Producer Reveals Darker Ending and Alternate Title for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice
Mike Sprague
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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis is a classic I think everyone on Earth enjoys. And speaking of the ghost with the most, recently the film’s producer Larry Wilson spoke to Yahoo! about the film and dropped a few choice bits of trivia regarding how the movie could have been much different.
“Our first ending was Lydia — she died in a fire and was able to join Barbara and Adam in the afterlife,” Wilson said. “A couple of people said to us, ‘Do you really think that’s a good idea? Is that really the message you want to be sending to the teenagers of the world? Die in a fire?’ So, yeah, it probably was darker.”
Lydia dying in a fire and joining Barbara and Adam in the afterlife? Meh. That actually makes sense to me. It’s dark, sure, but let’s not split hairs here. On top of that bit of backstory, Wilson also let the site know the film was all set to roll out with a completely different title.
“The title that I remember being suggested, pretty much before the release, was House Ghost,” Wilson says. “I bet it was David Geffen who said no to that, and a big firm no. There were marketing people within Warner Bros. who thought no one would know what ‘Beetlejuice’ was, but they’d know what a house ghost was. Thank God [they went with Beetlejuice]. I would not like to be here talking about House Ghost the movie.”
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Synopsis:
After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. 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 without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a rambunctious spirit whose “help” quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.
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