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|director = [[Tim Burton]] |
|director = [[Tim Burton]] |
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+ | |producer = [[Larry Wilson]]<br>Michael Bender<br>Richard Hashimoto |
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+ | |screenplay = [[Michael McDowell]]<br>[[Warren Skaaren]] |
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+ | |story = Michael McDowell<br>Larry Wilson |
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|music = [[Danny Elfman]] |
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|cinematography = [[Thomas E. Ackerman]] |
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|country = United States |
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|language = English |
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|budget = $15 million |
|budget = $15 million |
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|gross = $73,707,461}} |
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| − | '''''Beetlejuice''''' is a 1988 American |
+ | '''''Beetlejuice''''' is a 1988 American comedy fantasy film directed by [[Tim Burton]], produced by [[The Geffen Film Company]] and distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple ([[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Geena Davis]]) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice, portrayed by [[Michael Keaton]]) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants ([[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Jeffrey Jones]], and [[Winona Ryder]]) permanently. |
| − | After the success of ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'', Burton was sent several scripts and became disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality. When he was sent [[ |
+ | After the success of ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'', Burton was sent several scripts and became disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality. When he was sent [[Michael McDowell]]'s original script for ''Beetlejuice'', Burton agreed to direct, although [[Larry Wilson]] and later [[Warren Skaaren]] were hired to rewrite it. ''Beetlejuice'' was a critical and commercial success, grossing $73.7 million from a budget of $15 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film, Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actress for [[Sylvia Sidney]], her final award before her death in 1999. |
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+ | The film spawned an animated television series that Burton produced and a planned unproduced sequel, ''Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian''. In 2012, new development on a sequel was announced. |
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| − | Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic |
+ | {{Spoiler}}Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home. As the two are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog and the car plunges into a river. After they return home, she and Adam notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a ''Handbook for the Recently Deceased''. They then begin to suspect that they did not survive the car accident; Adam attempts to leave the house but finds himself in a strange, otherworldly landscape covered in sand and populated by enormous sandworms. |
| − | + | The house is sold and their new owners, the Deetz family, arrive from New York City. Charles Deetz is a former real estate developer; his second wife Delia is a self-proclaimed sculptor; and his goth daughter Lydia, from his first marriage, is an aspiring photographer. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the Deetzes transform the house into tasteless pastel-toned modern art. Consulting the ''Handbook'', the Maitlands travel to an otherworldly waiting room populated by other distressed souls, where they discover that the afterlife is structured according to a complex bureaucracy involving vouchers and caseworkers. The Maitlands' own caseworker, Juno, informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years. If they want the Deetzes out of the house, it is up to them to scare them away. Barbara and Adam's attempts at scaring the family prove ineffective. |
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+ | Although Adam and Barbara remain invisible to Charles and Delia, teenage Lydia can see the ghost couple and befriends them. Against Juno's advice, the Maitlands contact the miscreant Betelgeuse, Juno's former assistant and now freelance "bio-exorcist" ghost, to scare away the Deetzes. However, Betelgeuse quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor; and they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. The small town's charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss Maxie Dean on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. Using the ''Handbook for the Recently Deceased'', Otho conducts what he thinks is a séance and summons Adam and Barbara, but they begin to decay and die, as Otho had unwittingly performed an exorcism instead. Horrified, Lydia summons Betelgeuse for help; but he agrees to help her only on the condition that she marry him, enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world. Betelgeuse saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho. Betelgeuse then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minister. The Maitlands intervene before the ceremony is completed, with Barbara riding a sandworm through the house to devour Betelgeuse. |
| − | + | Finally, the Deetzes and Maitlands agree to live in harmony in the house. Betelgeuse, meanwhile, is seen waiting in the after-life reception area, where he angers a witch doctor, who shrinks his head. |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Alec Baldwin]] as Adam Maitland |
* [[Alec Baldwin]] as Adam Maitland |
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* [[Geena Davis]] as Barbara Maitland |
* [[Geena Davis]] as Barbara Maitland |
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* [[Catherine O'Hara]] as Delia Deetz |
* [[Catherine O'Hara]] as Delia Deetz |
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* [[Jeffrey Jones]] as Charles Deetz |
* [[Jeffrey Jones]] as Charles Deetz |
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| + | * [[Annie McEnroe]] as Jane Butterfield |
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* [[Glenn Shadix]] as Otho |
* [[Glenn Shadix]] as Otho |
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* [[Sylvia Sidney]] as Juno |
* [[Sylvia Sidney]] as Juno |
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+ | * [[Robert Goulet]] as Maxie Dean |
| + | * [[Maree Cheatham]] as Sarah Dean |
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| + | * [[Dick Cavett]] as Bernard |
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| + | * [[Susan Kellermann]] as Grace |
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| + | * [[Adelle Lutz]] as Beryl |
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| + | * [[Simmy Bow]] as Janitor |
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| + | * [[Carmen Filpi]] as Messenger |
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| + | * [[Patrice Martinez]] as Receptionist |
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| + | * [[Tony Cox]] as Preacher |
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| + | * [[Jack Angel]] as the voice of the Preacher |
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| − | The financial success of ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'' (1985) meant that [[Tim Burton]] was now considered a "[[Bankable star|bankable]]" director, and Burton began working on a script for ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' with [[Sam Hamm]]. While [[Warner Bros.]] was willing to pay for the script's development, they were less willing to [[green-light]] ''Batman''.<ref name=Batman>{{cite book | author=Mark Salisbury | coauthors = [[Tim Burton]] | title =Burton on Burton | publisher =[[Faber and Faber]] | year =2006 | page =54 | isbn = 0-571-22926-3 }}</ref> Meanwhile, Burton had begun reading the scripts that had been sent his way, and was disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality, one of them being ''[[Hot to Trot]]''. [[David Geffen]] handed Burton the script for ''Beetlejuice'', written by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]] (who wrote the script of ''The Jar'', an episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' directed by Burton).<ref name=Batman/> |
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| − | [[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]] was brought on board to continue rewriting work with McDowell, though Burton replaced McDowell and Wilson with [[Warren Skaaren]] due to creative differences. Burton's original choice for Betelgeuse was [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], but Geffen suggested [[Michael Keaton]]. Burton was unfamiliar with Keaton's work, but was quickly convinced.<ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 55–7.</ref> Burton cast [[Winona Ryder]] upon seeing her in ''[[Lucas (film)|Lucas]]''. [[Catherine O'Hara]] quickly signed on, while Burton claimed it took a lot of time to convince other cast members to sign, as "they didn't know what to think of the weird script."<ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 58–60.</ref> |
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| − | ''Beetlejuice'''s budget was $15 million, with just $1 million given over to visual effects work. Considering the scale and scope of the effects, which included [[stop motion]], replacement animation, prosthetic makeup, puppetry and [[Chroma key|blue screen]], it was always Burton's intention to make the style similar to the [[B movie]]s he grew up with as a child. "I wanted to make them look cheap and purposely fake-looking," Burton remarked.<ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 61–65.</ref> Burton had wanted to hire [[Anton Furst]] as production designer after being impressed with his work on ''[[The Company of Wolves]]'' (1984) and ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' (1987), though Furst was committed on ''[[High Spirits (film)|High Spirits]]'', a choice he later regretted.<ref>{{cite book | author=Hughes, David| title=Comic Book Movies | isbn=0-7535-0767-6| publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|page = 38|year=2003}}</ref> He hired [[Bo Welch]], his future collaborator on ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990) and ''[[Batman Returns]]'' (1992). The [[test screening]]s were met with positive feedback and prompted Burton to film an [[epilogue]] featuring Betelgeuse foolishly angering a witch doctor.<ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 64–66.</ref> Warner Bros. disliked the title ''Beetlejuice'' and wanted to call the film ''House Ghosts''. As a joke, Burton suggested the name ''Scared Sheetless'' and was horrified when the studio actually considered using it.<ref name=Classic>Salisbury, Burton, p. 68–69.</ref> Exterior shots were filmed in [[East Corinth, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/2013/02/20/famous-fictional-new-england-locales/gnWtJIWaeGbmmtjjIGzAXO/story.html?pg=15 |title=15 famous fictional New England locales - A&E |publisher=Boston.com |date=2013-02-20 |accessdate=2013-03-06}}</ref> |
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| − | [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]'s original script is far less comedic and much more violent; the Maitlands' car crash is depicted graphically, with Barbara's arm being crushed and the couple screaming for help as they slowly drown in the river.<ref name=2nddraft>{{cite web | last=McDowell | first=Michael | title=BEETLE JUICE (2nd Draft) | url=http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/beetlejuice_mcdowell.html | publisher=http://www.dailyscript.com|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> A reference to this remained in all versions of the script,{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} as Barbara remarks that her arm feels cold upon returning home as a ghost. Instead of possessing the Deetzes and forcing them to dance during dinner, the Maitlands cause a vine-patterned carpet to come to life and attack the Deetzes by tangling them to their chairs. The character of Betelgeuse — envisioned by McDowell as a winged demon who takes on the form of a short Middle Eastern man — is also intent on killing the Deetzes rather than scaring them, and wants to rape Lydia instead of marry her. In this version of the script, Betelgeuse only needs to be exhumed from his grave to be summoned, after which he is free to wreak havoc; he cannot be summoned or controlled by saying his name three times, and wanders the world freely, appearing to torment different characters in different manifestations. McDowell's script also featured a second Deetz child, nine-year-old Cathy, the only person able to see the Maitlands and the subject of Betelgeuse's homicidal wrath in the film's climax, during which he mutilates her while in the form of a rabid squirrel before revealing his true form.<ref name=2nddraft /> The film was to have concluded with the Maitlands, Deetzes, and Otho conducting an exorcism ritual that destroys Betelgeuse, and the Maitlands transforming into miniature versions of themselves and moving into Adam's model of their home, which they refurbish to look like their house before the Deetzes moved in. |
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| − | [[Warren Skaaren]]'s rewrite drastically shifted the film's tone, indicating the graphic nature of the Maitlands' deaths while depicting the afterlife as a complex bureaucracy.<ref name=Skaaren>{{cite web | last=Skaaren | first=Warren | title=BEETLE JUICE | url=http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/beetlejuice_skaaren_.html | accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> Skaaren's rewrite also altered McDowell's depiction of the limbo that keeps Barbara and Adam trapped inside of their home; in McDowell's script, it takes the form of a massive, empty void filled with giant clock gears that shred the fabric of time and space as they move. Skaaren had Barbara and Adam encounter different limbos every time they leave their home, including the "clock world", and the Sandworm's world, identified as Saturn's moon Titan. Skaaren also introduced the ''[[leitmotif]]'' of music accompanying Barbara and Adam's ghostly hijinks, although his script specified [[Motown]] tunes instead of [[Harry Belafonte]],<ref name=Skaaren /> and was to have concluded with Lydia dancing to "[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]". Skaaren's first draft retained some of the more sinister characteristics of McDowell's Betelgeuse, but toned down the character to make him a troublesome pervert rather than blatantly murderous. Betelgeuse's true form was that of the Middle Eastern man, and much of his dialogue was written in [[African American Vernacular English]]. This version concluded with the Deetzes returning to New York and leaving Lydia in the care of the Maitlands, who, with Lydia's help, transform the exterior of their home into a stereotypical haunted house while returning the interior to its previous state. Retrospectively, McDowell was impressed at how many people made the connection between the film's title and the star [[Betelgeuse]].<ref name=schaaf>{{cite book | author=Schaaf, Fred | year=2008 | title=The Brightest Stars | chapter=Betelgeuse | pages=175–76 | publisher=Wiley | location=Hoboken, New Jersey | isbn=978-0-471-70410-2}}</ref> He added {{Clarify span|they|reason=who|date=February 2012}} had received a suggestion the sequel be named ''Sanduleak-69 202'' after the former star of [[SN 1987A]]. |
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| − | | Artist = [[Danny Elfman]] and [[Harry Belafonte]] |
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| − | | Last album = ''[[Breakfast Machine|Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''<br />(1985) |
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| − | The ''Beetlejuice'' soundtrack, first released in 1988 (LP, CD and cassette tape), features most of the score (written and arranged by [[Danny Elfman]]) from the film. The soundtrack features two songs which appeared in the film, performed by [[Harry Belafonte]]; "[[Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)|Day-O]]" and "[[Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)]]". Two other Harry Belafonte songs that appeared in the film are absent from the soundtrack; "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" and "Sweetheart From Venezuela". The soundtrack entered the Billboard 200 albums chart the week ending June 25, 1988 at #145, peaking two weeks later at #118 and spending a total of six weeks on the chart. This was after the film had already fallen out of the top 10 and before the video release later in October. "Day-O" received a fair amount of airplay at the time in support of the soundtrack. |
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| − | ''Beetlejuice'' opened theatrically in the United States on April 1, 1988, earning $8,030,897 in its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed $73,707,461 in North America. ''Beetlejuice'' was a financial success,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beetlejuice.htm | title = Beetlejuice | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate = 2008-04-03}}</ref> recouping its $15 million budget, and was the 10th-highest grossing film of 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title= Roger Rabbit' Hops to Box-Office Top; 'Coming to America' Hits 2nd|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1989-01-05|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-05/entertainment/ca-271_1_box-office-information|accessdate=2010-10-26|first=Nina J.|last=Easton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm | title = 1988 Yearly Box Office Results | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | accessdate = 2008-04-03}}</ref> Based on 42 reviews collected by [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Beetlejuice'' received an average 81% overall approval rating.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice/ | title = Beetlejuice | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate = 2009-12-29| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100109103559/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice/?| archivedate= 9 January 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> By comparison, [[Metacritic]] received an average score of 67 from the 13 reviews collected.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/beetle-juice| title = Beetlejuice (1988): Reviews | work = [[Metacritic]] | accessdate = 2008-04-03}}</ref> |
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| − | [[Pauline Kael]] referred to the film as a "comedy classic",<ref name=Classic/> while [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] of the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' gave a highly positive review. Rosenbaum felt ''Beetlejuice'' carried originality and creativity that did not exist in other films.<ref>{{cite news | author = [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] | url = http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/839_BEETLEJUICE.html | title = Beetlejuice | work = [[Chicago Reader]] | date = 1988-04-01 | accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a farce for our time" and wished Keaton could have received more screen time.<ref>{{cite news | author = [[Vincent Canby]] | title = ''Beetle Juice'' is Pap For The Eyes | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 1988-05-08 | accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref> MaryAnn Johanson was impressed with the casting, production design and jokes.<ref>{{cite news | author = MaryAnn Johanson | url = http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2003/10/evil_dead_ii_army_of_darkness.html | title = ''Evil Dead II'', ''Army of Darkness'', ''Young Frankenstein'', ''Little Shop of Horrors'', and ''Beetle Juice'' (review)| work = Flick Filosopher | date = 2003-10-31 | accessdate = 2008-04-04| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080309113603/http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2003/10/evil_dead_ii_army_of_darkness.html| archivedate= 9 March 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> [[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]] of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' felt ''Beetlejuice'' had "the perfect balance of bizarreness, comedy and horror".<ref>{{cite news | author = Desson Howe | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/beetlejuicepghowe_a0b155.htm | title = Beetle Juice | work = [[Washington Post]] | date = 1988-04-01 | accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref> |
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| − | Janet Maslin of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film a negative review, stating that the film "tries anything and everything for effect, and only occasionally manages something marginally funny;" and "is about as funny as a shrunken head."<ref>{{cite news| author = Janet Maslin | title = Beetlejuice (1988) | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 1988-03-08 | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film two out of four stars, writing that he "would have been more interested if the screenplay had preserved their [Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis] sweet romanticism and cut back on the slapstick." For Keaton's character, Ebert called him "unrecognizable behind pounds of makeup" and stated that "his scenes don't seem to fit with the other action."<ref>{{cite news| author = [[Roger Ebert]]| url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880330/REVIEWS/803300301/1023 | title = Beetlejuice| work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = 1988-03-30 | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref> |
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| − | At the [[61st Academy Awards]], ''Beetlejuice'' won the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Makeup|Best Makeup]],<ref>{{cite news | agency= [[Associated Press]] | url =http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A7-hzOuI2KQC&dat=19890330&printsec=frontpage |page=5| title = Hoffman Named Best Actor| work = [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] | date = 1988-03-30 | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref> while the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] nominated the film with [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup|Makeup]] at the [[42nd British Academy Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1988&category=Film&award=Achievement+in+Special+Effects | title = Achievement in Special Effects: 1988 | publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=1988&category=Film&award=Make-Up+Artist | title = Make-Up Artist: 1988 | publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref> |
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| − | ''Beetlejuice'' won [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Best Make-up]] at [[Saturn Award|The Saturn Awards]]. [[Sylvia Sidney]] also won the Saturn for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Juno, and the film received five other nominations: [[Saturn Award for Best Direction|Direction]] for Burton, [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Writing]] for McDowell and Skaaren, [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Keaton, [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Music]] for Elfman and [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Special Effects]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#film | title = Past Saturn Awards | publisher= [[Saturn Awards]] | accessdate = 2010-06-13}}</ref> ''Beetlejuice'' was nominated for the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1989-hugo-awards/| title = 1989 Hugo Awards | publisher= [[Hugo Award|The Hugo Awards]] | accessdate = 2010-06-13| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100612033831/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1989-hugo-awards/| archivedate= 12 June 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> ''Beetlejuice'' was 88th in the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs|Best Comedies]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx | title = AFI's 100 YEARS...100 LAUGHS | work = [[American Film Institute]] | accessdate = 2008-08-18 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080615021804/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/laughs.aspx <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-15}}</ref> The film is ranked #88 on [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|100 Years...100 Laughs]]. |
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| − | Due to the film's financial success, an animated television series of the same name was created for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The show ran for four seasons, lasting from September 9, 1989 to December 6, 1992. Burton served as [[executive producer]]. <ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 100.</ref> |
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| − | In 1990, Burton hired [[Jonathan Gems]] to write a [[sequel]] titled ''Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian''.<ref>Salisbury, Burton, p. 145.</ref> "Tim thought it would be funny to match the surfing backdrop of a beach movie with some sort of [[German Expressionism]], because they're totally wrong together", Gems reflected.<ref name=Gems/> The story followed the Deetz family moving to Hawaii, where Charles is developing a resort. They soon discover that his company is building on the burial ground of an ancient Hawaiian [[Kahuna]]. The spirit comes back from the afterlife to cause trouble, and Betelgeuse becomes a hero by winning a surf contest with magic. Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder agreed to do the film, on the condition that Burton directed, but he became distracted with ''[[Batman Returns]]''.<ref name=Gems>Anthony Ferrante (March 1997). "Hidden Gems", ''[[Fangoria]]'', pp. 53—56. Retrieved on 2008-09-22.</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:00, 10 March 2019
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice, portrayed by Michael Keaton) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder) permanently.
After the success of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Burton was sent several scripts and became disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality. When he was sent Michael McDowell's original script for Beetlejuice, Burton agreed to direct, although Larry Wilson and later Warren Skaaren were hired to rewrite it. Beetlejuice was a critical and commercial success, grossing $73.7 million from a budget of $15 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film, Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney, her final award before her death in 1999.
The film spawned an animated television series that Burton produced and a planned unproduced sequel, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. In 2012, new development on a sequel was announced.
Plot
| Spoiler Warning: The following contains important plot details of the entire film. |
Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home. As the two are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog and the car plunges into a river. After they return home, she and Adam notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a Handbook for the Recently Deceased. They then begin to suspect that they did not survive the car accident; Adam attempts to leave the house but finds himself in a strange, otherworldly landscape covered in sand and populated by enormous sandworms.
The house is sold and their new owners, the Deetz family, arrive from New York City. Charles Deetz is a former real estate developer; his second wife Delia is a self-proclaimed sculptor; and his goth daughter Lydia, from his first marriage, is an aspiring photographer. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the Deetzes transform the house into tasteless pastel-toned modern art. Consulting the Handbook, the Maitlands travel to an otherworldly waiting room populated by other distressed souls, where they discover that the afterlife is structured according to a complex bureaucracy involving vouchers and caseworkers. The Maitlands' own caseworker, Juno, informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years. If they want the Deetzes out of the house, it is up to them to scare them away. Barbara and Adam's attempts at scaring the family prove ineffective.
Although Adam and Barbara remain invisible to Charles and Delia, teenage Lydia can see the ghost couple and befriends them. Against Juno's advice, the Maitlands contact the miscreant Betelgeuse, Juno's former assistant and now freelance "bio-exorcist" ghost, to scare away the Deetzes. However, Betelgeuse quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor; and they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. The small town's charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss Maxie Dean on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. Using the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, Otho conducts what he thinks is a séance and summons Adam and Barbara, but they begin to decay and die, as Otho had unwittingly performed an exorcism instead. Horrified, Lydia summons Betelgeuse for help; but he agrees to help her only on the condition that she marry him, enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world. Betelgeuse saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho. Betelgeuse then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minister. The Maitlands intervene before the ceremony is completed, with Barbara riding a sandworm through the house to devour Betelgeuse.
Finally, the Deetzes and Maitlands agree to live in harmony in the house. Betelgeuse, meanwhile, is seen waiting in the after-life reception area, where he angers a witch doctor, who shrinks his head.
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice)
- Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland
- Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland
- Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz
- Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz
- Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz
- Annie McEnroe as Jane Butterfield
- Glenn Shadix as Otho
- Sylvia Sidney as Juno
- Robert Goulet as Maxie Dean
- Maree Cheatham as Sarah Dean
- Dick Cavett as Bernard
- Susan Kellermann as Grace
- Adelle Lutz as Beryl
- Simmy Bow as Janitor
- Carmen Filpi as Messenger
- Patrice Martinez as Receptionist
- Tony Cox as Preacher
- Jack Angel as the voice of the Preacher