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Did I mention that my moms a demon? In early 1985, Wilson brought Lewis Beetlejuice and asked her to read it. Im gonna teach you guys how to be ghosts! Everyone here would go back if they could! BEETLEJUICE Oh, theyre both gonna get it. Webbeetlejuice wedding scene script. The movie is I have something to say. LYDIA: No, it was adorable. Ill just ask Adam and Barbara. Maybe, we can help each other! So, on the count of three just yell out the scariest thing you can think of! (a beat.) BUT BEETLEJUICE, IT'S NOT AS IF I'VE LOST MY MIND. UNLESS THEY GET THE FRIGHT OF THEIR LIVES (YES YES, WE'RE FEELIN' IT, THEY'RE GONNA FEEL IT, WE'RE KILLIN' IT! I have been waiting for so long for you people to die, and now youre here and I just think were going to make such a great team, dont you? I mean, real ghosts? DELIA: No, I thought youd be proud of me for taking inititAHve. The two of them sink plenty of time and money into their new home. (goes to kiss him, but gags.). That was an old Scandinavian folk song. Classic Bait and Switch. DELIA: About that. CHARLES: No, shes still too fragile. BARBARA: Cant you just scare the people for us? It was like the perfect dad joke! BEETLEJUICE: I mean you literally jumped into hell to get away from me. And its not fair, you know? Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Lets get you finished! And now, finally theyre about to die! Her stepmother Delia seems openly antagonistic to her, and her father Charles is basically an absent parent despite living in the same house as his daughter. howd you get her to marry you? Ah! JUNO: I shouldve guessed youd be mixed up in all of this! And I like the attic! And speaking of, right on time! JUNO: STOP! WE COULD JUST WALK BUT WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, ADAM: THAT MUST BE THE REASON SHE SEES US, FRIENDS WHO DON'T STOP AT PROBLEMS OR OBSTACLES. LYDIA: YeahItd be terrible if we all let each other down, DELIA: (Rings Triangle.) Got any references? LYDIA: Yeah, me too. Fuck Brigadoon. LYDIA: I cant open it. Fine, you wanna be together? You both get em. Now lets hurry up and leave this god forsaken house. CHARLES: Lydia, you have moped around for months, dressed in black, obsessing about death! Beetlejuice (1988) Movie Script | Subs like Script All Ive gotta do is get a living person to say my name three times. ), BEETLEJUICE: HEY ITS GREAT THAT YOU ATE UP MY PLAN, NOW THE POOCH HAS BEEN SCREWED AND THE SHIT HIT THE FAN, BEETLEJUICE: YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG BOOK. It's clear throughout the film that Betelgeuse occupies a special place in the land of the undead. For we do not walk alone., GROWN UPS WANT TO FIX THINGS, WHEN THEY CANT, IT ONLY FILLS THEM WITH SHAME, IS IT BEING GREEDY TO NEED SOMEBODY TO SEE ME AND SAY MY NAME. Well that was a soliloquy, so you're the one who's being rude. CHARLES: Lydia, this is a good thing. ADAM: Hes going to kill someone! All ghosts shall proceed directly to the Netherworld. Now normally, I would use a plumbline for this, but Im not too shabby with a freehand. And Ive got a plan! BEETLEJUICE: Adam (dramatic pause.) You are dead? OTHO: So glad that you asked. BEETLEJUICE: Quick! Now, to the Prius! The following chain of events is delightfully kooky in a way only the best Tim Burton films can pull off, and it also gives us one of the most twisted wedding scenes in movie history. MAXINE: OH STOP! We take all these adult recreational classes, you know, ballroom dancing, backyard composting, ADAM: We just took this amazing glass blowing class. DELIA: Oh, shes so stubborn, I just need more time. 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. That never happens. It's our house now, kid! When Lydia asks for help, Betelgeuse says that by being married to a mortal, he'll be able to spend as much time in the world of the living as he wants, but it's never made clear why that's something he really wants. It was all rundown and we didnt know if we were going to get through it. ADAM: So he sent little Howard the third, and long story short, I got the last bottle of Manchurian Tung oil! But first, I gotta toss the rule book. Why dont you have a handbook? We used to make the haunted houses in the garage, but, in the summer so no one expected it. I know that my name's on the marquee, but youre going to have to watch a new show. BEETLEJUICE: We are gonna make such a great team! BEETLEJUICE: Ugh, holy moly, a lot of people come to this house, lights! This is already the BEST exorcism Ive ever been to! 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 ADAM Hey old girl! 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. Take care of them. Reset Password. I am a very sexual being, and I do love me an orgy, but I say this with love, but you all dont strike me as the orgying kind. Mom was the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe! <>
Make them think that theyre in control! LYDIA: Dead Mom? But, its worth it. Barbara, put her there now put her here, OWWWWW! Because I dont think we can. CHARLES: Do you hear that, Delia? (Instrumental with screams layered as BEETLEJUICE is unleashed.). BEETLEJUICE: No. we have to go home! Its either me or the booze. And shed be like Well, then I choosethe booze. The point is, we just got rid of your dad, and we were having SO much fun together! 7. Beetlejuice.pdf - s ha rd BEETLEJUICE A musical Music When Adam and Barbara first turn down his services, he refuses to take no for an answer, and later in the film he finds his way back into the heart of the drama when he attempts to marry Lydia. Also, one of your wine glasses is poison! I agree with best wedding stocks 2021. LYDIA: Were not a family. Juno appears, reveals herself as Beetlejuice's mother, and tries to take Lydia with her, but Beetlejuice stands up to Juno, who pretends to be moved by Beetlejuice's speech and throws him out of the house. Mom? SO WE MIGHT AS WELL WALK THROUGH SOME WALLS, 'CAUSE ADAM, WE'RE READY AS WE'LL EVER GET, I GOTTA GET RIGHT OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE. But what if it doesnt last? Without Belafonte's music, "Beetlejuice" wouldn't be the same, but his songs weren't always the obvious choice for the film's soundtrack. Im going to suck your ghostinto it and trap it there forever!. You brought him to life, just so you could kill him? I want you, Beetlejuice. BEETLEJUICE: Okay! Lets chop off his head. It could be that being forced to wait centuries for a scolding from Juno is all the punishment that Betelgeuse receives, or maybe there's an afterlife equivalent of community service that will have him working as the new afterlife receptionist for half a millennium. CHARLES: Lydia, in twenty-four hours, Maxie Dean will be here to have dinner with our family. Beetlejuice: A hellish, troublemaking demon who's desperate to come back to life. 40+ Famous Quotes from The Beetlejuice Movie BARBARA: Ill make a (a beat.) Oh my god! JUNO: My name is Juno! Now, we have two days to transform this old house into the flagship model home of my new gated community. 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. BEETLEJUICE: Why does everyone KEEP LEAVING ME! Im going to find mom! SEQUEL (air horn.) LYDIA: I just need one of you to open it! Who knows what hes done to Lydia! LYDIA: Excuse me, are you ghosts? Shes always like Get a job! or Why is your hair purple? or I shouldve left, like your father. The point is, Maybe we can help each other out, DON'T YOU WANT A PAL? Wheres Lydia? THIS IS GONNA BE SO GOOD! <>
New meat! DELIA: AHHH! Are you alright? 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. Careful Charles! CHARLES: Damnit! DELIA: Lydia, I know that I am paid to care about you, but Id like us to be real friends! LYDIA: It's like I told you, Dad: This house is haunted and the ghosts who live here want you out! WebWith Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular Beetlejuice Wedding animated GIFs to your conversations. (a beat.) Trust me, its going to get weird, but itll work. It couldve been bad! Do you think you would mind leaving and never coming back? BEETLEJUICE Isnt this amazing? LYDIA: Im not going back! This is exciting! I thought these were twin sheets! The 20 Greatest Quotes From Beetlejuice - Screen Rant I changed a lot. And yet, I worry. BEETLEJUICE: Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, please say yes. Do you understand what Im proposing? Im not sure youre equipped. BEETLEJUICE: Well, yeah, because youre not recently deceased. The Best Horror Movie Weddings, Ranked by The Guests Whatd you do!? Throughout "Beetlejuice" it's obvious that Lydia's relationship with her parents is strained at best. Welcome, welcome, welcome! r&sZ,oonWUq"- Right now, no matter what I do, I cannot affect the world of the living. (LYDIA stabs him.) Why That Outfit: Winona Ryder's Twisted Schoolgirl Chic OKAY? All ghosts shall proceed directly to the Netherworld. No. Don't apologize! I'm talkin' jump-scares, the jerky Japanese ghost-walk. Love is love. Lets find out! ADAM: I dont mean her, I mean her family. So. Lady, you're forgetting something! But somehow, someway, you gotta make 'em see ya. Thats why Ive been trying so hard to build a new one. Second row, right there! Beetlejuice Makeup Kit. Then, the B-mans free and the mai tais are on me. She is cut short by her powerful inspiration. So, what do you say? Boo. 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. Theyre the real villains of this show. I had a vision once. Now, go on girl, get out of here, you know youre free, go on, get out of here. Unless of course, its a murder suicide, which makes for a very awkward eternity. Skaaren called for R&B music in his version of the script, but Catherine O'Hara suggested that they consider using calypso music instead. Let's haunt this bitch! Dead Mom loved our house. No you cant do that! Burton did this in accordance with the old rhyme about wedding dress colors, Married in red, better off you get the idea. And you dont exist. DELIA: Oh! LYDIA: Because, youre not scary. endobj
He'll only save the day if Lydia will agree to marry him. You smell like the bathrooms at the Mandarin Oriental. DELIA: Its like my guru Otho always says, If you dont take a chance, you dont have a chance, because you didnt take it!. Beetlejuice In the video, Baldwin recalls the one thing that gave him hope about the film was the performance of his co-star, Michael Keaton, whom he describes as a comedy BEETLEJUICE: So then, I was like Lets do this! BEETLEJUICE: Uh, wait what? You are dead. In the film's climax, Otho is using "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased" to try and contact the afterlife (for profit, of course), but in the process he ends up performing nearly an entire exorcism on Adam and Barbara Maitland. And their eyes! ADAM: Well, why do we have to make them say it? And the people who live there, Ive been watching them for a while. 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. Tag: beetlejuice wedding scene script. OKAY! Im gonna need some help! 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. Were still in our house, all our stuff is here!