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The ghosts of a deceased couple are haunted by an obnoxious family who moves into their home and hires an evil ghost to exorcise them.. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie.. Otho’s shoes when he spray paints the walls of the house change from red fireman shoes to white sneakers as he passes the bathroom and then back to red elf shoes when he enters the next room.. Adam: What are your qualifications? Beetlejuice: Oh. Well… I went to Juilliard… I graduated from Harvard Business School. I travel a lot. I lived through the Black Death and had a blast. I’ve watched THE EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT GETS FUNNIER EVERY TIME I SEE IT… NOT TO MENTION YOU’RE TALKING TO DEAD PEOPLE… NOW WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? Do you think I qualify? The Geffen logo is accompanied by a haunting version of the song Banana Boat (sung by the film’s composer, Danny Elfman). An operational print of the film has surfaced with some added/alternated scenes. This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release, has some extra scenes and is missing some, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom. This version has 4 major differences: Alternate Scene: There is a different scene where Adam tries to leave the house after he and his wife die. Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with rolling gears. Additional Scenes: Added a scene where Lydia develops the photos she took of Adam and Barbra. Then, after her mother yells at her and blames her for putting holes in the sheets, Lydia runs upstairs and tries to convince her father that the photos are real. There is more to the scene where the adults search for ghosts in the attic where we see a desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra while they are hanging from an attic window. There is an extra 2 minute scene at the end where we see Lydia riding her bike home from school and her parents talking to Jane on the phone telling her that they don’t want to sell the house. Lydia’s prom scene is shorter in this version and there is no scene with Beetlejuice in the waiting room. The film ends with one last shot of the exterior of the house. Edited for Terror Toons (2002). Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie[Incorrectly listed as written by William A. Attaway & Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)] Performed by Harry Belafonte Courtesy of RCA Records. With ghosts and dead people you would normally expect a horror film full of screams and bloody figures. But in Beetlejuice we see a new dimension of humor being experimented with. Considering that the film was made in 1988 with limited special effects, Beetlejuice could easily be labeled as “pure creativity”. Tim Burton is a pure visionary and with this film you can’t help but appreciate the amount of creativity he possesses and his ability to bring it to the screen. The acting is superb on all fronts. You can’t help but admire the young and promising Winona Ryder: a flower ready to bloom. It would take several viewings to fully appreciate the film.