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Adam: What are your qualifications?
Narrative
The spirits of a deceased couple are haunted by an unbearable family that has moved into their house and they hire an evil spirit to drive them out. This is Michael Keaton’s favorite movie. Otho’s shoes when he’s spray painting the walls of the house change from red leprechaun shoes to white sneakers when he walks through the bathroom and then change back to red leprechaun shoes when he enters the next room. Beetlejuice: Ah. Well… I attended Juilliard… I’m a Harvard business school graduate.
I travel quite a bit
I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I’VE SEEN THE EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND EVERY TIME I WATCH IT IT GETS FUNNIER… NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY… NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? Do you think I’m qualified? The Geffen Company logo is accompanied by a macabre version of the song Banana Boat (sung by the film’s composer Danny Elfman). A workprint of the film surfaced with some added/alternate scenes.
Instead of a desert, he sees an empty darkness filled with moving gears
This version of the film is about 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical release, has some additional scenes and is missing others, is in black and white, and has a timecode at the bottom. This version has 4 major differences: Alternate Scene: The scene where Adam tries to leave the house after he and his wife are killed is different. Additional Scenes: There is an additional scene where Lydia is developing the photos she took of Adam and Barbra. Then, after her mother yells at her and blames her for putting 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 are searching for ghosts in the attic, where we see the desert monster trying to eat Adam and Barbra as they hang out of the attic window.
Edited in Terror Toons (2002)
Finally, there’s an additional 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 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. The film ends with a final exterior shot of the house. Day-OTraditional, lyrics by William A. Attaway and Irving Burgie [Incorrectly credited as written by William A.
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is a great movie
Attaway and Irving Burgie (as Lord Burgess)]Performed by Harry BelafonteCourtesy of RCA Records. The director was given free rein to make his own movie visually and it’s great. The cast is good, but the standout is Michael Keaton. Keaton is absolutely hilarious in the lead role. This movie is very funny and well made.