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I went to Juilliard
Chronology
The ghosts of a deceased couple are harassed by an insufferable family who have moved into their house and hire a malevolent spirit to drive them away. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie. Otho’s shoes, as he spray paints the walls in the house, change from fire engine red elf shoes to white sneakers as he walks through the bathroom, and then they change back to the red elf shoes as he enters the next room. Adam: What are your qualifications?Beetlejuice: Ah. Well… I’m a graduate of Harvard Business School. I travel quite a bit. I’ve experienced the plague and had a pretty good time doing it.
You think I’m qualified?
I’ve seen THE EXORCIST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES AND IT GETS FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME… NOT TO MENTION THEY TALK TO A DEAD MAN… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Geffen Company logo is accompanied by a creepy version of the song Banana Boat (sung by film composer Danny Elfman). A work print of the film has surfaced with some added/alternate scenes. This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical version, has some additional scenes, others missing, is black and white, and has a time code 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. Instead of a desert, he sees empty darkness filled with rolling gears.
Edited together in Terror Toons (2002)
Additional Scenes: There is an additional scene where Lydia develops the pictures she took of Adam and Barbra. After her mother yells at her and accuses her of cutting holes in her sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the pictures are real. There is more to the scene where the adults search the attic for the ghosts. We see the desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra hanging out 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 on the phone to Jane, telling her that they don’t want 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 one final exterior shot of the house.. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A.
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Attaway and Irving Burgie [Incorrectly stated as written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)]Played by Harry BelafonteCourtesy of RCA Records. This movie has always been: 1 – very popular; 2 – very different; 3 – very entertaining; 4 – a very fast-paced hour-and-a-half long movie. Several characters in it – especially Michael Keaton’s unique and sometimes off-putting title character, “Beetlejuice” – are always fascinating to watch. You also get a lot of humor and creepy special effects from him – and throughout the movie. It was odd to see Alec Baldwin in such an unremarkable role. He played very few of these types of guys in the ’90s. well, Davis, who has almost always played nice, sweet people that audiences like.
They are all good
I had to watch the film four times before I finally appreciated Catharine O’Hara’s comedic talent in this film. She is now my favorite and someone I find absolutely hilarious as the wacky wife/mother of a family that moves into a “haunted house” where Baldwin and Davis live. Keaton made his name as an actor with this wacky Robin Williams-style role, although he never did anything as popular as this film again. Winona Rider is sweet as the teenage daughter and we get other funny supporting roles from people as diverse as talk show host Dick Cavett, singer Robert Goulet and actor Jeffrey Jones.