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Director:
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Bob Kane (Batman characters)
Sam Hamm (story)
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Release Date:
23 June 1989 (USA) See more »
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The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations See more »
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Burton`s masterpiece See more (659 total) »

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126 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Mexico:A | Malaysia:U | South Africa:PG (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:15 | USA:TV-14 | Brazil:Livre | Germany:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | Ireland:15 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | UK:15 (video rating) (1990) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Israel:PG | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:12 | Iceland:10 (original rating)

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In the original script, the paper Knox and Vicki worked for was the Gotham Gazette, not the Gotham Globe.See more »
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Miscellaneous: During the Prince "Partyman" music video included on the special edition Batman DVD, there is a single frame displaying the editing time-code on the screen.See more »
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[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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54 out of 66 people found the following review useful.
Burton`s masterpiece, 21 July 2003
Author: Filip (msegvic) from Zagreb, Croatia, Earth

This is truly a Fantasy/Comic movie-masterpiece. First of all- the excellent cast- Jack Nicholson shines in the role of the manic and crazy Jocker. Nicholsons character is truly amazing- like a mixture of his former roles/characters in "Chinatown" (Jake Gittes), "One Flew Over the Cuchoo`s Nest" (Randle McMurphy), "Prizzie` s honor" (C.Partanna), "the Witches of Eastwick" (Daryl Van Horn) and of course "The Shining" (Jack Torrance)- but (the character) still keeps his own style. Michael Keaton also proves to be the ideal type for Burtons`s Batman. He reminds on the dark Batman from the "Dark Knight" Batman comics, and is the exact opposite of Batman introduced by Adam West in the 70`s. Second, Tim Burton created a unique athmosphere, exactly matching to the characters. Some people say that this movie is to dark, but I wouldn`t agree. I must not forget to mention the exciting Batman Theme composed by Danny Elfmann. Burton`s Batman, differnt from all the other Comic-hero movies, like Spiderman, Superman, Flash or Hulk, provides a refreshing character dimension.

One of the best movies in the 80`s.

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