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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Tim Burton |
| Stars: |
Michael Keaton |
| Actors: |
Susan Kellerman |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Ghosts · Family Interaction · Afterlife · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen & Full Frame Versions |
| UPC: |
085391756934 |
| Release Date: |
1988 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 32min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Standard and Letterbox, 1hr 32min Release Company: Warner Home Video (August 22, 1997) UPC: 085391178521 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Slipsleeve, 1hr 32min Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 29, 1998) UPC: 085391756934 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Warren Skaaren |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/23/2004, p.4E, Mike Clark): "This movie does for Harry Belafonte's 'Banana Boat Song' (aka Day-O) what ADVENTURE did for 'Tequila'." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, which not only lets them know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can continue to live in their house, even though a new family--from the land of the living--is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city, are quite a strange group themselves, and include the overpowering hipster mom Delia (Catherine O'Hara), her pompous SoHo interior designer Otho (Glenn Shadix), her meek husband Charles (Jeffrey Jones), and their morose teenage daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder), who befriends the ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to scare Delia from ruining the house with redecoration and her unpleasant personality, their attempts fail. As a last resort, they c... |
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