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Beetlejuice
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.
Plot
In Winter River, Connecticut, Adam and Barbara Maitland are spending their vacation decorating their large country home that local real estate agent Jane Butterfield constantly pesters them to sell. As a hobby, Adam is building a scale model of the town in the attic. While driving home from town, the Maitlands’ car plunges off a bridge and into the river. Barbara and Adam arrive home but are unable to recall how they got there. When attempting to leave the house, Adam enters an otherworldly desert-like landscape populated by enormous sandworms. The encounter lasts mere seconds for him, but after Barbara rescues him, she claims he was gone for two hours. After discovering a Handbook for the Recently Deceased and noticing they have no reflections in a mirror, the couple realizes that they drowned in the river and are ghosts.
Awards
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| author | Larry Wilson Michael McDowell Warren Skaaren |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Tim Burton |
| editor | Jane Kurson |
| events | haunted house |
| genre | animation comedy fantasy horror |
| keywords | build decorate desert dinner party discover drive drown estate agent giant snake goth goth subculture horrify how to inspire interior design interior designer law of contagion moving on postmodern art real estate agent real estate developer return home river scale model séance second wife suicide note summon summons adam and barbara by using their wedding clothes theme park waiting room wed witch doctor |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| producer | Larry Wilson Michael Bender Richard Hashimoto |
| productionCompany | The Geffen Company |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | black comedy comedy horror ghost |