Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice (1988)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Video 19

Photo 160

Actors and characters

Release date

1988-03-30

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Geffen Pictures

Genre

Fantasy, Comedy

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$73 709 560

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Director

Tim Burton

Actors

Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Patrice Martinez, Dick Cavett
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Scenario

Producer

Richard Hashimoto, Larry Wilson, Michael Bender

Operator

Thomas E. Ackerman

Composer

Danny Elfman

Artist

Audition

Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

Editing

Jane Kurson
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• Tim Burton was only 30 years old when he was working on the film. Michael Keaton's filming took just two weeks. His screen time was just over 17 minutes.
• The initial script was quite dark and serious. It was supposed to be a moralistic drama about the ghosts of people whose souls could not find peace in heaven.
• The studio didn't like the title 'Beetlejuice' and wanted to call the film 'House Ghosts'.
• “Miss Argentina” Patrice Martinez starred in an episodic role as the receptionist in the heavenly waiting room.
• The film features songs by Harry Belafonte.
• The literal title of this film is “Beetlejuice,” as the name “living exorcism specialist” (Betelgeuse) is pronounced the same in English as the film’s title. It’s simply a play on words.
• Winona Ryder initially refused to participate in the film, seeing satanic motifs in the script.
• In the film’s finale, Beetlejuice transforms into a strange creature with a carousel on his head. At the top of the carousel is a laughing skull, which would become Jack Skellington in “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993).
• The studio didn't like the title "Beetlejuice," and they wanted to call the film "House Ghosts."
• The literal translation of this film's title is "Beetle Juice," as the name of the "live exorcism specialist" (Betelgeuse) is pronounced the same in English as the film's title. It's simply a play on words.