hands but also to minimize motion between the two bar rows.

Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, whose nature has been so clearly fixed in the English-speaking imagination that, as Katherine Briggs has remarked, " it no longer seems natural to talk as Robert Burton does in the Anatomie of Melancholy of a puck instead of ' Puck '".

He also began work on a number of musical projects, including Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic and early drafts of his Graffiti Bridge film, but both were put on hold when he was asked by Batman director Tim Burton to record several songs for the upcoming live-action adaptation.

Jackson was also considered for the role of Geordi LaForge in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role which ultimately went to LeVar Burton.

Martha's Vineyard has also been or is home to a number of artists and musicians, including Evan Dando, Tim " Johnny Vegas " Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Livingston Taylor, Ben Taylor, Huey Taylor ( musician / hotelier ), Kate Taylor, Alex Taylor, Tom Rush, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Willy Mason, Unbusted, Mike Nichols, Gordon Healy, Kahoots, Slim-Bob Berosh and Timo Elliott.

The film is also jokingly referred to in the Tim Burton film Ed Wood.

Burton also portrayed La Forge in the subsequent feature films based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, beginning with Star Trek Generations in 1994 through 2002's Star Trek Nemesis.

* Absalom is the name given to the caterpillar by screenwriter Linda Woolverton in Disney's " Alice in Wonderland ," directed by Tim Burton.

In 1994, the biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, alleged that Wood and the filmmakers stole the mechanical octopus ( previously used in the film Wake of the Red Witch ) from the Republic Studios backlot, while failing to steal the motor which enabled the prop to move realistically, although, by the director's admission, the film preferred narrative interest over historical accuracy.

* 1962: Dylan Thomas, a short, Oscar-winning, documentary film with Richard Burton as narrator, directed by Jack Howells.

John Gielgud directed Richard Burton in a Broadway production at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1964 – 5, the longest-running Hamlet in the U. S. to date.

The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton, was one of the more widely-released stop motion features.

* Star Trek: The Next Generation star LeVar Burton directed nine episodes

* Sweeney Todd, ( 2007 ) a movie adaptation of the stage work, made with Sondheim's participation and approval, was directed by Tim Burton, featuring a largely nonmusical cast led by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( 2007 ) a film directed by Tim Burton, adapted from Sondheim's musical.

Burton is known for using recurring collaborators on his works ; among them are Johnny Depp, who has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together ; musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but five of the films Burton has directed and / or produced ; and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter.

Burton has directed 16 films and produced 12, as of 2012.

Since then, Elfman has scored every film that Tim Burton has directed except for Ed Wood ( because of a falling out that they had ) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street because the music was based on Stephen Sondheim's musical.

In 1990, Burton co-wrote ( with Caroline Thompson ) and directed Edward Scissorhands, re-uniting with Winona Ryder from Beetlejuice.

In 1994, Burton and frequent co-producer Denise Di Novi produced the 1994 fantasy-comedy Cabin Boy, starring comedian Chris Elliott and directed / written by Adam Resnick.

Burton appeared on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Time Remembered ( 1958 ) and winning the award for playing King Arthur in the musical Camelot ( 1960 ), directed by Moss Hart and written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

" Next came Alexander the Great ( 1956 ), written, directed, and produced by Robert Rossen, with Burton in the title role, on a loan out to United Artists, and again with Claire Bloom co-starring.

In 1964, Burton triumphed as defrocked Episcopal priest Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon in Tennessee Williams ' The Night of the Iguana directed by John Huston, a film which became another critical and box office success.

( 1996 ) – A satirical film directed by Tim Burton, based on the equally satirical Topps trading card series Mars Attacks ( 1962 ).

In 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the basis for the film of the same name directed by Robert Wise, and featuring Arthur Hill as Stone, James Olson as Hall, Kate Reid as Leavitt ( changed to a female character, Ruth Leavitt ), and David Wayne as Dutton ( Burton in the novel ).

* Alice in Wonderland ( 2010 film ), Disney film directed by Tim Burton

Another film version, titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and directed by Tim Burton, was released on 15 July 2005 ; this version starred Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, and Geoffrey Holder as the Narrator.

The film's success prompted the 1934 sequel Lady by Choice, directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard.

The 1967 The Taming of the Shrew directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is the most widely seen version of the play.