Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?
Okay, this is technically the end of the first shot (but the first image is non-descript... it's only trees shot from above -- hundreds of films begin with flying overhead shots of nature, so that's not even worth a guess). But do you recognize this town?
The last image after the jump will give it away...
Yes, it's Beetlejuice (1988) which was Tim Burton's second film and Winona Ryder star-making role.
Winona was 16 when the movie opened, though she'd had one small eye-catching role in Lucas (1986) and one leading role before it in a film called Squaredance (1987). In the two years following Beetlejuice's massive success she'd co-star in the period piece 1969 (1988) and the biopic Great Balls of Fire (1989), headline both one little seen indie Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1989) and a new cult classic Heathers (1989), and chase those with another Tim Burton hit Edward Scissorhands (1990), become a tabloid star with an engagement to Johnny Depp and drop out of The Godfather Part III (1990) citing "exhaustion". Oh and secure a Golden Globe nomination for her hugely entertaining duet with Cher in Mermaids (1990). All of this happened betwen the ages of 16 and 18. Can you imagine? By the time she was 19 she was already an indisputable icon of Generation X. Other major hits (and 2 Oscar nominations) were around the corner.