Beetlejuice : But honey, whatever it is you think youre looking for, youre not gonna find it. LYDIA: Hey Maybe we can help each other. We, will come to see that the only thing missing to complete the, On the table in the center of the kitchen is a large cake about, three feet by two. ADAM: What other choice do we have? And then she was like But I dont have any baby oil! and then I was like Well, Ive got some guacamole. And that is how I made nachos with Catherine Hepburn. As her friends are decaying before her eyes, Lydia panics, and the only thing that she can think to do to save them is ask Betelgeuse for help. "YES I DO! Scarecrow. Now, we have two days to transform this old house into the flagship model home of my new gated community. LYDIA: Well, Im not going with them! But together, well make him see! What are you talking about. Unless I am paid upfront in cash, and learned that the hard way. It couldve been bad! Ah! We take all these adult recreational classes, you know, ballroom dancing, backyard composting, ADAM: We just took this amazing glass blowing class. howd you get her to marry you? Lydia, this is a dangerously unstable individual. In the world of the dead? BEETLEJUICE: I mean you literally jumped into hell to get away from me. In early 1985, Wilson brought Lewis Beetlejuice and asked her to read it. IN THE WORLD, BE PREPARED TO TAKE YOUR EGGS AND FREEZE 'EM , DELIA: 'CAUSE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING HAPPENS, LYDIA: SOUNDS LIKE TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN. endstream BEETLEJUICE: Well, well, well, kid. LYDIA: What? There's a hint of unfulfillment in, BARBARA that gives her a little more of an edge than ADAM. And Im still here! He needs therapy! DELIA: No, I thought youd be proud of me for taking inititAHve. It's a gold mine! No matter what Delia and Charles tell their rich friends, the Deetzes will appear unhinged to everyone else. ", AND SHE'LL BE LIKE "OH, NOTHIN' JUST RUNNING THE WORLD.". BEETLEJUICE: Thats where tote bags come from. Heres help, heres you. (a beat.) Careful Charles! WHY DO YOU POLISH YOUR CRIB WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A KID? ROCKET trots off in the direction of town. As your guru Otho always said, this is taking too long! I know, theres still so much I wanted to do. Rather than write a ghost story about a family haunted by endobj <> AGHHHH, ADAM: HOLD ON ONE DAMN MINUTE! 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. Fine, you wanna be together? <> Thats why Im doing this. Shade Maternal, Fate Infernal. By the end of the film, the Deetzes have supernatural experiences that go well beyond a simple dance number. CHARLES: Lydia, in twenty-four hours, Maxie Dean will be here to have dinner with our family. She has a father that kinda acknowledges her, an aunt and uncle she barely sees, and a "life coach" who pretty much hates her guts. The Netherworld. (ADAM and BARBARA scream as BARBARAs hand is on fire.). WebBella is a young girl who is dealing with more than the average 15-year-old does. You are never gonna regret this! Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features. LYDIA: Oh. "I liked the idea of 'Beetlejuice,'" Belafonte said, adding, "I liked [Geffen]. DELIA: About that. Oo! I don't even like pottery! (a beat.) Its the perfect weapon to help you vanquish your ghost. (THE MAITLANDS nod.) Its an enjoyable movie for any season. DELIA: Lydia, look, I know that youre upset, but maybe this is meant to be. WebBeetlejuice : [ to Lydia, about the owner of the finger he pulled out of a wedding ring ] I'm tellin' ya, honey, she meant nothin' to me. I thought I was bringing my mom back! BUT BEETLEJUICE, IT'S NOT AS IF I'VE LOST MY MIND. Smash. Eventually Skaaren's changes led to a variety of limbos appearing in the film, with the most iconic being the area around Saturn with its monstrous worms. SPIN! And you heard what he said, any ghost can do that possession stuff. 1 May 2023. Ive come to pry my beloved daughter from your cold dead hands. So! BEETLEJUICE: Well make it snappy, I WANT CAKE! What happens when those 125 years are up? Knock three times. This is what you get! LYDIA: Hey dad? BEETLEJUICE: Oh yeah. They. I have something to say. CHARLES: Lydia, I have asked Delia to marry me. See you in hell, AGH, Im gone Im gonna use the door. It's just like you said, you dont always get it, but youre a part of it. BEETLEJUICE: So then, I was like Lets do this! DELIA: Dont worry Otho, well put you in the Soulbox! Weve already said it a bunch of times! ADAM: What the heck did they do to our house? Do you want some lunch? -----------------------------------------------------------------. Just a bunch of Howards and then you die. ?3eOuy22=4]`Yqy< Lf{-'j&aEm]Wn (Charles and Delia try a Hi-five) Oh, so close! All recently deceased individuals, form a line! That was a disaster. Right now, no matter what I do, I cannot affect the world of the living. OTHO: Then lets get to it! Lets spin the wheel. BEETLEJUICE: Its my middle name. We couldve been such a great team. He's got a great - Beetlejuice. Were still in our house, all our stuff is here! BEING YOUNG AND FEMALE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M AN EASY MARK, BEETLEJUICE: I'M OFFERING YOU A FULL-TIME SPECTER. Except for you, Dead Mom. It's our house now, kid! 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]. CHARLES: Im glad you like it. BEETLEJUICE: Oh yeah right! 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 YOUVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR THE PERFECT TEACHER. God, youre a screw up! (MOVERS move in furniture.) AND THE UNIVERSE WILL BE LIKE "I KNOW! MONSTER BEETLEJUICE: Your not invisible when you're me! LYDIA: Hey Delia! Im not sure youre equipped. Buddy, thanks for coming, but we are dealing with a haunted house here. MAXIE DEAN: Great idea, Im famished. LYDIA: I just need one of you to open it! 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. Wheres your handbook? ADAM: And your dad has made some big mistakes with the interior design! WebThe wedding brings Beetlejuice to life, allowing Lydia to kill him again. I realized that I dont want to go through life 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. ADAM: The electoral college! She needs stability. When she's finished doing her work on the home, it looks like something a modern interior designer might have a nightmare about after eating too much pizza right before bed. BEETLEJUICE: Thank you! Leave this house! BEETLEJUICE: NO! Okay, chapter one. BEETLEJUICE: Why do you gotta be so hard on me, Mom? And now were all alone. Where the contestants suck and the host is very angry, because his plan to become alive just went balls up! Lets get that book open. ADAM: So he sent little Howard the third, and long story short, I got the last bottle of Manchurian Tung oil! CHARLES: Thats because Im trying to Delia, do your job please, life coach her. LYDIA: Perhaps thats because I myself, am strange and unusual. ADAM: Again, we do not want to kill anyone! Last Updated on April 24, 2023. And Im not gonna let you take it from her! ADAM: Do you mean us? $14.99. BARBARA: I was too! The script was called "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian," and as the title implies, it begins with the Deetzes moving out to Hawaii to build their very own resort. Im bringing my mom back, and none of you can stop me! DELIA: SUCKS-YES! THE THREE OF US ALONE CAN WRECK DAD'S EVENING, YEAH, I GOT GAME! Today, we come together to mourn the passing of Emily Deetz. We cant just stay in the attic! Thats why youre here. The Maitlands, Charles, and Delia refuse to let Juno take Lydia. In McDowell's original script, limbo was more of an empty void than an expansive desert. MONSTER BEETLEJUICE: We come for your daughter, Chuck! Can you believe people actually lived here? Early in the film, Adam and Barbara get their hands on a copy of "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased," but despite all their best efforts, the two struggle to understand everything that the book tries to explain to them. In McDowell's version, Betelgeuse was a winged demon who wanted to keep Lydia for himself, and many of the deaths in the film were much more violent. All the guests are. YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, GIRL I GOT YOUR BACK, GIRL I'M HELPING YOU GROW", TIME TO TAKE COMMAND YOU DICTATE THE HAND THE UNIVERSE DEALS. JUNO: Oh, look at you! And here we are sneaking around like two teenagers at a church picnic. When Lydia asks for help, Betelgeuse says that by being married to a mortal, he'll be able to spend as much time in the world of the living as he wants, but it's never made clear why that's something he really wants. LYDIA: Classic Bait and Switch, Oldest trick in the book! He holds out his hands to be, warmed. x[oIF(j}WQ$.Md.(!^k l Q!-. _[4uzp'} LJ`(ZDNDQJe1R e" ALCipZ1PZL$p3gP:%LoR/?#Xu1a9B~n+b+vZG! FROM TETRALOGY OF FALLOT IN MY PULMONARY ARTERY! You know, my guru Otho says Depression is like an ugly sweater. My names not Otho! OKAY! 7 0 obj BEETLEJUICE: Okay, plan B! ADAM: Well that wasnt very nice. LYDIA: NO! The song has been changed from the script: If I Didnt Care by The Inkspots to Banana Boat Song (Day O) by Harry Belafonte. ADAM: Im sorry, I have to say it, this house is not stupid. LYDIA: We gotta get out of here! (draws door.) BEETLEJUICE Finished? 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. CHARLES: -Not good for Lydia. BUT NOTHING'S A CHORE WHEN YOU'RE RESTORING, APART FROM FRUSTRATION, PAIN, AND FINANCIAL DRAIN. Everyone here would go back if they could! One minute youre on top of the world, and the next minute, you feel like no one will ever love you This guy knows what Im talking about! Which does not come easy. I dont know what I did. ADAM: I know! BEETLEJUICE: Spoiler Alert: shes never going to eat that sandwich! Youre leaving me? Its about love! LYDIA: My whole life is a dark room. LYDIA: I can't keep living like this! DELIA: Why does this always happen to me? MUSIC UP. And choosing the people you wanna share it with! Did you think I wasnt coming back? MISS ARGENTINA: Oh, but you have to go back now. And the people who live there, Ive been watching them for a while. ADAM: Im confused, you can see us without the sheets. Woah, sorry, I didnt mean to yell its justYou make daddy so angry. Prrokie! I think I really captured your essence. Keep it coming gentleman! BARBARA comes up beside him. THIS IS GONNA BE SO GOOD! I'LL MAKE THE BEST OF BEING FLESH AND BONE, BEETLEJUICE: Thats right! But I (a beat.) Oh God, how I missed that sound. BEETLEJUICE: The people who bought your house! (a beat.) Im the perfect person to help you battle your ghost. ADAM: (as if hes possessed.) (ADAM kisses BEETEJUICE. You know, socially liberal, but fiscally conservative. YEAH! Just like, what if Im never happy again? BEETLEJUICE: DON'T BE SO VANILLA WOULD A LITTLE ANGER KILL YA? She was my whole world. There's lots of cool stuff in there! And he gave me this. (Smokes.) 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. What really matters at the end of the movie isn't how Lydia's parents feel about the situation, but that Lydia herself has managed to save her friends, who are now making sure she's doing well in school and letting her have levitating dance parties. God, why cant he just leave me alone? WebBeetlejuice - The Wedding scene JCH 007 22.8K subscribers Subscribe 2 Share 330 views 1 year ago Beetlejuice attempts to Marry Lydia with The Maitlands tying to stall so that he LYDIA YOU GIVE ME THAT! Started asking myself the big questions like why are our bodies still in the basement? Well that wouldve been good to know. (Of course, that makes it all the more heartbreaking to imagine her parents relocating to Hawaii before too long.). The Maitlands: More Boring Than Brigadoon Thats right, I said it. When they meet with their caseworker Juno, she tells them that getting humans out of their home is their own responsibility, and that they have to stay in their house for 125 years. LYDIA: I want you to stay. 8. MOVER 2: Eh, who cares, its going to the dump! You died together. Does this dress say Mindfulness?. Not gonna do that. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to kill those people downstairs. 19 of 19 found this interesting | BARBARA: So, now what? And I never got the chance to use them while I was alive. He can't be seen by any living people, but he needs a living person to say his name three times to make him visible, and for one to marry him to fully resurrect him. TELL MY STORYY! (a beat.) Thats great! JUNO: Report to processing! ADAM: So, Lydia since you can see us, let me get right to the point. CHARLES: Where is the shrimp? endobj So, on the count of three just yell out the scariest thing you can think of! Grab what you can and- (pulls blanket and reveals DELIA.) LYDIA: Adam, Barbara? Lydia's parents Charles and Delia Deetz have each moved into the Matilands' former home for different reasons. what Im trying to say is; I hired you to help my daughter, but you have ended up helping me. All ghosts shall proceed directly to the Netherworld. BEETLEJUICE: Thats it! I'm so glad you changed your mind. About the future. LYDIA: We made a good team! From the top of the house to the bottom. And breathers worry so much about their stupid little lives, most of them never notice anything strange or unusual unless you make them. You are dead? It really doesn't seem like he did anything Lydia couldn't have done on her own, but considering she's just a kid, she gets a pass on impulsive decision making. Setup: A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a bio-exorcist in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house. BEETLEJUICE: Get in there Babs! CHARLES: Sweet Jesus, Delia we need a real exorcist! No one is like me! Strangers. BEETLEJUICE: Babs, I get it, I totally get it, but the two of you are special. A few nights before she- before the end, Emily took my hand and said, I know you wanna fix it. Delia! AND Im from New Jersey! Yes, its been very creepy. BEETLEJUICE: We are gonna make such a great team! About Lydia. Hes my white whale. Interesting The Inkspots classic song is used as the opening tune in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. ADAM: Oh god! BEETLEJUICE: Hey! Well its a lot bigger on the inside! Without Belafonte's music, "Beetlejuice" wouldn't be the same, but his songs weren't always the obvious choice for the film's soundtrack. You are like ice! CHARLES: Thats insane, shes not(BEETLEJUICE uses his powers to shut up CHARLES. AGHHHHHH! ), ON THE WHOLE BEING DEAD THING (AH AH AH AH). Lydia and Beetlejuice Quote Dishtowels 2 Pack - Beetlejuice. Wheres Lydia? We do not want to kill people! ADAM: Well, hey I do not see any cops around here! BEETLEJUICE: Yeah, Dad! And so do I! This is already the BEST exorcism Ive ever been to! LYDIA: It's like I told you, Dad: This house is haunted and the ghosts who live here want you out! Death for the dead. LYDIA: Because, youre not scary. Because of her, I got to live, briefly, very briefly, and can I just say something? Now I just need to convince Maxie Dean. BEETLEJUICE: Well then what am I supposed to do! https://www.scripts.com/script.php?id=beetlejuice_274&p=2, https://www.scripts.com/script/beetlejuice_274. Im always prepared. Sorry, I dont mean to bore you guys, talking about my mom. The forced wedding wasnt necessarily a new idea by any means. Theyre in the room with us. BEETLEJUICE AND ENSEMBLE: THE WHOLE "BEING DEAD" THING! The Maitlands aren't really raising Lydia, per se, but she finally has adults in her life who are actually looking out for her best interests. We will just have to do this without her. The oldest trick in the book. 7. LYDIA: I cant open it. DELIA: I dont think thats how knock knock jokes work. ADAM: My whole life flashed before my eyes! ADAM: Okay, that Wasn't as much fun as I thought it'd be ADAM: We are not kombucha people. What happens when people without a home die? ADAM: Oh! Tag: beetlejuice wedding scene script. For a moment we hear their screams, then as the. 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. <>/Metadata 8096 0 R/ViewerPreferences 8097 0 R>> Move forward. I had it open for a second but the Maitlands slammed it shut. Well you got what you wanted, Dad. And I agreed to do it." BEETLEJUICE: Theyre taking it to the dump and without me theyre going to do that to everything! I wanna go home. We did find that out. Now, lets get you processed. Every success begins with sucks and ends with yes. ITS ALMOST A GIVEN THAT I WILL ALL SOON BE ALIVE. Welcome, welcome, welcome! Yup, thats the one. I asked you to send me a sign. I thought these were twin sheets! CHARLES: Delia Schlimmer, will you do me the honor of signing a prenuptial agreement and be my second wife? His most well-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. I dont remember making a fire. But hey. Where are you? ADAM: Oh, dont worry, Im gonna have this crib ready before that baby gets here! BEETLEJUICE: No, she did! Cmon! LYDIA: Does it say anything about summonings or seances? LYDIA: I have been alone since my mom died! aylesbury registry office wedding; uncle blue beyond scared straight dead; Financial Planning. BARBARA: Ill make a (a beat.) I took a very big risk with this place. Well, I should probably get going. BEETLEJUICE: No. 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. DELIA: But what if its Lydia? Do the research! BEETLEJUICE: Why does everyone KEEP LEAVING ME! Everything was the way it used to be. LYDIA: Wow, this is going to be such an interesting night! Well, Bye! Happiness! 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. Im going to suck your ghostinto it and trap it there forever!. (a beat.) One after another, we see the rooms of the Maitland house, still. EVEN, LIKE, A TAX ATTORNEY WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER, SOMEBODY WITH GRAVITAS SOMEBODY TO FEAR WHO, ADAM: Excuse me, Mr. Beetlejuice we can kind of hear you. Now you remember what my guru Otho says! No no no no no. We left each other behind. BARBARA: You seem like a normal girl to me. LYDIA: Dad, how long do we have to stay here? BARBARA: SURE, THE GROOM CRAWLED OUT OF A TOMB, BARBARA/DELIA: CREEPY OLD GUY, CREEPY OLD GUY, I WANNA SEE A TEAR IN EVERY EYE AS I PASS BY, I KNOW THAT ON THE OUTSIDE HE'S DISGUSTING, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS TIME, I'M MAKIN' IT RIGHT, ALL: HERE COMES THE BRIDE HERE COMES THE BRIDE, I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME CULTURES THINK THIS KIND OF THING'S ALRIGHT, LYDIA: MY CREEPY OLD GUY MY CREEPY OLD GUY. Though "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" never got made, the specter of a "Beetlejuice" sequel has been haunting Hollywood ever since. Up the stairs! Lady, you're forgetting something! BARBARA: Lydia, no, you don't know what will happen. And they have scorpions for teeth! One of the most famous movies of the 1980s, Beetlejuice, is a classic American fantasy comedy released in 1988. CHARLES: Good! He was already dead. It was all rundown and we didnt know if we were going to get through it. And I want everyone here to know it. I was blown away, she said. endobj This house is haunted! Thats great! 6 0 obj They sound so beautiful. ADAM: Well this just says Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Thats the problem! Its not a real marriage. AH AH AH! Guy talk howd you do it? Youre under so much stress, you must relax! BEETLEJUICE: NO! I am SO sick and tired of being invisible and you, you can change all of that! Hes here! LYDIA: The ghosts who live here want you gone! LYDIA: Really? And life is the only way out! The rules of the afterlife are a big focus in "Beetlejuice," but that doesn't mean that they're all that clearly defined. DELIA: I dont understand! Thats why youre stuck in the attic! BEETLEJUICE: Fine! WebBeetlejuice Synopsis: Adam and Barbara are a normal couplewho happen to be dead. CHARLES: No, shes still too fragile. 40+ Famous Quotes from The Beetlejuice Movie. BEETLE JUICE by Warren Skaaren From an original screenplay by Micheal McDowell based on a story by Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson SECOND DRAFT I know that my name's on the marquee, but youre going to have to watch a new show. BEETLEJUICE: NO, WHAT FILLS YOU WITH RAGE? So. Second row, right there! (BEETLEJUICE bursts in on the Sandworm.). Can I see? Those are the guest sheets! 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. 4 0 obj do not like him! Maybe Ive been all wrong about you. DELIA: Charles, maybe we should just tell her about us. LYDIA: Dad! Give me just one more BEETLEJUICE: It's showtime! OTHO: Delia! What am I doing? Beetlejuice Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. 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. Could I bring her back here? The rule bookI present: The Handbook for The Recently Deceased. BEETLEJUICE: Exorcism. Beetlejuice! happy! OTHO: Let me say it (dramatically) DEATH! Before Warren Skaaren stepped in to rework the film's script, screenwriter Michael McDowell had envisioned a very different limbo for "Beetlejuice." LYDIA: You know what? Your mother loved this song. Throughout "Beetlejuice" it's obvious that Lydia's relationship with her parents is strained at best. I designed it to reflect wealth, sophistication, and above all-. New phone, who dis? I guess Ill just go. Check it out, Lydia! Any sequel would have to deal with some hanging plot threads left by the original, but whether or not Burton and his cast return to clear things up, we've got the ending of "Beetlejuice" explained right here. LYDIA: Mother nearest, heart how dearest. And you dont exist. BEETLEJUICE: No. Bubbles of air come up from the bottom and break on the surface. The movie doesn't show much of what Betelgeuse gets up to when he hasn't been summoned, but considering his desperation to get the Maitlands to hire him earlier in the film, it's safe to assume he finds his daily life pretty boring.
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