Beetlejuice Page #28
- PG
- Year:
- 1988
- 92 min
- 10,405 Views
CHARLES is speechless with horror.
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
And Mr. Deetz, this is what I
think of your Schedule W.
He sends a PILE-DRIVING FIST into CHARLES's stomach, doubling him
over, then slams the door in CHARLES's face.
CHARLES:
Oh God...
Still doubled over, with the Long Island teas churning ominously
in his bellow, CHARLES lurches down the hallway.
At that moment, EVELYN comes up the stairs, with a very
distinguished looking elderly gentleman.
EVELYN:
Oh here you are, Charles.
I'd like you to meet the
editor-in-chief of Ballantine
Books. He's very interested
in your ghosts.
CHARLES makes a feeble attempt to straighten up. It is too much
for his stomach.
By the WRETCHING SOUNDS and shocked expression on the publisher's
face, it is obvious that CHARLES has just thrown up on the
publisher.
INT:
BATHROOM -- NIGHTLYDIA is just about finished with her make-up when CHARLES
staggers in, looking like a man who's just lost both his lunch
and his meal-ticket. From the way LYDIA's nose crinkles, it's
obvious he smells like five pitchers of half-digested Long Island
iced teas.
LYDIA:
Eeeeoooouuu. Gross.
She gets up and goes out.
INT:
HALLWAY -- NIGHTLYDIA exits the bathroom just as BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH pulls
the door of CHARLES's study shut behind him.
I've been looking for you.
LYDIA:
You have to meet my family.
I've told them all about you.
There's plenty of time for that
later.
He pulls LYDIA into her own bedroom and slams the door.
DELIA and EVELYN are having words.
EVELYN:
I don't know if I can pull
this one out of the fire.
Why did you let Charles
start drinking like that?
DELIA:
The reason he started
drinking today is that he
man upstairs. And the
reason he's worried about
him is because of those
tax scams you're always
talking him into.
EVELYN:
Those tax shelters
allowed him to afford this
white elephant of a house
you talked him into buying.
DELIA:
It was our idea to move
to Connecticut. And we love
living here, and we love
this house. And we both
away from you.
We pull back to see a group of about twenty guests, with glasses
and plates of food, standing in a circle around the two women,
not at all trying to disguise their interest and enjoyment in the
fight.
OTHO breaks through the circle of spectators, and speaks to
DELIA.
OTHO:
Everyone is enjoying this
immeasurably, Delia, but
you've only got half an hour
to get ready for your ghosts.
announcement.
EVELYN:
Your friends in the attic
better make this good, or
no one will ever accept one
of your invitations again.
DELIA:
Eat my shorts, Evelyn.
OTHO and DELIA go off in close conference.
INT:
LYDIA'S ROOM -- NIGHTLYDIA is showing BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH the photographs on
her wall. They include the photographs of the ghosts, and also
other macabre subjects. As they move around the room, BEETLE
JUICE / DANNY DEATH keeps touching LYDIA knowingly, and despite
the sophistication of LYDIA's photographs, she is a very nervous
sixteen-year-old girl.
LYDIA points out a photograph of a mummified corpse.
LYDIA:
I took this series in the
catacombs in Guanajuanto.
Delia wouldn't even go
inside, but I'm not afraid
of stuff like that.
BEETLE JUICE / DANNY DEATH leans over and gives her a kiss on her
neck. At the same time, he's pushing her down against her desk.
What are you afraid of?
Just as she's about to be pushed all the way back, LYDIA suddenly
wriggles out of his grasp, and grabs a large photograph album.
LYDIA:
And these are great, too.
ADAM, CATHY, and BARBARA have been playing cards. ADAM is now
putting up the decks.
CATHY:
I really do have to go
downstairs now.
BARBARA:
Stay just a little
longer.
CATHY:
I can't. Anyway, you
have to get ready to get
down, too. What are you
going to do for the guests?
ADAM:
(Vaguely) Ah, we thought
we'd move some furniture.
Knock off people's hats.
You know, that kind of thing.
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