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Elfman, of course, composed the score and original songs for the film and provides the singing voice of its main character Jack Skellington, while Chris Sarandon provides the beanpole skeleton’s speaking voice.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Its beanpole of a body was bandaged in blue khadags (prayer scarves), its stony mound of a base littered with vodka bottles and the occasional skull of a dead animal.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Doubling as George, the patriarch of the Darling family, and the despised Captain Hook, Chris Bean is a marvel: a gawky, John Cleese-like beanpole whose every trip and turn is an entrée to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Its beanpole of a body was bandaged in blue khadags (prayer scarves), its stony mound of a base littered with vodka bottles and the occasional skull of a dead animal.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Doubling as George, the patriarch of the Darling family, and the despised Captain Hook, Chris Bean is a marvel: a gawky, John Cleese-like beanpole whose every trip and turn is an entrée to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Beanpole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beanpole. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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