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Beetlejuice
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Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.
Beetlejuice is a 1988 comedy-horror film directed by Tim Burton about a mischievous ghost character, featuring Michael Keaton in an iconic role alongside an ensemble cast including Alec Baldwin and Winona Ryder. The film matters as a defining work of Tim Burton's early directorial career that blended gothic horror with comedy in a distinctive visual style that influenced filmmaking in the decades that followed.
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7.4A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
Cast
- Alec Baldwin as Adam
- Geena Davis as Barbara
- Winona Ryder as Lydia
- Catherine O'Hara as Delia
- Jeffrey Jones as Charles
- Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse
Themes
- skeleton
- afterlife
- calypso
- supernatural
- arts
- halloween
- haunted house
- minister
- possession
- giant snake
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
417,656 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 11 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.image
- Beetlejuice (1988 film poster).png
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster by Carl Ramsey
- Film.alt
- A woman in a wedding dress, a green haired white faced man in a striped suit, and on their right, a headless man whose head is being held by the green-haired man.
- Film.director
- Tim Burton
- Film.cinematography
- Thomas E. Ackerman
- Film.editing
- Jane Kurson
- Film.music
- Danny Elfman
- Film.studio
- The Geffen Company
- Film.distributor
- Warner Bros.
- Film.runtime
- 92 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $15 million
- Film.gross
- $84.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 706877
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/beetlejuice
- Image
- Beetlejuice at Universal Studios Hollywood.JPG
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- publication date
- 1988-03-30
- Commons category
- Beetlejuice
- title
- Beetlejuice
- review score
- 71/100
- capital cost
- 15000000
- box office
- 73707000
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- Critical response
- Accolades and rankings
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- Television
- Stage adaptation
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- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.
The plot revolves around Adam and Barbara Maitland, a recently deceased couple. As ghosts, they are not allowed to leave their house. They contact Betelgeuse, a sleazy "bio-exorcist", to scare the house's new inhabitants away. The film prominently features music from Harry Belafonte's albums Calypso and Jump Up Calypso.