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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bob Kane (Batman characters)
Akiva Goldsman (written by)
Release Date:
20 June 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
Strength. Courage. Honor. And loyalty. On June 20, it ALL comes together...
Plot:
Batman & Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(82 articles)
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Holy Cr**py Movie Batman!!!!! more (840 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Arnold Schwarzenegger | ... | Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries | |
| George Clooney | ... | Batman / Bruce Wayne | |
| Chris O'Donnell | ... | Robin / Dick Grayson | |
| Uma Thurman | ... | Poison Ivy / Dr. Pamela Isley | |
| Alicia Silverstone | ... | Batgirl / Barbara Wilson | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Alfred Pennyworth | |
| Pat Hingle | ... | Commissioner James Gordon | |
| John Glover | ... | Dr. Jason Woodrue | |
| Elle Macpherson | ... | Julie Madison | |
| Vivica A. Fox | ... | Ms. B. Haven | |
| Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen | ... | Nora Fries (as Vendela K. Thommessen) | |
| Elizabeth Sanders | ... | Gossip Gerty | |
| Jeep Swenson | ... | Bane | |
| John Fink | ... | Aztec Museum Guard | |
| Michael Reid MacKay | ... | Antonio Diego |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Batman 4 (USA) (working title)
Batman and Robin (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for strong stylized action and some innuendos.
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Runtime:
125 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG | Brazil:Livre | Australia:M (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Chile:TE | Ireland:PG (re-rating) (2009) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35367) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:10 (original rating)
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Upon accepting the role of Batman, George Clooney immediately called his cousin Miguel Ferrer to let him know. Ferrer is a fan of Batman whose father, José Ferrer, was the first actor offered the role of the Joker in 'Batman (1966)(TV)'. more
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Crew or equipment visible: During the Bike Race scene, after Robin and Barbara come off their bikes and slide towards the end of the bridge you can see the rail tracks upon which the bikes and actors are being pulled along by. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Robin:
I want a car. Chicks dig the car.
Batman:
This is why Superman works alone.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Gotham City more
FAQ
Why did this film receive so much criticism?If Mr. Freeze had found a cure for MacGregor's Syndrome, why didn't he just use it on his wife?
Did this film's poor box office performance result in the end of the first Batman franchise?
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This is the most disappointing movie in the history of film for me.
A 2 out of 10 is generous. I should give it a zero strictly based on the Bat Credit Card scene.
Every single individual whether it be producers, director, writer or actors (minus Chris O'Donnell) should be "Bat-Whipped" for this piece of junk. This is your typical "absolutely cannot fail" franchise in film getting raped by studio execs making critical content decisions about a film when they have no talent to do so. Batman is popular simply because of the comic book not because of that retarded TV show starring Adam West, but this movie is more fashioned after that campy trash. This was nothing but a slap in the face to every true fan of the Batman. The direction of Joel Schumacher was deplorable. The set designs looked cheap (the ice looked and acted like dried craft glue) and were visually painful, especially the overuse of the red neon hue in many scenes. The digital effects were OK but often over done. The production cost was extensive, and I wonder what percentage of the budget went to the salaries of Arnold, George, Uma and Alicia. I'm sure it was high. I know Arnold got $20 million, so the percentage had to be fairly high. Well, everyone one of them needed to give back large portions of their salaries because their performances were atrocious. Alicia Silverstone needs to give her entire salary back. Hers was probably one the worst performances ever in a major motion picture. Arnold can't act anyway so I wasn't really expecting much, but I was disappointed when I heard he was cast as Freeze because he in no way fits that character. Freeze was a scientist and when I look at Arnold my first thought is not "Scientist". Ben Kingsly or Patrick Stewart would have fit better. Uma, who is normally a credible actress, was too "drama queen" which made it hard to immerse yourself in scenes she was in. Clooney was totally miscast as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I mean it's hard not to laugh when Batman is shorter than Robin. George like Uma was too overly dramatic, especially in scenes with Alfred, which made it hard to take him seriously. Chris O'Donnell was really the only actor that seemed real. With all that, I would have to say the overwhelmingly worst part of this movie was the script. Akiva Goldsman should have been banned from Hollywood after this script. It was a completely brainless jumbled mess. The story, which was pitiful at best, gets completely lost in entirely too many characters. It was so frustrating seeing the origins of certain characters ripped too shreds as Goldsman attempted to jam them into the script. Batgirl, who should have never been in this film in the first place, was changed from Commissioner Gordon's daughter to Alfred's niece, which made absolutely no sense. In an attempt, to explain why Freeze was so muscular it was explained he was an Olympic gymnast. How freakin' stupid is that? Gymnasts by necessity need to be small in stature to perform well in gymnastics and Arnold is enormous. Goldsman's use of dialogue was highly irritating consisting of nothing but one juvenile one-liner after another after another after another. One other thing that really irritated me was the complete mishandling and waste of the character Bane. Bane is a much more complex and vicious villain in the comics, and this movie version with Bane reduces him to a mindless henchman. Bane deserves much more character development than he received in B&R. The same thing happened in Forever, when one of the most highly complex and interesting villains in the comics, Two-Face, got reduced to second billing. Note to Warner Bros. stop screwing with Batman he can sell himself, and stop trying to cram so many characters into the films, and understand nobody wants to see a Campy Caped Crusader.