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Beetlejuice ()

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The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations.
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Adam
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Barbara
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Jane Butterfield
Maurice Page ...
Ernie
Hugo Stanger ...
Old Bill
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Betelgeuse
Rachel Mittelman ...
Little Jane
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Delia
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Moving Man #1
Mark Ettlinger ...
Moving Man #2
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Charles
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Lydia
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Otho
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Receptionist
Cindy Daly ...
3-Fingered Typist (as Cynthia Daly)
Douglas Turner ...
Char Man
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Messenger
Simmy Bow ...
Janitor
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Juno
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Maxie Dean
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Bernard
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Grace
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Beryl
Gary Jochimsen ...
Dumb Football Player
Bob Pettersen ...
Dumb Football Player #2
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Very Dumb Football Player
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Sarah Dean (as Marie Cheatham)
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Preacher
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Preacher (voice)
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Dancer at Dantes (uncredited)
Judi M. Durand ...
Afterlife announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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The Hanging Man (uncredited)
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Skeleton (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tim Burton

Written by

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Michael McDowell ... (story) &
Larry Wilson ... (story)
 
Michael McDowell ... (screenplay) and
Warren Skaaren ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Eric Angelson ... associate producer (uncredited)
Michael Bender ... producer
Richard Hashimoto ... producer
June Petersen ... assistant producer
Larry Wilson ... producer

Music by

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Danny Elfman ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Thomas E. Ackerman ... director of photography (as Thomas Ackerman)

Editing by

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Jane Kurson

Editorial Department

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Louis Benioff ... assistant editor
Donah Bassett ... negative cutter (uncredited)
John Collier Bennett ... post-production assistant (uncredited)
Ron Lambert ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by

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Bo Welch

Art Direction by

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Tom Duffield

Set Decoration by

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Catherine Mann

Costume Design by

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Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Makeup Department

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Steve LaPorte ... makeup artist
Ve Neill ... makeup artist
Robert Short ... effects makeup artist
Yolanda Toussieng ... hair stylist
Dale Brady ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Thomas Floutz ... special makeup effects artist: crew (uncredited)
William Forsche ... Barbara/Adam transformation assistant (uncredited)
Jon Curtis Price ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Matt Rose ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Eric Angelson ... production supervisor: The Geffen Company
Donald Heitzer ... unit production manager (as Don Heitzer)
Mark Canton ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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K.C. Colwell ... second assistant director
Jerry Fleck ... second assistant director
Bill Scott ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Paul J. Campanella ... stand-by painter (as Paul Campanella)
Cheryl Carasik ... lead person
Gary F. Kieldrup ... assistant property master (as Gary Kieldrup)
Richard McKenzie ... set designer (as Dick McKenzie)
Dan Ondrejko ... greensman
Dan Pemberton ... propmaker
William A. Petrotta ... property master (as Bill Petrotta)
Leo Rijn ... sculptor
Robert Scaife ... construction coordinator (as Bob Scaife)
Douglas Turner ... creative construction supervisor: Short effects crew
John Warnke ... set designer
John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Scot Broadus ... model maker (uncredited)
Michael D. Costello ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Michael Denering ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Tom Flores ... set dresser (uncredited)
Glenn Forbes ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Allan Johnson ... miniature landscape: topographical landscape (uncredited)
Jack Johnson ... illustrator (uncredited)
Crit Killen ... props (uncredited)
Michael W. Moore ... prop maker (uncredited)
Carl Ramsey ... poster artist (uncredited)
Pola Shreiber ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Craig Talmy ... sculptor (uncredited)
John Villarino ... propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Mike Villarino ... construction foreman (uncredited)
Steve Wang ... sculptor (uncredited)
Clyde Zimmerman ... paint supervisor (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Richard L. Anderson ... supervising sound editor (as Richard Anderson)
Mary Andrews ... supervising adr editor
Tom Durell ... cable operator
Theo Francocci ... audio description writer
Gil Haimsohn ... assistant sound editor (as Gilbert Haimsohn)
Warren Hamilton Jr. ... sound editor
Gregg Landaker ... re-recording mixer
Steve Maslow ... re-recording mixer
Kevin O'Connell ... re-recording mixer
Mark Pappas ... sound editor
David M. Ronne ... production sound mixer (as David Ronne)
John B. Schuyler ... boom operator (as John Schuyler)
David E. Stone ... sound editor (as David Stone)
Ryan Villarreal ... audio description producer
Jeffrey Wilhoit ... foley artist
Vanessa Theme Ament ... foley artist (uncredited)
Hilda Hodges ... foley artist (uncredited)
Alan Howarth ... special sound effects (uncredited)
Doc Kane ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang ... foley mixer (uncredited)
Steve Lee ... sound effects librarian (uncredited)
Robert Nichols II ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Morten Folmer Nielsen ... adr editor (uncredited) / adr recordist (uncredited)
John Roesch ... foley artist (uncredited)
Donald C. Rogers ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp ... foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Joe Day ... special effects
Edward J. Franklin ... special effects crew
Chuck Gaspar ... special effects supervisor
Elmer Hui ... special effects
William Lee ... special effects
Thomas Mertz ... special effects (as Tom Mertz)
Jeffrey A. Wischnack ... special effects (as Jeff Wischnak)
Gary D. Bierend ... special effects crew (uncredited)
Yancy Calzada ... special effects department (uncredited)
Peter Carsillo ... special effects crew (uncredited)
Joerg Fiederer ... special effects crew (uncredited)
Crit Killen ... minatures (uncredited)
Michael W. Moore ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Marc Tyler ... puppet and prop fabrication and design (uncredited)
Diana Allen Williams ... staircase miniature/ted rae's persistence of vision studio (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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David Beasley ... model shop supervisor: Short effects crew
James Belohovek ... miniature production
Beverly Bernacki ... optical effects
Doug Beswick ... visual effects: sandworm sequence
William S. Conner ... optical effects (as William Conner)
Thomas Conti ... miniature production
Jammie Friday ... animation production
Spencer Gill ... optical effects
Rick Heinrichs ... visual effects consultant
Rick Kess ... miniature production
Peter Kuran ... visual effects
Tim Lawrence ... visual effects: Barbara/Adam transportation
Jo Martin ... optical effects
James D. McGeachy ... construction supervisor: short effects crew (as James McGeachy)
Alan Munro ... visual effects supervisor
Mark Myer ... animation production
Sarah Pasanen ... optical effects
Ted Rae ... visual effects: snake sequence
Jacqueline Zietlow ... visual effects coordinator
Jim Aupperle ... stop-motion camera (uncredited)
Les Bernstien ... visual effects (uncredited)
Lynette Eklund ... miniature wardrobe fabricator (uncredited)
Tom Gleason ... miniature effects unit: model maker (uncredited)
Steve Koch ... miniatures (uncredited)
Stuart Land ... sculptor (uncredited)
Mike Smithson ... stop-motion fabrication (uncredited)
Michael Stuart ... model maker (uncredited)
David Stump ... visual effects cameraman (uncredited)
Chris Woodward ... visual effects camera assistant: VCE (uncredited)

Stunts

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Michael Cassidy ... stunts (as Mike Cassidy)
Carl Ciarfalio ... stunts
Shinko Isobe ... stunts
Maria R. Kelly ... stunts (as Maria Kelly)
Di Ann Lerner ... stunts
Fred Lerner ... stunt coordinator / stunts
James Lerner ... stunts
Beth Nufer ... stunts
Noon Orsatti ... stunts
Mary Peters ... stunts
Patrick Puccinelli ... stunts (as Pat Puccinelli)
Anthony G. Schmidt ... stunts (as Anthony Schmidt)
Cris Thomas-Palomino ... stunts (as Cris Thomas Palomino)
Fred Waugh ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Patricia Harrison ... second assistant camera (as Patty Harrison)
Douglas Knapp ... camera operator (as Doug Knapp)
Michael Laws ... assistant chief lighting technician
Wayne Marshall ... rigging electric
Jane O'Neal ... still photographer
David L. Parrish ... first assistant camera (as David Parrish)
Mark Pearson ... best boy grip
Ted Rhodes ... key grip
Bill Silic ... chief lighting technician
George Stephenson ... camera operator
Patricia Gregory ... grip (uncredited)
Albert Hood ... electrician (uncredited)
David Love ... lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Louis Elman ... additional adr voice casting (uncredited)
Barbara Harris ... adr voice casting (uncredited)
Tory Herald ... casting assistant (uncredited)
Christian Kaplan ... executive in charge of casting: Geffen/Warner Bros. (uncredited)
Mickie McGowan ... adr voice casting (uncredited)
Mary Selway ... casting associate: UK (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Linda Henrikson ... costume supervisor
Betty Jean Slater ... wardrobe
Chuck Velasco ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Mary F. Galloway ... location manager (as Mary Galloway)

Music Department

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Bob Badami ... music editor
Steve Bartek ... orchestration
Robert Fernandez ... music scoring mixer (as Bob Fernandez)
Nancy Fogarty ... music editor
William Ross ... conductor
Jason Bentley ... music supervisor (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited) / oboe soloist (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
George Doering ... musician (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Mario Mariani ... score designer (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet solos (uncredited)
Lionel Newman ... conductor (uncredited)
Jeff Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Steve Schaeffer ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith ... music preparation (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer/vocal contractor (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Randy Waldman ... musician (uncredited)
James Walker ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Carol Sevilla ... script supervisor
J. Ellen Evans ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Don Newton ... transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

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Chrissy Bocchino ... choreographer
Kevin Carlson ... puppeteer
Luba Dmytryk ... production coordinator
Pablo Ferro ... title designer
Ira Friedlander ... assistant accountant
Linda Frobos ... lead puppet sculptor: Short effects crew
Pete Gerard ... mechanical effects supervisor: Short effects crew
Sandey Grinn ... puppeteer (as Sandy Grinn)
James D. McGeachy ... puppeteer (as James McGeachy)
Ralph B. Meyer ... production associate (as Ralph Meyer)
Steve Newman ... unit publicist
Ed Nunnery ... sculptures designer: Delia's sculptures
Susan Spencer Robbins ... assistant: Mr. Hashimoto
Robert Short ... creature designer
Barbara Slifka ... production executive: Short effects crew (as Barbara Stephans Slifka)
Van Snowden ... puppeteer
Fred Spencer ... puppeteer
Jane Stewart ... researcher
Ramona Villarrial ... production accountant (as Ramona Dorene Villarrial)
Mark Bryan Wilson ... puppeteer
Angela Carbone ... stand-in for geena davis (uncredited)
Lynette Eklund ... puppeteer and double (uncredited)
Kat Mullaly ... described video (uncredited)
Michael Peavey ... helicopter pilot (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping. Written by ahmetkozan

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Taglines Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Maitlands (United States)
  • Beetle Juice (Indonesia, English title)
  • Beetle Juice (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Beetle Juice (Singapore, English title)
  • Beetle Juice (South Africa, English title)
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Runtime
  • 92 min
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Box Office

Budget $15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $8,000,000, 03 Apr 1988
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $10,846,736

Did You Know?

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Trivia This is Michael Keaton's favorite film of his own. See more »
Goofs Otho's shoes when he is spray-painting the walls in the house change from fire-engine red elf-looking shoes to white trainers as he walks through the bathroom and then they change back to the red elf shoes as he enters the next room. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Terror Toons (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Day-O See more »
Crazy Credits The Geffen Company logo is accompanied by a ghoulish version of the Banana Boat song (sung by the film's composer Danny Elfman). See more »
Quotes Adam: What are your qualifications?
Beetlejuice: Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. 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 IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?
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