Monday, November 18, 2024

Releasing Tomorrow on DVD, 4K UHD and Blu-ray -- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice -- The Long Awaited Sequel from Tim Burton (Review)

Disclosure: I was sent a screener from the vendor in exchange for an honest review. All views shared are mine and mine alone.

“A jubilant celebration”

Hollywood Reporter / David Rooney

 


 

Debuts on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Arrive on November 19th

 


Did you have a favorite movie as a kid?  For me it was Beetlejuice. I ended up having to buy a handful of VHS copies as I played them so many times I wore the tapes out.  I loved Winona Ryder and thought she was amazing in the role as Lydia Deetz, and started watching all the movies she was in thanks to this movie.  Flash forward to 2024, and like so many Beetlejuice fans, I was so excited when I saw the sequel in theaters.  And, just like my youth, I couldn't get enough of it, and ended up seeing it two more times before it left theaters.  :-)  I know I have said in the past that I am not a fan of sequels, but this one was really good. I think it was because they brought back many of the original cast including Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara.  As I watched the movie for the first time it felt like I was experiencing a family reunion of sorts.  


This movie will have you laughing out loud from start to finish, and has such a fun story line, you never feel like the movie is dragging alone or falling flat.  I have been counting down the days for the release of this movie to DVD and Blu-ray just for the bonus content -- and Warner Bros. Pictures didn't disappoint.  Fromm the behind the scenes and making of the movie featurettes to commentary from director Tim Burton and so much more, you definitely need to pick up this release when it arrives tomorrow on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD, to enjoy after watching Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with your family.  We watched the movie this past weekend, and already have plans to watch it again as part of a double feature with the first movie, for our weekly family movie night this upcoming Friday.  


If you missed this movie when it was in theaters and loved the first Beetlejuice movie, I highly recommend you pick up this new release to enjoy.  You will not be disappointed!  My family loved it just as much as the first one, and I know you and your family will, too.! :-)


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"Beetlejuice is back! Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice.



Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt's Creek, The Nightmare Before Christmas) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate)."

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More about this new release:


 
 


"With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO® Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.



Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench, Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).

Additionally, a 2-film collection featuring 1988’s acclaimed Beetlejuice and 2024’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available for Digital purchase and rental and on DVD, along with an 8-film Tim Burton Collection featuring Beetlejuice (1988), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and Dark Shadows (2012).  On November 1, an American Sign Language (ASL) version of the film will also be available at digital retailers.  A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Picture."


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DIGITAL, 4K, BLU-RAY & DVD ELEMENTS:




Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Premium Digital Ownership, 4K UHD and Blu-ray contain the following special features:


  

4K UHD:


  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Commentary by director Tim Burton
  • The Juice is Loose! The Making of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
  • The Ghost with the Most: Beetlejuice Returns
  • Meet the Deetz
  • Handbook for the Recently Deceased
  • Shrinkers, Shrinkers Everywhere!
  • An Animated Afterlife: The Stop-Motion Art of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • ‘Til Death Do Us Park

 

BASICS

 

Premium Digital Ownership: October 8, 2024

4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: November 19, 2024

 

4K Languages: English, Canadian French, Italian, Latin Spanish

4K Subtitles: Swedish, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Italian, Parisian French, Canadian French, Finnish, English SDH, Danish

BD Languages: English, Canadian French, Latin Spanish

BD Subtitles: English SDH, Canadian French, Parisian French, Latin Spanish

DVD Languages: English, Canadian French, Latin Spanish

DVD Subtitles: Latin Spanish, Korean, Parisian French, Canadian French, English SDH,

Chinese – Complex, Cantonese

 

Running Time: 104 minutes

Rating: PG-13 for violent content, macabre and bloody images, strong language, some suggestive material and brief drug use

DVD: DLBY/DGTL

4K UHD and Blu-ray: ATMOS TrueHD, DLBY/DGTL

 

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Disclosure: I was sent a screener from the vendor in exchange for an honest review. All views shared are mine and mine alone.

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