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I wanna DVD upgrade like now!!
If I was told to name one movie that needs a DVD upgrade, it would have to be BEETLJUICE. It's such a classic it's hard to believe it's been so overlooked all these years. You know it came out before DVD's came out with a whole 2nd and sometimes 3rd dics devoted to special features. Also this DVD requires you to press menu in order to veiw it's very limited features, most DVD's start out on the menu and there is a "play movie" option. Not here, which isn't the worst that could happen I suppose. Even though this film has great sound mainly due to Danny Elfman's superb soundtrack, I would like a DTS soundtrack to enhance it. A director commentary is a must for a film like this. I hope I've made a point here, and I hope to see an upgrade sooner than soon. Don't you?

An entertaining odd fantasy comedy.
When Two Couple (Geena Davis & Alec Baldwin) died in a car accident but they come back alive as Ghosts, they are Stuck for eternity inside thier house. Months later, a New York Family (Winona Ryder, Jeffery Jones & Catherine O` Hara) move to a Little Connecticut Farmhouse, changing the house aesthetically. The Ghostly Couple are forced to call a Out of Control Troublemaker named Beetlejuice (Played in a Over the Top Role by Micheal Keaton) to get the new Family out of thier home.

Directed by Tim Burton (Batman, Batman Returns, Ed Wood) made a entertaining delightful silly fantasy comedy with unique Visual Effects and a terrific music score by Danny Elfman. A Box Office Hit in the Summer of 1988. The film has Plenty of Energy, Style and Humor. Danny Elfman win an Oscar for his Unique Score. A Extremely likeable film for all ages. Grade:A-.

Say it once, say it twice, third time's the charm!
When this movie first came out about fifteen years ago, my father owned a video store and every Wednesday night was "Beetlejuice" night. I'm older now, obviously, but I still cannot get enough of this movie.

Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play Adam and Barbara Maitland, two Connecticut yuppies who die prematurely in a car wreck. Within a couple weeks, their home is overrun by an ultra-trendy New York City family, Charles and Delia Deetz, and their Goth daughter, Lydia (played respectively by Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder). Adam and Barbara want their house back, and attempt to scare the Deetz's out of the house by wearing sheets and even by possessing them over dinner, making them sing and dance to Harry Belafonte's "Day O." Those attempts fail and enter Michael Keaton as Betelguese, "the afterlife's leading freelance bio-exorcist." The movie is dark without being scary and funny without being ridiculous.

In my opinion, one of the real gems in this film is the late Sylvia Sidney as Juno, Your Case Worker. Sidney was pushing eighty when this film was made, but turns in a great performance as the embittered equivalent of an afterlife social worker. Love how the smoke from her ever-present cigarette comes out of the slit in her throat.

If you've never seen this movie, see it. If you have seen it but don't own it on DVD, get it. The picture quality is better than ever.

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