Married couple Barbara and Adam Maitland live in Winter River, Connecticut, in an idyllic country home, which real estate agent Jane Butterfield, Barbara's pushy cousin, pressures them to sell. Returning from a trip to the hardware store, they swerve to avoid a dog and their car plunges off a bridge and into the river. Back at home, they cannot remember driving there, and have no recollection of the accident. Adam attempts to leave the house, and finds himself in a strange desert, inhabited by monstrous sand-worms. He quickly returns to the house, where they find a book titled Handbook for the Recently Deceased, and realize they drowned in the crash and are spirits trapped in their house.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Michael Bender, June Petersen, Richard Hashimoto, Eric Angelson, Larry Wilson |
Directed By: | Tim Burton |
Written By: | Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Michael McDowell |
Cast: | Gary Jochimsen, Cindy Daly, Rachel Mittelman, Robert Goulet, Jack Angel, Jeffrey Jones, Carmen Filpi, Mark Ettlinger, Patrice Martinez, Dick Cavett, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Geena Davis, Maree Cheatham, Douglas Turner, Catherine O'Hara, Duane Davis, Charles Schneider, Simmy Bow, Maurice Page, Tony Cox, Hugo Stanger, J. Jay Saunders, Alec Baldwin, Susan Kellermann, Adelle Lutz, Annie McEnroe, Harry Belafonte |
In Theaters: | Mar 30, 1988 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 32 minutes |
Production: | The Geffen Company |
Budget: | $15,000,000 |
Box Office: | $74,220,408 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |