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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Tim Burton honoured with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Caption: Tim Burton received the 2,788th star on Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Officials from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce presented the artist-filmmaker with the star in recognition of his work on movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, and Sleepy Hollow. Tim's partner Monica Bellucci was in the crowd, as were guest speakers Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton. Addressing the audience, Tim recalled how he used to travel on his own from Burbank to Hollywood as a child. "In fact, I was young enough to think these things were actually gravestones when I first came here. I realised John Wayne wasn't buried under that or other people.". In her speech, Winona described giving Tim the star to be "sort of like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the tallest mountain". She also noted that the Beetlejuice director has "a beautiful and unique understanding of the human heart" "To work with Tim is like being invited to wander through his heart and imagination. It's the ultimate cathedral and one of my most cherished and sacred places to be and I am eternally grateful for the time that I spent there.". Elsewhere, Michael recounted how stunned he was when Tim suggested he play Batman in the 1989 superhero film. "He hands me a script and says, 'Please read this and tell me what you think. This is after Beetlejuice.”. “After that performance. After that type of movie. He says to the studio, 'I want that guy.' I'll never to this day understand this, why anyone even cared. The press went crazy. But he stuck by me. And the guts it took to stand by that decision will always be special to me, obviously.”. Tim's latest film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - the sequel to his 1988 feature Beetlejuice - opens in cinemas on Friday. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Tim Burton,Director,Hollywood Walk of Fame,Film,Officials,Monica Bellucci,Speakers,Winona Ryder,Michael Keaton,Audience,Sleepy Hollow,Recognition,Star
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