Tim Burton (second from left) with his “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” cast Monica Bellucci, Michael Keaton and Catherine O’Hara at the opening night of the Venice Film Festival on August 28, where the film got a nearly 4-minute standing ovation.
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The wait was worth it.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” director Tim Burton’s follow-up to his 1988 classic horror-comedy “Beetlejuice,” had its world premiere on the opening night of the Venice Film Festival on August 28 – 36 years after the first movie was released. The long-in-the-works sequel, which screened out of competition, delighted the audience and earned a nearly four-minute standing ovation for Burton and his cast – led by Beetlejuice himself Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, both also reprising their roles in the original, and new cast members Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe.