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Director:
Writers:
Michael McDowell (screenplay)
Michael McDowell (story)
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Release Date:
30 March 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES more
Plot:
A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(87 articles)
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Now this is life after death! more (241 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alec Baldwin | ... | Adam Maitland | |
| Geena Davis | ... | Barbara Maitland | |
| Annie McEnroe | ... | Jane Butterfield | |
| Maurice Page | ... | Ernie | |
| Hugo Stanger | ... | Old Bill | |
| Michael Keaton | ... | Beetlejuice | |
| Rachel Mittelman | ... | Little Jane Butterfield | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | Delia Deetz | |
| J. Jay Saunders | ... | Moving Man #1 | |
| Mark Ettlinger | ... | Moving Man #2 | |
| Jeffrey Jones | ... | Charles Deetz | |
| Winona Ryder | ... | Lydia Deetz | |
| Glenn Shadix | ... | Otho | |
| Patrice Martinez | ... | Receptionist | |
| Cindy Daly | ... | 3-Fingered Typist (as Cynthia Daly) |
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Also Known As:
Beetlejuice (USA) (alternative spelling)
The Maitlands (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:T | Ireland:15 | South Korea:All | France:Unrated | Germany:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Israel:PG | New Zealand:PG | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | Canada:PG | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA more
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Trivia:
As the Geffen logo rolls during the intro, soundtrack composer Danny Elfman is heard singing "Day-o, he say day-ay-ay-o." This was added during post-production and is heard on the released soundtrack. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The post in the attic moves between shots (presumably to keep the hinges on the drawn door covered). more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001) more
Soundtrack:
I Dream more
FAQ
What's this I hear about a ton of rewrites on the script?more
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You gotta figure that only Tim Burton could come up with this! An ultra-zany story of rural couple Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis), who accidentally get killed and witness a tasteless couple moving into their house, forcing them to hire "bio-exorcist" Beetle Juice (Michael Keaton), is truly something else. With a new joke almost every minute, the movie never gets dull. And how about that soundtrack? "Day-O" in the most morbid comedy ever? Yep, it's all here. Great support from Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones as the tasteless couple, Winona Ryder as their disaffected daughter Lydia, and Sylvia Sidney as afterlife counselor Juno, make this one of the coolest movies of 1988!