Way back when he was just a lad fresh out of CalArts, Tim Burton was
given an apprenticeship with Disney - in fact he did background work in the
animation department for Tron and The Fox and the Hound.
On the side he made three shorts, one of which, "Vincent," would be the
prototype character for The Corpse Bride.
His signature work though would be his live-action short "Frankenweenie" that'd
encapsulate Burton's unique blend of macabe with humor. Basically it's about a
reanimated wiener dog and his owner, a kid who winds up becoming a bit of a Dr.
Frankenstein.
The short actually got Burton fired from Disney, because they viewed it as him
misusing company time to make a dark movie that could scare kids. The weirdest part? It's coming out as a feature film
next year, by Disney. It's like the
ultimate Hollywood WTF?
