| Genre: | Comedy |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Rating: | PG13 |
| Length: | 92mins |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Alec Baldwin, Dick Cavett, Geena Davis, Robert Guilet, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Angel, Simmy Bow, Patrice Camhi, Marie Cheatham, Tony Cox, Cynthia Daly, Duane Davis, Mark Ettlinger, Carmen Filpi, Harold Goodman, Gary Jochimsen, Susan Kellerman, Adelle Lutz, Patrice Martinez, Rachel Mittleman, Mauriece Page, Bob Petterson, J. Jay Saunders, Hugo L. Stanger, Douglas Turner. |
| Credits: | Directed by Tim Burton. Co-Producerd by Michael Bender, Richard Hashimoto & Larry Wilson. Written by Michael Bender, Michael McDowell, Warren Skarren & Larry Wilson. Cinematography by Thomas E. Ackerman. Music by Danny Elfman. Edited by Jane Kurson. Art Direction by Thomas A. Duffield. Production Designed by Thomas A. Duffield, Bo Welch & Robert W. Welch III. Music & Lyrics by Fitzroy Alexander, William Attaway, Raymond Bell, Lord Burgess, Bob Gordon, Rafael Leon, & Norman Span. Set Decorators, Catherine Mann, Richard McKenzie & John Warnke. Costumes by Aggie Guerard Rodgers. Choreography by Chrissy Bocchino. Makeup by Steve LaPorte & Ve Neill. Special Effects by Charles Gaspar & Robert Short. Casting by Janet Hirshenson & Jane Jenkins. Stunts by Fred Lerner. Sound by Steve Maslow. |
Synopsis
Thanks to the carelessness of a cute little doggy, wimpy newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak auto accident. Upon arriving in the outer offices of Heaven, the couple finds that, thanks to a century's worth
of bureaucratic red tape, they're on a long celestial waiting list. Before they can earn their wings, Geena and Alec must occupy their old house as ghosts for the next fifty years. Alas, the house is now owned by insufferable yuppies Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones. Horrified at the prospect of sharing space with these obnoxious interlopers, Geena and Alec do their best to scare Catherine and Jeffrey away, but their house-haunting skills are pathetic at best. In desperation, the ghostly couple engage the services of a veteran scaremeister: a yellow-haired, snaggle-toothed, profane, flatulent "gonzo" spirit named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton, in the role of a lifetime). The problem: Beetlejuice cannot be trusted-especially when he falls in love with O'Hara and Jones' gloomy, black-clad teenaged daughter Winona Ryder. A Tex Avery cartoon come to life, Beetlejuice is chock full of solid laughs, sharp characterizations, superb Oscar-winning makeup and eye-popping special effects. The best bits include heavenly caseworker Sylvia Sidney blowing cigarette smoke out of the slit in her throat, dinner guest Dick Cavett playing "butt bongo" to the tune of Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song," and those thick-headed football-playing ghosts who can't quite latch onto the concept of being dead. Beetlejuice producer David Geffen, director Tim Burton, and composer Danny Elfman were also intimately involved in the animated TV-series spin-off.
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