49/46
I went to Juilliard
Tale
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an obnoxious family who moves into their house and hires an evil spirit to chase them away. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie. Otho’s shoes, when he’s spray-painting the walls of the house, change from bright red elf shoes to white sneakers as he walks into the bathroom and then back to red elf shoes when he enters the next room. Adam: What are your qualifications? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well… I’m a Harvard Business School graduate.
I travel a lot
I lived through the Black Death and had a blast. I’ve seen THE EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SEVEN TIMES, AND IT GETS FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT… NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I’m qualified? The Geffen Company logo is accompanied by a macabre version of the song Banana Boat (sung by the film’s composer Danny Elfman).. A working print of the film has surfaced with some added/alternate scenes.
Instead of a desert he sees an empty darkness filled with rolling gears
This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release, has some extra scenes and is missing some, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom. This version has 4 major differences: Alternate Scene: The scene where Adam tries to leave the house after he and his wife die is different. Extra Scenes: There is an added scene where Lydia is developing the photos she took of Adam and Barbra. Then, after her mother yells at her and blames her for putting holes in her sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. There is more in the scene where the adults search for ghosts in the attic, where we see the Desert Monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra while they are hanging from the attic window. Finally, there is a 2 minute extra scene at the end where we see Lydia riding her bike home from school and her parents talking to Jane on the phone telling her that they don’t want to sell the house. Lydia’s prom scene is shorter in this version and there is no scene with Beetlejuice in the waiting room.
Edited for Terror Toons (2002)
The film ends with one last exterior shot of the house. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie[Credit error as written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)]Played by Harry BelafonteCourtesy of RCA Records. This is by far Michael Keaton’s best performance. Every time he appears on screen, he delivers a performance so eccentric that it rivals Jim Carrey from « The Mask », only without much help from computers. If his role calls for disgust, he brings disgust; intrusive, he brings offense; witty, he brings hilarious sarcasm.
This is a classic
One of my few complaints is that he doesn’t have enough screen time, even though he does have a lot of it, most of it goes to Gena Davis and Alec Baldwin. Tim Burton’s direction is fantastic. My favorite scene of all time doesn’t even have Michael Keaton in it. Anyone who has seen this movie will remember it as the dinner dance scene. If you haven’t seen it, you either grew up under a rock or were born before me.
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