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Synopsis
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an insufferable family who have moved into their home, and hire a malevolent spirit to chase them away. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie. Otho’s shoes, when he’s painting the walls of the house, change from fire engine red elf shoes to white sneakers as he walks through the bathroom, and then back to red elf shoes as he enters the next room. Adam: What are your qualifications? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well… I graduated from Harvard Business School. I travel a lot.
You think I’m qualified?
I lived through the Black Death and had a great time during that time. I’ve seen THE EXORCIST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT GETS FUNNIER AND FUNNIER EVERY TIME I SEE IT… NOT TO MENTION YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEAD MAN… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Geffen company logo is accompanied by a macabre version of the song Banana Boat (sung by the film’s composer Danny Elfman). A work copy of the film has surfaced with a few added/alternate scenes. This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical version, has a few added scenes and is missing others, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom. This version has 4 major differences: Alternate Scene: The scene where Adam tries to leave the house after he and his wife die is different.
Edited into Terror Toons (2002)
Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with moving cogs. English:Additional Scenes: There is an additional scene where Lydia develops the photos she took of Adam and Barbra. Then, after her mother yells at her and scolds her for cutting holes in her sheets, Lydia goes upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. There is more in the scene where the adults are searching the attic for ghosts where we see the desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra as they hang out of the attic window. Finally, there is an additional 2-minute scene at the end where we see Lydia riding her bike home from school and her parents talking to Jane on the phone about not wanting to sell the house. Lydia’s dance scene is shorter in this version, and there is no scene with Beetlejuice in the waiting room. The film ends with a final exterior shot of the house. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A.
Davis looks and acts like
Attaway and Irving Burgie [Miscredited as written by William A. Attaway and [Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)]Performed by Harry BelafonteCourtesy of RCA Records. This movie has always been: 1 – very popular; 2 – very different; 3 – very entertaining; 4 – an hour and a half movie that moves very quickly. Several characters in this movie – mainly Michael Keaton’s unique and sometimes revolting main character, “Beetlejuice” – are always fascinating to watch. With him – and the whole movie – you also get a lot of humor and creepy special effects. It was strange to see Alec Baldwin in such a low-key role. In the ’90s, he played very few of those kinds of characters. well, Davis, who almost always played nice, cute characters that audiences love.
They’re all good
It took me four viewings to finally appreciate Catharine O’Hara’s comedic talents in this film. She’s now my favorite and I find her absolutely hilarious as the deranged wife/mother who moves into a “haunted house” inhabited by Baldwin and Davis. Keaton made his name as an actor with this wacky Robin Williams-type role, though he never really followed it up with a film as popular as this one. Winona Rider is cute as the teenage daughter and we get some other fun supporting roles played by various people like talk show host Dick Cavett, singer Robert Goulet and actor Jeffrey Jones.