DELIA/OTHO: Life is life. DELIA: No, I thought youd be proud of me for taking inititAHve. I am the once and forever, Miss Argentina! All ghosts shall proceed directly to the Netherworld. No. These ghosts are gonna make us a fortune! BEETLEJUICE: Oh yeah right! DELIA Business friends: I have only known this amazing, amazing man and his unique daughter for a few months I don't even know how many, I'd have to check my pay stubs! but, as my guru Otho always says. This is already the BEST exorcism Ive ever been to! Draw a door, go home! Its about love! Michael McEachern McDowell (June 1, 1950 December 27, 1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". ADAM: Barbara! x[oIF(j}WQ$.Md.(!^k l Q!-. _[4uzp'} LJ`(ZDNDQJe1R e" ALCipZ1PZL$p3gP:%LoR/?#Xu1a9B~n+b+vZG! LYDIA: We gotta get out of here! That means its working! You are dead. 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LYDIA: A SOUND THAT MEANS NO MORE CONDESCENDING ADULTS HANGING AROUND, BEETLEJUICE/LYDIA: EACH WAIL AND EACH MOAN. CHARLES: -Not good for Lydia. You are tougher than you look. AGHHHH! unicef wedding favours. There's not much that can be done against an apparently immortal spirit. Web. LYDIA: Were not a family. BEETLEJUICE: NO! LYDIA: (to CHARLES.) That said, there's no reason to believe anything that happens at the end of the film will make the Deetzes more likely to get their haunted tourist trap idea off the ground. Where do books go when they die? Well, I dont know, book. What if shes possessed? Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features. WebBella is a young girl who is dealing with more than the average 15-year-old does. Gonna go on a little vision quest, find my dad. I got all the way to Howards store, and then Howard tells me their out of stock. Im here to find my-, MISS ARGENTINA: Girl! And you wont even say her name. Why is Ohio so powerful?! Knock three times. Adam and Barbara are a normal couplewho happen to be dead. Obviously the film never saw the light of day, but the existence of the screenplay gives a small hint to what Lydia and her family might have been doing after the original film ended. Lets spin the wheel. OTHO: I dont know. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. Did you think I wasnt coming back? Ooohh? Dead guy, what brings you to the roof? MUSIC UP. Its the one room in the house thats still ours! She needs somebody to help her get past all this. howd you get her to marry you? <> They can never take it away! Yup, thats the one. Now rise, and be released from death! So. And you heard what he said, any ghost can do that possession stuff. New meat! Boo. ADAM: I know! ADAM: Oh yeah? LYDIA: The ghosts who live here want you gone! MAXIE DEAN: Oh, dont mind her. FORESHADOWING. (a beat.) SPIN! CHARLES: Delia! DELIA: Doubt. WebBeetlejuice (1988) - full transcript. Keep it away from your sensitive parts. Thats why youre here. Ive come to pry my beloved daughter from your cold dead hands. Fine, you wanna be together? CHARLES:Yes, but we have to move forward! Sorry, I dont mean to bore you guys, talking about my mom. I'm so glad you changed your mind. BARBARA and ADAM enter, dazed, wet and bedraggled. Do you want some lunch? And I fear for my safety around you. Because dead or alive, you dont got somebody who really gets you, then youre going to feel lonely and worthless and youll never reach your goal weight because you eat when youre sad this guy knows what Im talking about. Delia remodels just about every aspect of the house, and the two of them also risk their lives dealing with ghosts and nearly lose their daughter to Betelgeuse's wedding scheme. BEING YOUNG AND FEMALE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M AN EASY MARK, BEETLEJUICE: I'M OFFERING YOU A FULL-TIME SPECTER. ADAM: CHEFS WHO USE TOO MUCH SAGE WHEN THEY MAKE BEURRE NOISETTE, BEETLEJUICE: WELL, THERE'S LOTS THERE TO USE, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND GIVE ME YOUR BEST PRIMAL SCREAM, BEETLEJUICE: TRY IT AGAIN MAYBE THIS TIME PRETEND LIKE YOU MEAN IT. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. BEETLEJUICE: No. Beetlejuice: A hellish, troublemaking demon who's desperate to come back to life. Oh I don't see anything -- Aah! Im so scared Im going to forget her. endobj To be her what do you call yourself again? I am utterly alone. CHARLES: Youre right. LYDIA: I really like you guys. I WANT SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN, OR IM DONE TAKE ME WHERE MY SOUL CAN RUN, OR ILL BE IN MY BEDROOM WAKE ME WHEN IM TWENTY-ONE, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE HIM SAY YOUR NAME. Oh father dear! That is the purpose of Script to Screen, a series on GITS where we analyze a memorable movie scene and the script pages that inspired it. Adam, wanna do the honors? THIS CRIB IS TOO PRECIOUS FOR PLACING A BABY INSIDE IT, YOUR SENSE OF PERFECTION IS JUST A REFLECTION THAT, YOU ARE NOT MENTALLY PREPARED TO MAKE ROOM FOR A KID. LYDIA: Then Ill find a way to do it myself. BARBARA: Cant you just scare the people for us? MAXIE DEAN: CHUCK!!! The two of them sink plenty of time and money into their new home. BARBARA: Lydia, no, you don't know what will happen. Lydia doesnt have my resilience. Ah! (a beat.) WebHere Lies Betelgeuse Molded Tombstone Mug 20 oz. But thats only because I WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN! Im just saying its not stupid. CHARLES: Lydia, in twenty-four hours, Maxie Dean will be here to have dinner with our family. AND Im from New Jersey! BARBARA: So, now what? Did I mention that my moms a demon? DELIA: Why does this always happen to me? And life is the only way out! Oo! About Lydia. LYDIA: Excuse me, are you ghosts? Unsurprisingly, neither of the adult Deetzes get much screen time near the end of the film, so there's really no telling how they reacted to everything that happened at their home. I gotta keep these two lovebirds here, with me so they can haunt their house Ahh! You died together. Hope I didnt scare you (screams) ARITHMIA 1234. Right now, just outside the walls of this house, nestled in the hatch back of my Toyota Prius, is a mysterious object of my own design. But together, well make him see! AND THE UNIVERSE WILL BE LIKE "I KNOW! Theres very good energy in here. WebBeetlejuice Synopsis: Adam and Barbara are a normal couplewho happen to be dead. (snaps photo.) WebLyrics: Beetlejuice- wedding scene beetlejuice AnniC_BS BJ:Everything seemsto be back to normal. After a dinner party during which the Deetzes and their guests get possessed and involuntarily dance to Harry Belafonte's "Day-O," they invite Charles' boss, Maxie Dean, out to Winter River in the hopes that he'll invest in the project. Well actually it was just this really hot apartment in Queens, where the doors locked from the outside. Cmon! And Id like us to be a family. Alone. BEETLEJUICE: The people who bought your house! BEETLEJUICE: Hey! What am I doing? Im a dead guy, stuck in the world of the living with nothing, and no one to share it with. Maybe, we can help each other! BEETLEJUICE: No. And we should tell her that! ADAM: Kill?!??!? Im not going anywhere! (THE MAITLANDS nod.) endobj I mean you saw these schmucks up here. Scripture tells us, Sorrow not. OH GOD! DELIA: Lydia, I know that I am paid to care about you, but Id like us to be real friends! DELIA: Why say doubt, when you can stop at do. Can you believe people actually lived here? WebView Beetlejuice.pdf from THEATRE 210 at Ohio State University. OTHO: Let me say it (dramatically) DEATH! 8. Well, if you wanna treat me like a demon, then Ill be a demon. Part of the confusion might be due to some rewrites that happened on the "Beetlejuice" script. But don't worry Bella, things are about to get interesting once you meet *him*. Stupid sheet!, (Ad lib.). Script excerpt dates from 2/3/87, revised 2nd draft. Through the dining room, with homilies in, needlepoint on the wall: BLESS THIS HOUSE O LORD WE PRAY / MAKE, IT SAFE BY NIGHT AND DAY / BLESS THE FOLKS WHO DWELL WITHIN /, KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM AND SIN. Does this dress say Mindfulness?. So, goodbye. Leave this house! I mean, no I have an idea, how about instead of impaling yourself on that birdbath, you uh, I dont know, say my name three times. BEETLJUICE: You know overnight delivery cost extra. I wish I was still alive, I WAS DRIVING LAMBORGHINIS SIPPING SUPER-DRY MARTINIS, AN UNHAPPY BEAUTY QUEEN WHO DREAMED TO BE MISS ARGENTINA, I WOULD'VE STUCK IT OUT KNOWING WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT, I WOULD HAVE LOOKED WITHIN AND LET LOVE IN SOMEHOW, SEE A SHRINK CALL A PRIEST ASK THE RECENTLY DECEASED, DEATH IS FINAL AND YOU CANNOT PRESS REWIND, SKYDIVER: DON'T JUMP WHEN THE LIGHT IS RED, TOASTER LADY: TOASTERS SHOULD BE USED FOR BREAD, FOOTBALL PLAYER: NIETZSCHE WAS RIGHT, Y'KNOW, TO LIVE IS TO SUFFER, BRO, I WOULD'VE LAUGHED AND DANCED AND LANCED EVERY SACRED COW, 'CAUSE LIFE IS SHORT BUT DEATH IS SUPER LONG, MISS ARGENTINA: IF I KNEW THEN (IF I KNEW), ALL: I WOULD'VE CROSSED EVERY LINE AND DRANK ALL THE WINE, I WOULD RIDE THE HIGHS AND CHERISH THE LOWS, GOING, IT'S A QUICK TRICK 'ROUND THE RODEO, MISS ARGENTINA: SO BEFORE THEY LOWER THE CURTAIN, BE CERTAIN TO ENJOY THE SHOW, ENSEMBLE: LIFE IS SHORT BUT DEATH IS LONG HERE, ONE MINUTE THEN IT'S GONE. 6 0 obj LYDIA: You know what? BEETLEJUICE: There you go, kid. LYDIA: You wouldnt listen dad. And Ill admit. And Im still here! Mr. Beetlejuice, since we met, you have pinched me, and groped me, and harassed me, sir, and I wanna tell you, in front of all these people, that it has worked! BEETLEJUICE: DON'T YOU WANNA SEE DAD SUFFER? Mom!! ADAM: The electoral college! LYDIA: What? CHARLES: Delia Schlimmer, will you do me the honor of signing a prenuptial agreement and be my second wife? ----------------------------------- Called the caterer. BEETLEJUICE: WHY GOD-SLASH-SATAN, DID YOU SEND THESE BED WETTERS? Theyre in the room with us. GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD. Now, to the Prius! He is so mean to me! You know what? LYDIA: Im alone. One of the single best things you can do to learn the craft of screenwriting is to read the script while watching the movie. I was like, Pick a lane, Bill!. When Lydia agrees to marry Betelgeuse, the poltergeist pops into her home and starts causing chaos. BUT BEETLEJUICE, IT'S NOT AS IF I'VE LOST MY MIND. Move forward. Have to say its much better in the movie, the rhythm of the Belafonte song lending itself to a great deal more physical humor than the slow doo-wop Inkspots tune. Shes a demon, and she doesnt get me. (LYDIA stabs him.) Webgood old fashioned wedding beetlejuice: theres gonna be a good old fashioned wedding with some dancing and un-deading where the cover band is cranking and the age-gap is But a genuine haunted house? Thats great! (BEETLEJUICE possesses BARBARA and ADAM.). Bubbles of air come up from the bottom and break on the surface. Whos there? I call it The Soulbox. We cant just stay in the attic! What if Lydia walks in? 3 0 obj Let me point you to the right page. And such a bold departure from the original source material! And here we are sneaking around like two teenagers at a church picnic. Im invisible. BEETLEJUICE: And I know that now. ADAM: I never even used this and then I felt bad that I never used it. Lets chop off his head. BARBARA: Thats so strange, Its not hot. LYDIA: Beetlejuice, dont you get it? Oh my god! All this time she's been. Proceed directly to the Netherworld! Every bit of it. You see, the living ignore the dead. Im the perfect person to help you battle your ghost. MAXIE DEAN: Lydia! BEETLEJUICE: Hi! CHARLES: Good! That was a disaster. Thats why youre stuck in the attic! BEETLEJUICE: NO! Rule number two: every new ghost gets a tote bag! BARBARA: It was SO hard! LYDIA: Dad! Started asking myself the big questions like why are our bodies still in the basement? STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Also, no liquids! (ADAM and BARBARA scream as BARBARAs hand is on fire.). BEETLEJUICE: Oh, not so fast Mr. Soulbox. MAXINE: OH STOP! 8ER3o(Rq"clvHS"6iElP:Q-S2S2zPQ];=SkZBJ#rpB\Yrp0>Y* P~h0wK6aD- :QwFs@pSt*B[.WS3>:Q)t/{\L*q8a1? GOOD OLD FASHIONED WEDDING WITH SOME DANCING AND UN-DEADING. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 10 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> Im on your side, and I always will be. Mom was the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe! Now you remember what my guru Otho says! LOOK! ADAM: Do you mean us? I dont wanna die! (a beat.) Where are you going? After all a screenplay is a blueprint to make a movie and its that magic of what happens between printed page and final print that can inform how you approach writing scenes. ADAM: Hang on. AND ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS SAY MY NAME THREE TIMES. Give me just one more BEETLEJUICE: It's showtime! BARBARA: Lydia, why did Beetlejuice give that to you? Barbara, the pig! Beetlejuice Wedding Scene Jay Riemenschneider Eats Horse All The Time 1.57K subscribers Subscribe 18K Share Save 2.4M views 11 years ago The entire I had it open for a second but the Maitlands slammed it shut. LYDIA: I have been alone since my mom died! DELIA: The b is silent, but it still stings. It has u but doesnt have a me. Couple of five-star reviews. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. BEETLEJUICE: DID I SAY NETHERWORLD? empty, dimly lighted. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to kill those people downstairs. I study death, I think like death, I spent a long holiday weekend in a Red Roof Inn with death! x\[o6})E(&g6q.}`dF&FKJN6)(ss~H~{q69'3H\N9J8UoT8;>z%!\6\8sO2?RuDY?x?y|dGo.0E0ah e`>d2wd2=p,=X8aq8I?KW$,!Kb=A|i_WYup&`x,&J>WkY^w,_gn&&Nr:&g?ptzx/{>%8|w5n0 .-#J+UHsZN ME5`@Znshn4zI?i?:@|Ja"1-^6+Yr_8]F4uI8+f"n=F ? } wI>L]U*$-VjI`~yA'"B; ?~>g,$] YG,jncbQ`V\"t0 CHARLES: Lydia! CHARLES: Lydia! Its an enjoyable movie for any season. I dont know what kind of game youre playing right now, but-. Except for you, Dead Mom. ROCKET trots off in the direction of town. (chuckling.) In the world of the dead? LYDIA: Oh. Originality. Were not like you! BEETLEJUICE: HIS NAME WAS KEVIN! ADAM: That guy! Charles, Delia, and Delia's assistant Otho get to see plenty of ghosts and ghouls up close, and the interactions almost put their lives at risk. All recently deceased individuals, form a line! (a beat.) BEETLEJUICE: Its a figure of speech Adam, okay? Instead of being guarded by vicious worms, giant clocks and sentient gears whirled through the void, spewing ooze and destruction in their wake. ADAM: Well that wasnt very nice. BEETLEJUICE: OH! "3^@fB9Lty/"?p,j"I|)b[pGT\["eVSRsY!,l^"d[\M *p7pj@nekM=?jx 4%mBDb1E%^(i^'p&,D4m+33+}8{)NZa/rv=/v=pca6>]Eol(LlKZF)mm>1t2opP p ?`BX`F^Dd K}9?}< BEETLEJUICE (THE MAITLANDS): SCREW THEIR PHONES! stream LYDIA: Yeah, you look like a bloated zebra that a lion ripped apart and then didnt eat because there was obviously something wrong with it, so it just rotted in the hot African sun. BEETLEJUICE See, this is what life is. DELIA: Well, Im so happy for all of you. BEETLEJUICE: Spoiler Alert: shes never going to eat that sandwich! Im gonna need some help! But somehow, someway, you gotta make 'em see ya. If I get Maxie Dean in my corner, the investments will pour in. A ballad already? We are invisible. CHARLES: Hey! <> aylesbury registry office wedding; uncle blue beyond scared straight dead; Financial Planning. BEETLEJUICE: That is a sandworm. DELIA: (aggressive.) ADAM: I have an idea! (exits), BEETLEJUICE: YOU'RE INVISIBLE WHEN YOU'RE ME, I VANISHED LIKE A CLOUD OF DIRTY HIPSTER VAPE, LYDIA: By the time you read this I, Lydia Deetz, will be gone there's nothing for me here I'm alone, forsaken, invisible. 7 0 obj BARBARA: Excuse me, this is all happening very fast, we just died and now youre here, and now theyre here and-. Skaaren called for R&B music in his version of the script, but Catherine O'Hara suggested that they consider using calypso music instead. This. ADAM: Barbara, run! Between Adam's tiny model of Winter River to the offices of the afterlife, there are plenty of great locations in the film, but the wildest visuals arrive when Delia Deetz completes her full remodel of the Maitlands' home. ADAM: Hes going to kill someone! Theyre the real villains of this show. Your mother loved this song. I have a chance to see her again, please! (a beat.) BEETLEJUICE: Okay! I don't even like pottery! So, what do you say? Barbara, this is our stuff BARBARA: A SHRINE TO THE FEELINGS WE'VE BEEN REPRESSING, BARBARA: UNFINISHED PROJECTS MEANINGLESS OBJECTS. And then mom said, Lets clean up. And she made us sing that song she always loved. - Beetlejuice. Welcome, welcome, welcome! Lets get you finished! ILL NEVER COME THIS WAY AGAIN! All ghosts shall proceed directly to the Netherworld. ADAM: Lydia, we're so sorry! Im gonna find my mom! Fuck Brigadoon. LYDIA: Whats wrong sugarlumps? WebBeetlejuice Signed Film Movie Screenplay Script X4 Autograph Michael Keaton Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Winona Ryder signature classic 80's. (to audience.) Delia must have spent a small fortune reworking the place, but in the final scene of the film, the ground floor appears to have been reverted to the way it looked when the Maitlands lived there. It couldve been bad! THIS IS GONNA BE SO GOOD! See you in hell, AGH, Im gone Im gonna use the door. ADAM: What is that? When the unbearable Deetzes (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones) and teen daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away OTHO: (offstage.) Im going to find mom! ADAM: Im sorry, I have to say it, this house is not stupid. Is this it? ADAM: Again, we do not want to kill anyone! can you smoke on royal caribbean cruise ships beetlejuice wedding scene script. And this, this is a business dinner! MAXIE DEAN: I was never gonna invest in your stupid "gated community." Web. Ill do it. ?3eOuy22=4]`Yqy< Lf{-'j&aEm]Wn BEETLEJUICE: Oh yeah? At the end of the film, Betelgeuse is sitting in the afterlife's waiting room, and his ticket number indicates that he'll be waiting for a very long time. A memorable scene from the 1988 movie Beetlejuice with some significant changes from script to screen [screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren, story by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson]. LYDIA: Dad! Though "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" never got made, the specter of a "Beetlejuice" sequel has been haunting Hollywood ever since. Dad, theres ghosts here. OTHO: Thats the one.
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