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I went to Juilliard

Chronology

The ghosts of a dead couple are haunted by an insufferable family that 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 when he goes into the bathroom, and then back to red elf shoes when he goes into the next room. Adam: What qualifications do you have? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well… I graduated from Harvard Business School.

I travel a lot

I survived the Black Death and had a great time. I’VE SEEN THE EXORCIST LIKE A HUNDRED AND SEVEN TIMES AND IT GETTS BETTER EVERY TIME… WITHOUT BEING ASHAMED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEAD MAN… WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW? Do 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 copy of the film has surfaced with several added/alternate scenes.

Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with spinning gears

This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical version, has several 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 tries to leave the house after he and his wife die is different. Additional scenes:
A scene was added where Lydia develops the photos she took of Adam and Barbra. Then, when her mother yells at her and blames her for poking holes in the sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. The scene where the adults are searching for ghosts in the attic is more of a story, and we see a desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra while they hang out of the attic window. There is an additional 2-minute scene at the end where Lydia is riding her bike home from school and her parents are on the phone to Jane, telling her they don’t want to sell the house. Lydia’s dance scene is shorter in this version and there is no Beetlejuice scene in the waiting room.

Edited for Terror Toons (2002)

The film ends with a final shot of the house from the outside. Day-OTrditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway and Irving Burgie [Credit error written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)] Portrayed by Harry Belafonte Courtesy of RCA Records. Considering he doesn’t appear in the movie very often and the movie is named after his character, he steals the show when he does appear in the opening credits. He’s so good it amazes you. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jim Carrey didn’t use Michael Keaton’s performance as Beetlejuice as the model for his great cartoon character Stanley Ipkiss in “The Mask”.

The only downside

I love the B-movie special effects and the Shake Senor dance scene. However, one small issue was the Betelgeuse/Beetlejuice dilemma. I wish they would explain it a bit better, but I thought I was dyslexic. After all these years I looked it up, misread the title of the movie, kept pausing the movie to check the title. Overall, it’s a fun and unconventional movie. I would watch it just for Keaton’s performance.

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