: What are your qualifications?
Scenario
The spirits of a dead couple are haunted by an unbearable family who moves into their house and hires an evil spirit to exorcise them. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie. Otho when he sprays the walls of the house, his shoes change from his red elf-looking firefighter boots to white boots as he passes the bathroom, and then when he enters the next room they change back to red elf boots. Beetlejuice: Ah. Well… I went to Juilliard… I graduated from Harvard Business School. I travel quite a bit.
NOW WHAT DO YOU DO?
I survived the Black Plague and had a great time during it. I’VE SEEN THE EXORCIST LIKE A ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES AND EVERY TIME I’VE SEEN IT I’VE BEEN AMUSED… DON’T YOU TELL ME YOU’RE TALKING TO DEATH… Do you think I’m qualified? The Geffen Company logo is accompanied by a creepy version of the Banana Boat song (sung by the film’s composer, Danny Elfman). A print of the film surfaced with some additional/alternate scenes. This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release, has some additional scenes and is missing others, is in black and white, and has a time code at the bottom. This version has 4 major differences:
Alternate scene:
The scene where Adam tried to leave the house after he and his wife died is different.
Installed in Terror Toons (2002)
Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with turning gears. Additional scenes:
There is another scene where Lydia is creating photographs of Adam and Barbra. Then, after her mother yells at her and blames her for making holes in the sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. There are even more scenes where the adults search for ghosts in the attic while we see a desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra as they hang out of the attic window. Finally, there is an additional 2-minute scene at the end where we see Lydia riding her bike home from school while her parents are on the phone with Jane saying they don’t want to sell the house. In this version, Lydia’s dance scene is shorter and there is no scene with Beetlejuice in the waiting room. The film ends with one last exterior shot of the house. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A.
I remember him from 1988
Attaway & Irving Burgie [Incorrectly recorded as written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)] Performed by Harry Belafonte of RCA Records. It may take two or three viewings to get used to Beetlejuice. It has a strange, taut sensibility and pacing that is at once easy, lazy and frenetic. A lovely New England couple dies and returns to their beloved home as ghosts, determined to rid themselves of the creepy new tenants. Probably Alec Baldwin’s funniest and most engaging performance; Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Sylvia Sidney are also very appealing. In the house a few seconds to get to you. There is, of course, Michael Keaton, extremely comical as Betelgeuse.
Director Tim Burton is very careful not to overload the film with gloom – it’s a bit of a swashbuckler
I heard comments that Keaton wasn’t present enough to make the film worthwhile, but that’s only if you’re watching the film for the quick insults and cringe. Keaton is genuinely amazing, but he’s also awesome, and I felt there was enough of him to satisfy me – it’s not really his story, it’s Baldwin and Davis’s; Betelgeuse is used as a vulgar punch with horns. crafts this story with surprising care and works magic on a dubious script: a comic fantasy about dead people that ultimately celebrates life. ***1/2 of ****