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Beetlejuice (1988)

PG | | Comedy, Fantasy | 30 March 1988 (USA)
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When a recently-deceased ghost couple find their now-vacant home invaded by an obnoxious family, they hire a sleazy ghost who gets rid of humans to help them.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Adam
... Barbara
... Jane Butterfield
Maurice Page ... Ernie
Hugo Stanger ... Old Bill
... Betelgeuse
Rachel Mittelman ... Little Jane
... Delia
J. Jay Saunders ... Moving Man #1
Mark Ettlinger ... Moving Man #2
... Charles
... Lydia
... Otho
... 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 their 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 end 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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ghost | teenage girl | black comedy | surrealism | attic | See All (91) »

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Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES See more »

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Comedy | Fantasy

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Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,000,000, 3 April 1988

Gross USA:

$73,707,461
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of the spell Otho recites to resurrect Barbara and Adam are lines from Thomas Lovell Beddoes' poem The Warning. See more »

Goofs

When the Maitlands' car drops into the river after the crash, the vehicle has no side or back windows (probably to make it sink a lot quicker). See more »

Quotes

[why he can't tell Lydia his name]
Beetlejuice: Because if I tell you, you'll tell your friends, your friends are callin' me on the horn all the time, I gotta show up at shopping centers for openings and sign autographs and shit like that and it makes my life a *hell*. Okay? A living hell.
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Crazy Credits

When the Geffen Company logo appears, it is accompanied by a ghoulish version of the Banana Boat song (sung by the film's composer Danny Elfman). See more »

Connections

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

Sweethart from Venezuela
Written by Fitzroy Alexander and Robert Gordon (as Bob Gordon)
Performed by Harry Belafonte
Music arranger Robert Gordon
Courtesy of RCA Records
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What's this I hear about a ton of rewrites on the script?
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Tim Burton is awesome!
17 November 1998 | by – See all my reviews

Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is a great film. The director was given free reign to make his own film visually and it is great. The casting is good, but the standout is Michael Keaton. Keaton is absolutely hilarious in the title role. This movie is very funny and well done.
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