It is also worth noting that there are hints of a greater meaning in several of the names in the movie, since Betelgeuse means "the hand of Orion" and Betelgeuse's former master was named Juno, a character clearly named after the Queen of the Roman gods, protector and special councilor of the state.
Betelgeuse is a very rude, crude and perverted ghost. He also gets a little crazy at times. Though he seems fun on screen, it's clear he's not a pleasant person to have around in real life, as he constantly invades people's personal space even to the point of sexual harassment , does disgusting things like spitting in his own coat and makes rather rude gestures. Not only that, he seems to love to scare people out of their pants and pull pranks on them.
He also seems to be quite selfish, as his main goal in the movie is to lift his curse and escape no matter who gets hurt in the process. He has the attitude of a sleazy used car salesman.
Ironically, he is a corpse who eats insects, including flies and beetles. He shows an interest in Lydia during most of the movie, and at nearly the end of this movie, he tries to force her into marrying him to fulfill a contract.
He almost succeeds until he is stopped by Adam and Barbara Maitland, as well as a sandworm. Beetlejuice differs from his film counterpart, as he is more of an anti-hero, but still retains much of his dishonest ways. Actually, this is the least of his problems; according to Lydia , he "hasn't changed" since the day he met her, as made obvious by how filthy he tends to get and prefers to be , and how annoyed he gets with the fact he has the same problem as he did in the film: when he wants to leave the Neitherworld, he can only enter the Outerworld partially, unless someone calls him there by saying his name 3 times.
Unfortunately for him, sending him back is done in the same fashion. He really likes to eat bugs especially beetles, which may be why his name is Beetlejuice. His favorite activities include pulling pranks and scamming people, though as the series goes on, we learn that his most frequent prank victims - his neighbors and Lydia's parents - are individuals of whom he's secretly rather fond of.
Burton encouraged improvisation during filming, a direction Keaton took to heart. You rage for 12 or 14 hours; then you go home tired and beat and exhausted. It was pretty damned cathartic. Senelick enjoyed visiting the production. We also had a book about it, and lent Tim the book. The movie resonated so much with kids that it was spun off into an animated series and a long-running stage show at Universal Studios theme parks.
Following the release of Beetlejuice , Warner Bros. Keaton was cast as the Caped Crusader. Once more, Skaaren was brought onto a Burton project to rework the script.
He received a co-writing credit with Sam Hamm, the same arrangement he had with McDowell on Beetlejuice. A year and a half later, Skaaren, 44, died of bone cancer. His second collaboration with Burton ushered in the era of superhero film franchises, but his first brought him more gratification. Skaaren fell ill in the summer of and his script was later shelved. Burton soon came up with the idea for Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. Jonathan Gems even wrote a script, but it never panned out. Since then, rumors have swirled about the ghost with the most again being summoned to the realm of the living.
McDowell, too, worked on a Beetlejuice follow-up. Then he turned to alcohol. I cut him off. Totally on his own. Arguably the funniest horror-comedy ever conceived, this hit solidified filmmaker Tim Burton as one of the greats with a devilish plot, wondrous special effects, and wild performances from a terrific ensemble cast that included Michael Keaton as the manic titular spook, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as the recently deceased Maitlands, Winona Ryder as teenaged Lydia, and Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones as Lydia's yuppie parents.
The production of this classic and its ensuing legacy are filled with fascinating stories and lore. Jump in the line, and enjoy these facts about the making of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
While Beetlejuice is all about ghosts, monsters, death, and other objectively spooky stuff, it's not all that scary, thanks to Michael Keaton's delightfully hammy work and the nonstop juxtaposition of comedy and calypso dance numbers to keep things light.
As it turns out, all that stuff happened during rewrites and filming — in its earliest conceptions , Beetlejuice was a very different movie. In Michael McDowell's script , the adorable Maitlands' death scene is quite graphic and traumatic — they get trapped in a car and scream to no avail as they're shown slowly drowning. Then they enlist the help of "Betelgeuse," who isn't so much an edgy clown in stripes as he is an evil demon with wings.
And then rather than try to scare away the new residents of the Maitlands' old house, he pretty much just tries to murder them which would get rid of them, but still. His relationship with Lydia Deetz is downright predatory, as the ghost tries to get with her in an inappropriate way Portraying Beetlejuice who is actually only in the finished film for less than 20 minutes total was a surprising departure for Michael Keaton, a star previously known for his "regular guy" roles in comedies like Gung Ho and Mr.
His performance here showed he could do horror, gonzo comedy, and, well, just about anything — and immediately after Beetlejuice, director Tim Burton cast him in Batman. Burton is a quirky filmmaker who often makes off-the-wall casting choices Robert Goulet, of all people, appears in Beetlejuice , and Keaton actually wasn't his first pick for the title role: He wanted beloved actor, crooner, "Candy Man," and all-around entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Up to that point, the script called for the character to take the form of a Middle Eastern man, and to be a bit more evil with a Las Vegas lounge singer kind of vibe; as Davis was a former Rat Packer, he fit the bill in that last regard.
Producer David Geffen talked Burton out of his pick, and suggested he check out Keaton instead. At Burton and Keaton's first meeting, Burton tried his best to explain Beetlejuice 's far-out concept — and apparently didn't do such a great job. I went, 'Oh, well, this guy's something. Burton got Keaton to meet again, and that time he went into more detail about the project, but Keaton still didn't understand, and politely declined Beetlejuice once more.
Undeterred, Burton persuaded Keaton to take a third meeting, where he rattled off some ideas that Keaton said "just logged" in his brain.
He asked Burton for some time to think it over He does not work well with others and branched out on his own to become a freelance bio-exorcist. In the original script, it is said that he was responsible for the Chicago Fires but this has been left out of the film.
Also, his name is not spelled "Beetlejuice" like the main title but as the star in the constellation of Orion. The only time we see a visual of this joke is when he and Lydia are playing charades otherwise, his name is consistently spelled "Betelgeuse". The — animated series takes the character in a different direction. He is a resident of the Netherworld with no indication of how death works.
Most likely due to the fact the show is aimed at children. In this world, he is just a ghost who shares a Roadhouse with his two former High School classmates, Jaques and Ginger. Beetlejuice is nothing like his family. While his brother Donny is clean and polite, Beetlejuice is rude and dirty. His parents are also very clean and proper. Nat or Gnat works at a bolt factory and often berates his son to get a job.
Beetlejuice is afraid of water and being clean. He loves to eat bugs and gets a twisted pleasure in grossing everyone out. Stink is his favorite way to disgust his neighbors and will often use his unusual stench to get his way. His personality in the cartoon is very selfish.
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