Batman is the first entry of the Warner Brothers Batman Film Franchise based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Released a month after Batman's 50th anniversary of his comic debut, directed by Tim Burton and the first to star Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Inspired by the earliest issues of Detective Comics as well as the grittier Batman comics of the 1980s (including the work of Frank Miller and Alan Moore), the film moved the franchise back toward Batman's dark roots and away from the comedic, child-oriented interpretation of the character previously seen in mass media. The film also served as an inspiration for Batman: The Animated Series, because of its dark nature and Academy Award winning production design. The look of the city as well as Batman's new paraphernalia would also impact DC's mainstream comic continuity.
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PlotThe Rise of the Joker
Approaching its 200th Anniversary, Gotham City's leaders fear that the high level of criminal activity will deter citizens from attending the celebrations. Gotham's Mayor Borg orders District Attorney Harvey Dent to make the city safe again, in hopes of revitalizing local business. Dent, in turn, targets mob boss Carl Grissom, who sponsors much of the criminal activity within Gotham and has paid off a significant segment of the police force.
Meanwhile, a dark vigilante dressed as a bat has attracted the attention of both the police and the local media. Newspaper reporter Alexander Knox is attempting to investigate, but his questions are deflected by skeptical cops, including Lt. Max Eckhardt, one of many police officers on the take from Grissom. After stonewalling Knox, Eckhardt is shown taking a payoff from Grissom's second in command, Jack Napier.
Grissom, on discovering that his mistress is involved with Napier, sets him up to be killed by Eckhardt in a raid on Axis Chemicals. The plot is foiled by the arrival of Police Commissioner James Gordon, who wants Napier taken alive, and Batman. Batman captures Napier, but releases him when Bob holds Gordon hostage at gunpoint. Batman vanishes, and in the confusion, Napier shoots and kills Eckhardt, then attempts to shoot a re-emerged Batman. The latter deflects his shot, sending shrapnel into the former's face. Napier falls over a railing into a vat of toxic chemicals. Although surrounded by the police, Batman escapes the scene.
Lines Drawn
Batman, as we discover, is actually billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, an orphan who lives alone in the large mansion Wayne Manor, with only his butler Alfred Pennyworth in attendance. At a fund-raising party, Bruce meets and falls for famous photojournalist Vicki Vale, recently arrived in town to cover the 'Bat-Man phenomenon.'
Napier, in the meantime, is not dead but horribly disfigured, with chalk white skin, emerald green hair, and a permanent ruby red grin (after a botched reconstructive surgery attempt). Already erratic, the trauma has apparently driven him completely insane. Calling himself 'The Joker', he kills Grissom and usurps his criminal empire. His first scheme is to spread terror in the city by creating hygiene products that can kill by fatal hilarity when used in certain combinations, laced with a deadly chemical known as 'Smylex.' Following the death of a news anchor on-air, the city becomes paralyzed with fear. Making war on several fronts, the Joker then sets a trap at the Gotham Museum of Art for Vicki, with whom he has become smitten; his fellows start to slash and deface the entire legacy of Western Art, but as one of them approaches to Francis Bacon's Figure with Meat, the Joker stops him saying 'I kinda like this one'. The Joker then tries to disfigure our damsel in distress with the help of his 'very special flower', only to have Vicki douse him with water. At this point Batman descends in a shower of glass via the window ceiling and saves Vicki, to whom he then gives the secret of the Joker's chemical combinations. Batman renders her unconscious, and she awakes at home. Incensed at Batman eluding him while taking Vale and ruining his poisoning scheme, the Joker vows to eliminate the mysterious vigilante for interfering with his plans.
Realization
Vicki's apartment is then the scene of a confrontation between the Joker, who has come to woo her, and Bruce, who has come to try and confess about his double-life but not getting very far. After Bruce challenges the Joker to a fight, the Joker pulls a gun and asks him: 'Tell me something, friend. Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my prey. I just like the sound of it'. He then shoots Bruce. The Joker then leaves amid his own hoopla, and Vicki is shocked to see that Bruce has disappeared, leaving behind only a metal platter which he used as an impromptu bulletproof vest.
At the offices of the Gotham Globe, Knox informs Vicki of disturbing details concerning the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, that they were mugged and murdered right in front of him as a boy. He shows her a photo of him as child being confronted by a young Jim Gordon at the scene, the look on his face haunts her. Vicki has a sudden realization that Bruce is Batman and immediately leaves to confront him at Wayne Manor. At the same time Bruce is studying the same newspaper clipping in the Batcave, having realized Napier is the man who murdered his parents years ago in the alley by the Monarch Theatre. The final clue was that his parents' murderer said the same phrase to him as the Joker said in Vicki's apartment ('Ever dance with the Devil by the pale moonlight?'). As Bruce grapples with this memory, he is shocked by the sudden appearance of Vicki in his secret lair; Alfred having let in her in when she demanded to see Bruce about the issue. Bruce laments that his vigilantism will always take priority over their relationship before leaving to suit up as Batman.
Duel of the Freaks
The Joker has put his own plans in motion to upstage the city's cancelled anniversary celebrations with a grand spectacle: a night-time parade at which he will dispense $20 million in free cash. Vicki and Knox are there to cover the pandemonium, and they notice strange tanks on the balloons. In the middle of his generosity, the Joker begins gassing the crowd. Batman arrives in the Batwing and snatches the balloons away to carry them out of the city. Furious, the Joker shoots Bob the Goon, his number one thug. Batman returns to make a strafing run on the Joker, who responds by shooting down the jet with an insanely long-barreled revolver. Vicki approaches the downed craft but is captured by the Joker, who leads her to the top of Gotham Cathedral. Dazed but not finished, Batman pursues. At the top of the cathedral, the two adversaries confront each other in single combat.
In a moment of opportunity, the Joker throws Batman and Vicki off the belfry, where they cling to the ledge for their lives. As the Joker begins mocking them his helicopter appears and he grabs hold of a dangling rope ladder. About to escape, Batman shoots a wire around the Joker's leg, connecting it to a stone gargoyle on the ledge. As the Joker is lifted away, the wire pulls the gargoyle loose and he plummets to his death.
The movie ends with Commissioner Gordon announcing the Gotham police have arrested all the Joker's gang remnants, and unveiling the Batsignal supplied by Batman with a note promising to return if the city needs him.
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Production![]() Development
Originally this project was being written by Tom Mankiewicz (the on-set writer of the Superman movies) in the early 80's.
Pre-Production
When the film was greenlit for production, there was still considerable fan concern that it would emulate the farcical parodying tone of the television series. All of the designs were based on the original Hamm script before significant rewrites when filming began. Many elaborate action scenes were altered or removed completely. As result many Batman gadget props were made that ended up merely decoration in the batcave vault.
Casting
Burton chose Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman because he thought he could play a dark, tortured Batman and a serious Bruce Wayne. Some people thought that Keaton wasn't built enough for the role of Batman and that he couldn't play a serious role because of his comedic roles in the past. However, before shooting Batman, Keaton worked out for two months and spent some time kickboxing with the help of his stunt double. In spite of Keaton's being cast, Alec Baldwin and Charlie Sheen were also considered for the role.
Filming
The tone and themes of the film were influenced in part by Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke and Frank Miller's Dark Knight series. The early Batman comics from late thirties and forties were also an influence. The climax at the Bell Tower was partially inspired by The Phantom of the Opera musical Jon Peters and Jack Nicholson attended while shooting.
PromotionPosters
The design of the posters and logo were handled by the B.D. Fox ad agency. Renowned poster illustrator John Alvin created a multitude of designs using character images, all unused. Ultimately only Bill Garland's golden Bat-insignia teaser logo was used on the final release poster. Unlike the future sequels no other poster variants were used other than in some foreign markets.
Trailer
The teaser trailer became so popular that many purchased movie tickets simply to see the trailer. The positive reaction to the trailer inspired a buzz that entered the general popular culture as t-shirts with the Batman symbol sold in large numbers in the weeks before the movie's premiere.
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Main article: Batman (album)
There were two major LPs released in the summer of 1989. The first was the Original Motion Picture Score in May, featuring major cues by composer Danny Elfman.
How to boot pc in safe mode. The second was an album by Prince in June, featuring songs from the film (including Partyman, Trust and Scandalous) and others inspired by it like Batdance, the album's leading single. The Prince album has always been released separately from Elfman's Score.
ReceptionBox Office Performance
Batman opened in 2,194 cinemas in North America, on June 23rd, 1989. In its opening weekend, it grossed $40,489,746, which, at the time of its release, was a record. The film ended its theatrical run with $251,188,924, and was not only the biggest moneymaker of the year, but was also the fifth highest-grossing film of all time.
The film's total worldwide box office gross is $411,348,924,which is about $680 million in 2006 dollars.
Batman was the first UK film to be given a '12' certificate but the '12' at that time was a cinema only certificate and for it's video release the rating was upgraded to a '15' certificate which had remained ever since.
Critical Analysis
Despite the early worries, the film became the second most successful of 1989 and received praise from many Batman readers, especially those who had read the Frank Miller stories that inspired it. Furthermore, Keaton changed many doubters' minds about his casting to become hailed as one of the best actors to play the title role. Critical reaction was mostly positive, with many praising the film for its set design and production value, while others panned it as being too much of an intellectual exercise for Burton and too little of a Batman movie. Roger Ebert gave the film two stars (out of four), remarking, 'Batman is a triumph of design over story, style over substance - a great-looking movie with a plot you can't care much about.' Hal Hinson of the Washington Post gave a more enthusiastic review calling the film 'Dark, haunting and poetic'.
Despite a mostly positive reaction, many comic book fans took issue with some aspects of the storyline, though, especially the fact that Batman killed Joker's henchmen, while in comics he only acted like that in early issues and was soon established as a superhero that doesn't kill. Many fans also complained that the Joker was portrayed as the killer of Bruce's parents, while in the comics it was an ordinary thug. One of the movie's screenwriters, Sam Hamm, even claimed, during an interview for the film's Special Edition DVD, that the only reason why he didn't protest against that decision was that he was participating in a writers' strike at the time. Some fans, however, thought the idea helped to further establish the parallel between the two characters.
Robin was originally written into the earliest drafts of the script. His introduction would take place in the latter portion of the second act, during a chase between Batman and the Joker and his thugs, in which the thugs drive into a local flea market. At the market, the flying Graysons are performing their acrobatic skills to a large crowd. The cars crash through the area, causing the hundreds of people to run away in fear. The Joker's car hits a pole that the Graysons are standing on and causes them to fall off, killing all except one: Robin. Robin joins in the chase screaming 'You killed my parents!'. At the end of the chase Batman comforts him. This idea was mainly disliked, and rewrites would later remove Robin from the script entirely. The preproduction storyboards for the sequence can be seen on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD. Actor Kiefer Sutherland claimed that he was considered for the role of Robin but turned it down, which he later regretted, calling the it 'the coolest movie ever.'[1]
Awards and Nominations
Batman won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (awarded to Anton Furst and Peter Young), making it the first Batman film to win an Oscar until The Dark Knight. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe, two Grammys and several BAFTAs.
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Batman throws two smoke capsules against the police.
The Joker pushes away Carl Grissom's lifeless body from the chair.
'Don't just stand there, go and ask him!'
Batman saves a little girl from the Joker's Goons.
'Is it Halloween?'
Bob the Goon attacks Batman with a knife.
Bob the Goon vs. Batman.
Gordon finds the Batman cloak.
Gordon discovers Batman's true identity.
Vicki encounters two kids dressed up as Batman.
Home Video
The film was first released on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc in 1989.
The film's first release on DVD was in late 1997, shortly after the format debuted; it was a single disc release featuring the ability to watch the film either in widescreen or in full-screen but not featuring any bonus materials, save for sparse production notes and cast info. On top of that, the scene selection menu was a nightmare, with random scenes picked for the menu while the rest were left out.
To coincide with the release of Batman Begins on DVD in 2005, Warner Bros decided to give all four of the original Batman films new DVD treatments and special edition versions of all four films were created. The special edition DVDs feature newly restored audio and video, a re-mastered Dolby Digital audio track, a new DTS audio track, and a second disc filled with bonus materials. Each title is available both individually and as part of a pack featuring the special editions of all four films in the franchise.
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Como o Cavaleiro das Trevas, defensor da lei e da ordem em Gotham City, Batman trilha a sombra entre o certo e o errado, lutando apenas com suas habilidades em artes marciais e sua mente perspicaz para defender os inocentes e afastar a lembrança do assassinato brutal de seus pais - sempre mantendo sua verdadeira identidade como o filantropo Bruce Wayne um segredo bem guardado.
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Critics adored Batman for its eccentric, Burtonesque take on a pop-culture icon, for its moody, noirish gothic art-deco Gotham City, and of course for Nicholsonâs showy performance. Comic-book fans, meanwhile, appreciated the film for rescuing the Dark Knight from the over-the-top camp comedy of the 1960s series and making him suitably dark and brooding.
For all that, though, the filmâs flaws are hard to overlook. The story is a mess. To start with, the love affair of Bruce Wayne (Keaton) and Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) has no substance or emotional resonance. Bruce and faithful butler Alfred (Michael Gough) are constantly reminding one another how âspecialâ Vicki supposedly is, though sheâs done little to show it, unless you count sleeping with Bruce after their awkward first date. (Peter Parker and Mary Janeâs romance in the original
Scenes and lines of dialogue make no sense. Take the bit where Bruce Wayne, protected only by a small metal tray under his shirt, gets jiggy with the gun-wielding Joker when the latter bursts in on Vickiâs apartment. Forget the absurdity of relying on a book-sized tray as a bulletproof vest â whatâs the point of Bruceâs actions? Whatâs he trying to accomplish?
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Whatâs the point of the Jokerâs âWho do you trust?â PR campaign against Batman, as if the two of them were running for mayor? This theme makes sense when it recurs in the Burton-directed sequel, Batman Returns, where the Penguin (Danny DeVito) really is running for mayor, but in the original it feels like a private issue of Burtonâs thatâs been imposed on the story for no reason. (That the Joker is crazy is not a sufficient explanation. As depicted in this film, the Joker is an âartistâ; he may be bizarre and sociopathic, but his actions are never simply irrational or pointless.)
Then there are sloppy little things. When Bruce asks Vicki on their first date whether she had âany trouble finding the place,â itâs meant to be funny because Wayne Manor is presumably a major Gotham landmark â but the movie seems to have forgotten that Vicki was just at his place for the big cocktail party. Then thereâs the bit in the newsroom with Vicki and reporter Knox (Robert Wuhl) musing about who Bruce Wayne really is, how thereâs ânothing in his file⦠no photos, no history, nothing.â Hello? Nothing on Bruce Wayne, millionaire playboy? Thatâs like saying they have nothing on Donald Trump or Paris Hilton.
Then thereâs the depiction of Batman himself, starting with the casting of Keaton, hardly anyoneâs idea of an action hero. Years later, when the director was briefly attached to the long-delayed Superman movie project now in development by Bryan Singer (
An even bigger problem, perhaps, is that Keaton makes hardly any impression in the role, in or out of the mask. Keaton lets his arched eyebrows act for him, and while it may be said that they give a great performance, thereâs only so much an eyebrow can do.
As Bruce Wayne, rather than coming off either intense and driven or charming and frivolous, Keaton seems merely distracted, socially stiff and awkward. As Batman, he seems â no, he is stiff and awkward, literally â less a lithe super hero than a toy action figure with a limited range of motion. When Batman clobbers bad guys in one swift move, itâs not because heâs just that bad, itâs because he canât do two moves. The effect is never more ridiculous than when he has to look around; since he canât turn his neck, heâs left swiveling his whole body, or leaning back to look up. Yeah, thatâs going to strike fear into the hearts of criminals everywhere.
Who is Batman, anyway? In the opening sequence, we see a couple with a young boy wandering lost in Gothamâs mean streets, stumbling at last into a dangerous alley where a couple of thugs rob them at gunpoint. The resonances between this incident and the seminal event in young Bruce Wayneâs life, emphasized later in the film by a flashback to the murder of Dr. and Mrs. Wayne, are too striking to be ignored. Yet when Batman shows up, what does he do? Kicks one of the thugs through a door and menaces the other one a bit, telling him to warn his criminal friends about their new enemy. Does he recover the stolen property and return it to its owners? Does he see to their safety in any way? Is this helpless family any better off than the Waynes were when there was no Batman looking over Gotham? If the movie doesnât care, why should we?
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Still more troubling is this Dark Knightâs willingness to kill, as when Batman sends the Batmobile into the factory manufacturing the Jokerâs killer cosmetics line to firebomb the place, giving the thugs inside no opportunity to escape. In the climax, Batman tries to kill the Joker, then finally does kill him.
Finally, thereâs Nicholsonâs celebrated performance as the Joker. Critics of the film have observed archly that it ought to have been called Joker rather than Batman; and certainly Nicholson, also giving a great eyebrow performance while otherwise doing what he can with his cheeks wired back in a perpetual grimace, blows Keaton off the screen.
But even Nicholsonâs performance doesnât really work, at least not until the final act. Itâs a fine Jack Nicholson performance, commanding and dangerous, but even granting the legitimacy of different takes on a fictional character, for the most part Nicholson doesnât seem to understand the Joker any more than Keaton understands Batman.
The Joker, whoever he may be, isnât surly and quietly menacing like this fellow. Heâs more manic and wild-eyed, and while (depending on the depiction) he may or may not be actually be funny, certainly he thinks everything is a riot, whereas Nicholsonâs Joker doesnât really seem to have much of a funnybone. Only in the climax, in a cathedral belfry showdown reminiscent of the climax of Metropolis, does Nicholson seem finally to grow into the character â just in time for him to be killed off.
Itâs not a complete waste of time. Burton does pull off some striking images, such as the closeups of Batman donning his battle gear, and the closing shot of Batman silhouetted against the Gotham skyline with the Bat-signal in the distance. And Gotham itself, all seamy, steamy alleys and decrepit concrete canyons, is a triumph of art direction. But when the Joker shoots down the Batplane with an unimpressive-looking handgun with a telescoping barrel, or when some anonymous thug kicks Batman around for several minutes in the cathedral climax, itâs hard not to be frustrated with the film.
Batmanâs best conceit is the notion that the Joker, the arch-enemy that Batman helped to create, also happens to be the thug who murdered Bruceâs parents, thus helping to create Batman. While some may object to this massive coincidence, it has undeniable poetic appeal, and works in a fairy-tale sort of way.
Even so, Iâm glad that Christopher Nolan chose to ignore Batman and its sequels in Batman Begins, a film that at last âgetsâ the soul of the Dark Knight. Indeed, thereâs a real sense in which Batman truly does begin with Nolanâs film, and that it is not merely the best Batman film to date, but the only one.
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