Hey, I saw that Nightmare Before Christmas was released in Dolby Digital at the time of its original release.
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Interesting. From the 35mm cells I saw on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/306451154000), it seems to be stuck in Dolby Stereo when it first came out, so maybe there was an error in the magazine, or maybe there were a series of premiere prints that use a Dolby Digital soundtrack. I don’t recall any first Disney/Touchstone/Hollywood/Miramax film to use Dolby Digital, especially since the rear channels in the 5.1 mix from the DD LD, DTS LD and the first two DVD releases were in fact stereo and not dual mono.