Beetlejuice (1988)

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92 min - Comedy | Fantasy - 30 March 1988 (USA)

7.4

Ratings: 7.4/10 from 83,248 users Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 259 user | 83 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com

A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.

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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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Storyline

Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate the house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but ends up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping. Written by simon

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 1988 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Beetlejuice el super fantasma See more »

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,000,000 (USA) (3 April 1988)

Gross:

$73,326,666 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Geffen Company, The See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

Juliette Lewis auditioned for the role of Lydia. Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Justine Bateman, Molly Ringwald and Jennifer Connelly all turned down the same role. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Juno is in the house smoking, her cigarette changes size repeatedly throughout the scene. Also the smoke doesn't always come out of the slit in her throat. See more »

Quotes

Lydia: Mr. and Mrs. Maitland? Hello? Where are you?
Betelgeuse: Dead. Dead, dead, deadski.
Lydia: Of course they're dead. They're ghosts.
Betelgeuse: No, I mean they're gone, split, out of here, afterlife kids, deceased-ahh.
Lydia: Are you a ghost too?
Betelgeuse: I'm a ghost with the most, babe.
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Connections

Referenced in Pan's Labyrinth (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Marcha funebre, Sonata Piano No. 2"
Written by Frédéric Chopin See more »

Beetlejuice (1988)
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