Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually committed by a new vigilante assassin.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Kevin Conroy
- Batman
- (voice)
Dana Delany
- Andrea Beaumont
- (voice)
Hart Bochner
- Arthur Reeves
- (voice)
Stacy Keach
- Phantasm
- (voice)
- (as Stacy Keach Jr.)
- …
Abe Vigoda
- Salvatore Valestra
- (voice)
Dick Miller
- Chuckie Sol
- (voice)
John P. Ryan
- Buzz Bronski
- (voice)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- Alfred
- (voice)
Mark Hamill
- The Joker
- (voice)
Jane Downs
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Pat Musick
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Vernee Watson
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Vernee Watson-Johnson)
Ed Gilbert
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMost of the movie is based on the graphic novels "Batman: Year One" and "Batman: Year Two". The flashback to Batman's first night of crime-fighting, donning a jacket and ski-hat is parallel to book one of "Year One". The design and concept of the Phantasm was derived from the Reaper, the primary villain of "Year Two".
- GoofsWhen Andrea first encounters Batman in her apartment and he asks her about her father, he hands her a photograph with his bare hand. In the very next shot his glove is back on.
- Quotes
Batman: You think you know everything about me, don't you?
Alfred Pennyworth: I diapered your bottom; I bloody well ought to, *sir*!
Batman: Well you're wrong!
- Alternate versionsThe UK video version was originally cut (for category) by 3 seconds to remove the use of throwing stars in the scene where Bruce fights off bank robbers. The new DVD version is uncut, and maintains the 'PG' certificate.
- ConnectionsEdited into Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
- SoundtracksI Never Even Told You
Written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard
Performed by Tia Carrere
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Featured review
The first great animated Batman movie.
Superhero fans of my generation had tons of great cartoons to watch while we we're growing up, and Batman: The Animated Series was right up there among the best. It combined action with a cool art style and serious plots that made the show just as appealing to adults as it was to kids. Mask of the Phantasm is a side-story of that amazing show, so it's no surprise that I still love it all these years later.
Phantasm works so well because it pairs the usual themes of the show with an extremely bittersweet love story and tons of the detective elements that are always present in Batman's best tales. Equal time is spent with the present day mystery of the Phantasm, and Bruce's early experiments with vigilante justice.
It's great to see Bruce Wayne get equal focus in the story, and in many ways the scenes with him out of costume are the most interesting and pivotal to the story. The Joker plays a crucial part in the plot, and a woman is introduced who had a powerful influence on Bruce's decision to become Batman. What more could the true Batman fan ask for? Mask of the Phantasm is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as The Dark Knight and Batman Returns. There's a classic story within its animated trappings.
Phantasm works so well because it pairs the usual themes of the show with an extremely bittersweet love story and tons of the detective elements that are always present in Batman's best tales. Equal time is spent with the present day mystery of the Phantasm, and Bruce's early experiments with vigilante justice.
It's great to see Bruce Wayne get equal focus in the story, and in many ways the scenes with him out of costume are the most interesting and pivotal to the story. The Joker plays a crucial part in the plot, and a woman is introduced who had a powerful influence on Bruce's decision to become Batman. What more could the true Batman fan ask for? Mask of the Phantasm is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as The Dark Knight and Batman Returns. There's a classic story within its animated trappings.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: The Animated Movie
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,635,204
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,189,975
- Dec 26, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $5,848,204
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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