Beetlejuice Page #34

SLOW FADE OUT:

SLOW FADE IN:

EXT:
HOUSE -- DAY

We hear a CHEERLEADER's voice:

LYDIA:

Two Four Six Eight

Winter River's Really Great

LYDIA DEETZ is on the front lawn of the house -- now rempaired,

but with a huge skylight in the middle of the roof. LYDIA is

wearing the WINTER RIVER BADGERS cheerleader uniform, and carries

two pompoms. But she still bears remnants of her DEATH ROCKER

make-up, and wears her finger bone necklace.

In the BACK YARD of the house, CHARLES DEETZ is tending the

replanted orchard. At the same time, he is dictating the fifth

in a series of occult novels, into a Walkman-like dictaphone.

CHARLES:

Aghast, I turned to look into

his face. His features had

begun to melt. He was turning

into a corpse before my stunned

but courageous eyes...

INT:
LIVING ROOM -- DAY

Repaired, and now decorated by someone with much more taste than

OTHO. But the water clock, in an improved and expanded version,

still holds forth.

CATHY's on her way upstairs carrying a glass of iced tea.

INT:
SECOND FLOOR SEWING ROOM -- DAY

The 80's equivalent of BARBARA's sewing room. DELIA is at a work

bench, hard at work on some extremely small object, using a

magnifying glass, and a mini-acetylene torch.

CATHY comes in with the iced tea.

CATHY:

You wanted lemon in your

tea, didn't you?

DELIA:

Yes. Thank you dear.

Voila. It's done. You

can take it upstairs.

CATHY:

(A little uncertainly)

Great.

INT:
ATTIC -- DAY

The model town is in the process of being repaired. It is

apparent that this is now CATHY's bedroom.

CATHY takes the small object that DELIA gave her, and takes it

over to the model. With a pair of jewelry pliers she very

carefully sets it on the front porch of the MAITLAND's home.

We get a look at it now, and it's a miniature version of DELIA's

water clock.

EXT:
MODEL HOUSE -- DAY

ADAM and BARBARA come out of the front door, and stare at the

water clock. They look up at CATHY.

CATHY:

Mom made it for you.

BARBARA starts to say something, but ADAM interrupts her.

ADAM:

Tell Delia thank you. What

a wonderful surprise.

CATHY:

She wants to know if you'll

need any help placing it.

BARBARA:

Tell her we know just what

to do with it.

ADAM and BARBARA go inside the house.

INT:
MODEL HOUSE LIVING ROOM -- DAY

It's just like ADAM and BARBARA's house was in the first scene.

ADAM:

I know it's just a model

house, and I know we're

ghosts, and we're never

going anywhere else for a

hundred and thirty-two

years -- but I still think

it's heaven.

He closes the door, and after a moment, there is an ominous

vibration. The WATER CLOCK smashes through the window.

BARBARA:

Well, it'll have to do until

something better comes along.

END:

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