In 1988, a horror film was released, in the creation of the script for which the work of Oscar Wilde "The Canterville Ghost" was used. The film is called "Beetlejuice." Actors, roles, plot are presented in the article.
The director of the film is Tim Burton. The actors of the movie Beatlejoux are Hollywood stars. The name of the performer of the main male role is known even to those who do not closely monitor the news of the movie. He played a young man named Adam.
Plot
Adam and his young wife Barbara dream of children. They take a vacation, plan to devote it to each other, and at the same time to conceive a child. However, they do not succeed. Due to fatal accident, they die. But they do not go to another world, but remain among people. As ghosts.
Ghosts do not want to leave their home. Moreover, they use all sorts of abilities with which such creatures are endowed in order to expel new residents from their apartments. But this is not so simple. New inhabitants of the house are in no hurry to move out. And in order to pacify the obsessive ghosts, they hire a "living exorcism specialist." This man’s name is Beetlejuice.
Actors
The ghosts were played by Alec Baldwin and Gina Davis. The new inhabitants of the house are Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, Katherine O'Hara. Michael Keaton appeared on the screen in the image of a specialist to pacify ghosts - Beetlejuice. The actors played in this picture are not their first roles in the movie. But the characters of this film made them famous. What did the viewers know about each of them before the premiere of the movie Beetlejuice? The actor, who played the most colorful character, became famous thanks to this particular film. It is worth telling more about this artist.
Michael Keaton
The actor was born in 1951. He began his career with participation in television series. Keaton made his movie debut in 1982, in the movie Night Shift. Then there were several works in the cinema, among which roles in such films as “The Dangerous Johnny”, “Mr. Mom”, “Enthusiast”, “Bluff”. And finally, in 1988, he was invited to a role in the movie Beatlejuice. The actor created on the screen a memorable, vivid image of a shameless and distasteful specialist in a dubious area. Another famous hero of Keaton is Batman, a crime fighter.
Alec Baldwin
The representative of the famous acting dynasty made his film debut in 1980. It was a role in the series Doctors. Four years later, he played Major Brin in the movie Sweet Revenge. The most famous film image of Baldwin, created by him at the beginning of his film career, is Frank de Marco in the film “Married to the Mafia”. In this film, his partners on the set were Matthew Modine, Mercedes Ruel, Michelle Pfeiffer. The picture came out in the same year as The Beetlejuice. The actor played many roles in the cinema, was nominated for Academy Award and BAFTA.
Winona Ryder
The heroine Ryder is the only member of the Ditz family (new residents of the house) who can see ghosts. The role in the film “Beatlejuice” was the first movie work for this actress. At the time of the release of the picture she was only seventeen. Critics reacted positively to the game of the aspiring actress. Winona Ryder has played in the movie for more than fifty roles. The most famous films in her filmography are “Little Women”, “The Age of Innocence”, “Involuntarily Millionaire”. She was nominated for an Oscar, and in 1994 received the Golden Globe Award.