46/48
I went to Juilliard
Story
A dead couple is haunted by an insufferable family who moves into their home and hires an evil spirit to exorcise them.. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie.. Otto changes his shoes from red when he paints the walls of the house. which looks like the fireman elf’s white sneakers as he passes the bathroom, then changes back to red elf shoes as he enters the next room. Adam: What are your qualifications? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well…
I travel a lot
I graduated from Harvard Business School. I survived the black plague and had a pretty good time of it. I’VE WATCHED THE ECORCISTS A COMBINED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN TIMES AND IT GETS FUNNIER EACH TIME I SEE IT…NOT EXPECTING THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO THE DEAD…WHAT ARE YOU THINKING NOW? Do you think I’m qualified? The Geffen logo is accompanied by a terrifying version of 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 release, has a few extra scenes and is missing a few others, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom.
Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with rolling gears
This version has 4 main differences:
Alternate scene:
There is another scene where Adam tries to leave the house after he and his wife are dead. Additional scenes:
Added a scene where Lydia develops the pictures she took of Adam and Barbra. After her mother yells at her and blames her for cutting holes in the sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the pictures are real. There’s more to it than the scene where the adults search the attic for ghosts, where we see a desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra while they’re hanging from the attic window. Finally there’s an extra 2 minute scene at the end where we see Lydia riding her bike home from school and her parents on the phone with Jane saying 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 a final shot of the exterior of the house.
Edited in Terror Toons (2002)
Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie [Incorrectly listed as written by William A. Attaway & amp; Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)] Performed by Harry Belafonte courtesy of RCA Records. It may take two or three viewings to warm to “Beetle Juice”. It has a strange, haunting sensibility and a rhythm that alternates between easy, lazy and frenetic. A charming couple in New England die and return to their beloved home as ghosts, determined to rid the place of the horrible new tenants. Possibly Alec Baldwin’s most benign and endearing performance ever; Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Sylvia Sidney are also very attractive.
Of course there’s Michael Keaton, wildly comical as Betelgeuse
The new New York couple who take over the house (Jeffrey Jones and Kathryn O’Hara) aren’t as well written or thought out as the rest of the characters and some of their confused, comedic lines come with dry ice seconds before you. . I remember hearing comments back in 1988 that there wasn’t enough of Keaton to make the movie worthwhile, but that’s only if you’re watching the movie for the quick wits and tricks. Keaton is really nice, but he’s also wonderful, and I thought there was enough of her to satisfy—it’s not his story anyway, it’s Baldwin and Davis’s; Betelgeuse is used as a horned, vulgar point. Director Tim Burton is very careful not to overload the film with rationality; he’s surprisingly careful in crafting this story, and works within a magically dubious scenario: a comic fantasy about dead people who ultimately celebrate life. ***1/2 of ****
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