Beetlejuice (movie)
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American fantasy-comedy-horror movie directed by Tim Burton. The movie stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. A sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, was released in 2024.
| Beetlejuice | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tim Burton |
| Produced by | Frank Oz David Geffen Larry Wilson Michael Bender Richard Hashimoto |
| Written by | Story: Warren Skaaren Larry Wilson Screenplay: Michael McDowell |
| Starring | Michael Keaton Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Winona Ryder Catherine O'Hara Jeffrey Jones Glenn Shadix Sylvia Sidney |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| Edited by | Jane Kurson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States) Warner Bros. Pictures (International) |
Release date | March 30, 1988 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$13 million |
| Box office | $73.33 million |
Plot
Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam (Alec Baldwin) Maitland decide to spend their holiday decorating their New England country home. Driving back from a trip to town, they crash the car and are killed. The story carries on with the couple going home as ghosts but they at first do not know that they are dead.
The couple's house is then sold and in move the new owners from New York City. The Deetzes, who are Charles (Jeffrey Jones) and his wife Delia (Catherine O'Hara), her friend Otho (Glenn Shadix) and Charles' goth daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) from his first marriage. The new couple then start to make changes to the house which upsets the ghosts. The Maitlands then try to scare the new owners out of the house but they are not good at scaring people.
The ghosts can't be seen by anyone in the house other than by the daughter Lydia, with whom they become friends. They try to get a bad ghost to scare the new family out of the house and ask Beetlejuice to do it for them. But all he wants to do is marry Lydia so that he can come back to life.
Cast
- Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as Adam and Barbara Maitland: A young, married couple who are killed in a car accident.
- Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz: Daughter of Charles Deetz and stepdaughter of Delia Deetz, a goth adolescent. She is the only one of the family who can see the Maitlands and quickly befriends them.
- Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz: Wife of Charles and stepmother to Lydia and a sculptor.
- Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz: A successful builder
- Glenn Shadix as Otho: Delia's friend and ghost expert
- Sylvia Sidney as Juno: Social worker for the dead.
- Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice: The bad ghost in the movie.