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Batman

United States, United Kingdom

1989

126 Min
Color
1.85:1
French, English
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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DIR Tim Burton

EXEC Michael E. Uslan

PROD Peter Guber, Jon Peters

SCR Bob Kane, Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren

DP Roger Pratt

CAST Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance, Jerry Hall

ED Ray Lovejoy

PROD DES Anton Furst

MUSIC Danny Elfman

Synopsis

Gotham City: dark, dangerous, ‘protected’ only by a mostly corrupt police department. Despite the best efforts of D.A. Harvey Dent and police commissioner Jim Gordon, the city becomes increasingly unsafe…until a Dark Knight arises. We all know criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot…so his disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. He becomes a bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a prize-winning photo journalist who wants to uncover the secret of the mysterious “bat-man”. And enter Jack Napier, one-time enforcer for Boss Grissom, horribly disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory…who, devoid of the last vestiges of sanity, seizes control of Gotham’s underworld as the psychotic, unpredictable Clown Prince of Crime…the Joker. Gotham’s only hope, it seems, lies in this dark, brooding vigilante. And just how does billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne fit into all of this? —IMDb

Director

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Tim Burton

Timothy Walter “Tim” Burton (born August 25, 1958) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American film director, producer, writer and artist. He is famed for his dark and quirky films, such as Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, which he co-wrote and produced. He is also famous for directing blockbusters including Batman and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Since directing his first feature film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure in 1985, he has gone on to direct and produce numerous films, many of which have received Academy Award nominations and wins. He frequently works with close friend Johnny Depp, musician Danny Elfman and partner Helena Bonham Carter. His upcoming projects include the animated film 9 and Alice in Wonderland, the Disney retelling of Lewis Carroll’s book.

Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson. His year of birth is sometimes mistakenly given as 1960. Burton described his childhood self as quirky… read more

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Vaibhav Bist

15Apr12

Remember Jack Nicholson dancing on his visit to the museum? I'll stick to "Mask of the Phantasm".

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msmichel

10Feb12

20 years plus on still a triumph of production design (Anton Furst) and art direction. Exceptionally shot by Roger Pratt. However what in 1989 was considered a more serious take on the Batman mythlogy is just pure camp itself now in the wake of the Nolan films. Nicholson hams it up in a fun performance at the expense of everyone else especially Keaton and Basinger. Time certainly not on Burton's side here.

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    DT

    1Apr12

    Not to mention Prince! Hahaha, very camp indeed.

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flobota

22Nov11

trashy!

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Asher

21Nov11

I used to watch this movie all the time when I was kid. I watched it again about a week ago for the first time in a long while, and I suddenly noticed a lot of what's dorky about it... But I also remembered how fucking awesome this is at the same time. Jack Nicholson as the Joker + the fact that it's a Batman movie + soundtrack by Prince = pretty legit.

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BURTON'S GLOOMY AND WONDROUS LOOK OF THE DARKER HERO

By Cody Hoskins on May 19, 2012

Batman takes a different angle to superhero films than I have seen in the modern superhero franchises like Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the recent Batman by Christopher Nolan. These films offer what audiences…  read review

BATMAN : EL SUPERHEROE COMO SALVACIÒN DE LA INDUSTRIA.

Si un espectador actual se diese a la tarea de buscar una imagen que pudiese definir de algun modo, o bien, que resultase emblematica del cine en la decada de los 80, esa corresponderia, sin duda…  read review

Batman Re-Watch

By Byron Brubake​r on June 8, 2010

Re-watched this after The Dark Knight. Good movie, but for the first modern movie adaptation it doesn’t really explore much of Bruce Wayne’s personality. He’s nothing more than the strong silent type…  read review

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Favorite MALE actor, anyone?

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