Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice
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Directed by	Tim Burton
Produced by	Larry Wilson Michael Bender Richard Hashimoto
Screenplay by	Michael McDowell Warren Skaaren
Story by	Michael McDowell Larry Wilson
Starring	Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Jeffrey Jones Catherine O'Hara Winona Ryder Michael Keaton
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Thomas E. Ackerman
Edited by	Jane Kurson
Production company	The Geffen Film Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	March 30, 1988 (1988-03-30)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$73.7 million

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Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced "Beetlejuice", portrayed by Michael Keaton) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder) permanently.

After the success of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Burton was sent several scripts and became disheartened by their lack of imagination and originality. When he was sent Michael McDowell's original script for Beetlejuice, Burton agreed to direct, although Larry Wilson and later Warren Skaaren were hired to rewrite it. Beetlejuice was a critical and commercial success, grossing $73.7 million from a budget of $15 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film, Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney, her final award before her death in 1999.

The film spawned an animated television series that Burton produced and a planned unproduced sequel, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. In 2012, new development on a sequel was announced.