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[[Image:Movie_DVD_cover_beetlejuice.jpg|right|250px|Cover of 1997 DVD release of Beetlejuice]]

'''''Beetlejuice''''' is a [[film]], directed by [[Tim Burton]] and first released in the [[United States|USA]] on [[March 30]], [[1988]] by [[Warner Bros.]]. It features two recently deceased ghosts, Adam Maitland ([[Alec Baldwin]]) and his wife Barbara ([[Geena Davis]]), who seek the help of an obnoxious bio-exorcist, Betelgeuse ([[Michael Keaton]]), to remove the DeitzDeetz family — [[yuppie]]s who recently moved from the city and now occupy their old house. The DeitzDeetz family consists of Charles ([[Jeffrey Jones]]), his second wife Delia ([[Catherine O'Hara]]), and moody [[goth]] teenage daughter Lydia ([[Winona Ryder]]).

The name of the film is the phonetic pronunciation of the lead character's name [[Betelgeuse]] who shares his name with a large red [[star]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]]. Repeating this name three times is all that is required to summon him and also makes him leave. Adam and Barbara are not his only victims, as scams are his specialty. He used to be an assistant to Juno ([[Sylvia Sidney]]), the Maitlands' case worker, before getting into trouble. Beetlejuice is rude, vulgar, eats insects, and loves to terrify people.