50/20
I studied at Juilliard
Synopsis
The ghosts of a deceased husband and wife are haunted by an insufferable family who have moved into their home and hired an evil spirit to drive them away. This is his favorite Michael Keaton movie. Otto’s shoes when he spray paints the walls in the house, he changes his red fire engine looking elf shoes to white sneakers as he goes through the bathroom and then changes back to his red elf shoes when he goes to the rooms of the next room. Adam: What are your qualifications? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well… I’m a graduate of Harvard Business School.
I travel a lot
I survived the black plague and had a pretty good time doing it. I’VE WATCHED THE EXORCIST APPROXIMATELY 167-SEVEN TIMES AND EACH TIME I WATCH IT GETS FUNNIER… NOT TO SAY YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEAD MAN… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? Do you think I’m qualified? The Geffen logo is accompanied by a haunting version of the song Banana Boat (sung by the film’s composer Danny Elfman). A work print of the film has surfaced with several added/alternate scenes.
Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness full of spinning gears
This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release, has a few extra scenes and some others missing, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom. This version has 4 main differences: Alternate Scene: The scene where Adam tries to leave the house and his wife dies is different. Additional Scenes: There is an added scene where Lydia creates pictures of Adam and Barbra. After her mother yells at her and accuses her of punching holes in her sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. There’s more to the scene where the adults search the attic for ghosts as we see a desert monster try to eat Adam and Barbra as they hang from the attic window. Finally, there is another 2 minute scene at the end where we see Lydia cycling home from school and her parents on the phone with Jane telling her they don’t want to sell the house. Lydia’s dance scene is shorter in this version and there is no scene with Beetlejuice in the waiting room.
Adapted in Terror Toons (2002)
The film ends with the last exterior shot of the house. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgey [Wrongly attributed as written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)] Featuring Harry Belafonte courtesy of RCA Records. This is definitely Michael Keaton’s best performance. Every time he appears on screen, he gives a performance so extraordinary that it rivals Jim Carrey from The Mask, only without the help of computers. If his role calls for rudeness, he resists; obtrusive, offensive; funny brings funny sarcasm.
It’s a classic
One of my few complaints is that he doesn’t get enough screen time, even though he gets a lot of it, most of which goes to Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. Tim Burton’s direction is great. My favorite scene so far doesn’t even involve Michael Keaton. Anyone who saw it will remember it as a dinner dance scene. If you haven’t seen it yet, you must have grown up under a rock or were born before me.
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