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Batman (1989)
7.6
Ratings: 7.6/10 from 138,802 users
Metascore:
66/100
Reviews: 700 user | 113 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker. Director:Tim Burton |
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| Michael Keaton | ... | ||
| Jack Nicholson | ... | ||
| Kim Basinger | ... | ||
| Robert Wuhl | ... | ||
| Pat Hingle | ... | ||
| Billy Dee Williams | ... | ||
| Michael Gough | ... | ||
| Jack Palance | ... | ||
| Jerry Hall | ... | ||
| Tracey Walter | ... | ||
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Lee Wallace | ... | |
| William Hootkins | ... | ||
| Richard Strange | ... | ||
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Carl Chase | ... | |
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Mac McDonald | ... |
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Storyline
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? Written by Gregory A. Sheets <m-sheets2@onu.edu>
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Betmen See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$42,705,884 (USA) (25 June 1989) (2 Screens)Gross:
$411,348,924 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Warner Bros. Pictures, Guber-Peters Company, The, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Tourist Dad: I'm sorry, this is my cab.
Passenger: Sorry.
Tourist Dad: Listen, I was here first!
[as the cab drives away]
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camera in extreme close-up. See more »
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
When the Tom Mankiewicz script was in development, the directors associated with the project included Joe Dante and Ivan Reitman. Producers wanted an unknown to play Batman and the cast wish-list included William Holden as Commissioner Gordon and David Niven as Alfred, Bruce Wayne's faithful butler. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The list of fatal "combined" ingredients in the newspaper does not match the one read by the anchorman later. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Passenger: Excuse me.
Tourist Dad: I'm sorry, this is my cab.
Passenger: Sorry.
Tourist Dad: Listen, I was here first!
[as the cab drives away]
Tourist Dad: Oh, God! Oh, taxi? Taxi!
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits run with a 3-D Batman symbol being explored by a flyingcamera in extreme close-up. See more »
Soundtracks
"Serenade no. 13 in G, K. 525 ('Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'), second movement"Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart See more »
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