Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 06/23/1989(USA)
Release Date: 10/18/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 126 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (
Michael Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (
Michael Gough). The principal villain in
Batman is The Joker (
Jack Nicholson) who'd been mob torpedo Jack Napier before he was horribly disfigured in a vat of acid. The Joker's plan to destroy Batman and gain control of Gotham City is manifold. First he distributes a line of booby-trapped cosmetics, then he goes on a destruction spree in the Gotham Art Museum while the music of
Prince blasts away in the background, and finally he orchestrates an all-out campaign to win the hearts and minds of the Gothamites, hoping to turn them against the Cowled One. Meanwhile, reporter Vicki Vale (
Kim Basinger) becomes the love of Batman's life-which of course plays right into the Joker's hands. Photographed by
Roger Pratt, designed by
Anton Furst, and scored by
Tim Burton's favorite composer
Danny Elfman,
Batman was a monstrous box-office hit, making $100 million in the first ten days of release--$82,800,000 in North America alone. Incidentally,
Billy Dee Williams' comparatively small role as DA Harvey Dent was originally designed to set up the sequel, wherein Dent was to convert into master criminal Two-Face; but by the time the producers got around to
that character in 1995's
Batman Forever, Two-Face was played by
Tommy Lee Jones.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Gotham's Dark Knight Avenger.
Tim Burton brings Bob Kane's Dark Knight out of the pages of DC Comics and on to the big screen. The movie made more than $100 million on it's opening day. Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne, a wealthy millionaire-socialite, who prowls the streets of Gotham City as the mysterious Batman and Jack Nicholson is the fiendish Joker, who intends to kill the people of Gotham with a deadly toxic gas. Kim Basinger also stars as a beautiful photo-journalist trying to get an exclusive story. Also starring Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Tracey Walter, Jerry Hall, Lee Wallace, and William Hootkins. Anton Furst won an Academy Award for his production design.
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