Beetlejuice(Movie, 1988)

Name: Beetlejuice
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1988
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.7

| 1h 32min | Genres: Fantasy, Comedy

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 2,945 votes) 585

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as the title character, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder. The plot revolves around a recently deceased couple. As ghosts, they are not allowed to leave their house. They contact Betelgeuse, a sleazy "bio-exorcist", to scare the house's new inhabitants away. The film prominently features music from Harry Belafonte's albums Calypso and Jump Up Calypso. Beetlejuice was released in the United States on March 30, 1988, by Warner Bros. The film... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Beetlejuice

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

About Beetlejuice

After an untimely death, a newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Trailer for Beetlejuice + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

4K Trailer(Trailer, 1:27)

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Connecticut

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Beetlejuice" (TV show/series, 1989-), "Beetlejuice" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Geffen Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 33 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hindi (HI), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Punjabi (PA), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Telugu (TE), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/30/1988

Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Tony Cox, Annie McEnroe, Dick Cavett, Jack Angel, Maree Cheatham, Susan Kellerman, Adelle Lutz, Duane Davis

Creator: Tim Burton

Director: Tim Burton

Producer: Larry Wilson

Screenwriter: Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren, Larry Wilson

Director of Photography: Thomas E. Ackerman

Composer: Danny Elfman

Performer: Michael Keaton

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Beetlejuice - Os Fantasmas Se Divertem"

"Lottergeist Beetlejuice"

"Bitelchús"

"Ο Σκαθαροζούμης"

"ਬੀਟਲ ਦਾ ਜੂਸ"

"பீட்டில்ஜூஸ்"

"బీటిల్జూస్కి"

"비틀쥬스"

"Beetlejuice, el superfantasma"

"Битлджус"

"Жучий сік"

"Beetle Juice"

Keywords: property, minister, giant snake, supernatural, skeleton, ghost, surrealism, arts, child bride, afterlife, madness, calypso, gothic, teenage girl, possession

Budget: 15,000,000 USD

Revenue: 74,714,298 USD (= 498%)