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Running time126 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$35 millionBox office$411.5 millionBatman is a 1989 American directed by and produced by and, based on the. It is the first installment of '. The film stars as the and as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside,. The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts a battle with the Joker.After Burton was hired as director in 1986, and wrote before wrote the first screenplay.
Batman was not until after the success of Burton's (1988). Numerous actors were considered for the role of Batman before Keaton was cast. Keaton's casting caused a controversy since, by 1988, he had become as a comedic actor and many observers doubted he could portray a serious role. Nicholson accepted the role of the Joker under strict conditions that dictated top, a portion of the film's earnings (including associated merchandise), and his own shooting schedule.The tone and themes of the film were influenced in part by and 's and 's. The film primarily adapts the ' for the Joker, in which Batman inadvertently creates the Joker by causing him to fall into Axis Chemical acid, resulting in his transformation into a psychopath, but it adds a unique twist in presenting him specifically as a named Jack Napier.
Filming took place at from October 1988 to January 1989. The budget escalated from 30 million to $48 million, while the forced Hamm to drop out. Did rewrites. Additional uncredited drafts were done by and.Batman was a critical and financial success, earning over $400 million in box office totals. It was the fifth-highest-grossing film in history at the time of its release.
The film received several nominations and a nomination, and won an. It also inspired the equally successful, paving the way for the, and has influenced 's modern marketing and development techniques of the superhero film genre. Three sequels, (1992), (1995) and (1997), were released.
Contents.PlotAs approaches its, Mayor Borg orders district attorney and police to make the city safer. Meanwhile, reporter Alexander Knox and photojournalist investigate rumors of a vigilante nicknamed ' who is targeting the city's criminals. While hosting a fundraiser at his manor, billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, who created Batman in the aftermath of his parents' murder during his childhood, meets with Vale during the event, but cuts short their meeting to secretly pursue Gordon, also attending, when he leaves on police business.Mob boss Carl Grissom, whom Dent and Gordon are targeting, sends his sociopathic second-in-command Jack Napier to raid Axis Chemicals, unaware it is a set-up aimed at having him murdered for sleeping with Grissom's mistress Alicia. Although corrupt police lieutenant Eckhardt arranges the hit on Napier by conducting an unauthorized police operation, Gordon arrives, takes command, and orders officers to capture him alive.
When Batman arrives to prevent Napier's escape, Eckhardt is killed during the confrontation, while Napier himself falls into a vat of chemicals when attempting to attack Batman, and is presumed dead by all. However, Napier survives, but is left disfigured with chalk white skin, emerald green hair, and a, resulting in him being driven insane and assuming the name of. Joker murders Grissom for betraying him, takes over his criminal empire by murdering his syndicate members, and scars Alicia's face to equal his disfigurement.Batman begins working to find a way of stopping Joker when he begins terrorizing Gotham City through the use of hygiene products laced with 'Smylex' - a deadly chemical which causes victims to with the same maniacal grin as the Joker. Joker soon becomes obsessed with Vicki and proceeds to lure her to the Gotham Museum of Art, where his henchmen within. Batman arrives and rescues Vicki, escaping the Joker's men, before taking her to his, providing her with the information from his research on Smylex that will allow the city's residents to avoid exposure to the toxin. Conflicted with his love for her, Bruce attempts to explain about his alter-ego when visiting her at her apartment, only for Joker to interrupt the meeting.
While Bruce avoids being killed with a serving tray, he realizes that Joker was the man who killed his parents, when he recognizes a question he uses from his childhood.Vicki finds herself taken to the Batcave by Bruce's butler, who had been coaxing the relationship between the pair to bring out Bruce's human side. After exposing his secret to Vicki, Bruce reveals he cannot focus on their relationship with Joker on the loose, and departs to destroy the Axis plant used to create Smylex. Meanwhile, Joker proceeds to lure Gotham's citizens to a parade with the promise of free money, in order to dose them with Smylex gas held within giant parade balloons. Batman foils his plan by using his to remove the balloons. Joker proceeds to shoot down the Batwing, before capturing Vicki and taking her into a cathedral. Batman, surviving the crash, confronts him, saving Vicki, while proceeding to prevent Joker's escape by helicopter with a heavy granite, causing him to fall to his death.Sometime later, Commissioner Gordon announces that the police have arrested the Joker's men and unveils the.
Harvey Dent reads a note from Batman, promising that he will defend Gotham whenever crime strikes again. Vicki is taken to by Alfred, who tells her that Bruce will be a little late. She responds that she is not surprised, as Batman looks at the signal's projection from a rooftop, standing watch over the city.Cast. 'I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and the Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan — and I think it started when I was a child — is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read.
I don't know if it was or whatever, but that's why I loved The Killing Joke, because for the first time I could tell which one to read. It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've ever loved. And the success of those graphic novels made our ideas more acceptable.' —Tim BurtonIn the late 1970s, Batman's popularity was waning. Was interested in producing a Batman in Outer Space film.
Producers and purchased the of Batman from on October 3, 1979. It was Uslan's wish 'to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman, the way and had envisioned him in 1939. A creature of the night; stalking criminals in the shadows.' Was approached to write a script with to direct, but the two turned down the offer. Uslan was unsuccessful with Batman to various movie studios because they wanted the film to be similar to the. And were among those to turn down the film.A disappointed Uslan then wrote a script titled Return of the Batman to give the film industry a better idea of his vision for the film. Uslan later compared its dark tone to that of, which his script pre-dated by six years.
In November 1979, producers and joined the project. Melniker and Uslan became executive producers.
The four felt it was best to pattern the film's development after that of (1978). Uslan, Melniker and Guber pitched Batman to, but the studio turned it down. Though no movie studios were yet involved, the project was publicly announced with a budget of $15 million in July 1980 at the in New York., the studio behind the successful Superman film franchise, decided to also accept and produce Batman.completed a script titled The Batman in June 1983, focusing on Batman and 's origins, with the Joker and as villains, and as the romantic interest. Mankiewicz took inspiration from the Batman: Strange Apparitions, written. Comic book artist, who worked with Englehart on Strange Apparitions, was hired for. The Batman was then announced in late 1983 for a mid-1985 release date on a budget of $20 million.
Originally, Mankiewicz had wanted an unknown actor for Batman, for, as, and as, whom Mankiewicz wanted to portray as a mobster with low body temperature. Holden died in 1981 and Niven in 1983, so this would never come to pass. A number of filmmakers were attached to Mankiewicz' script, including. Reitman wanted to cast as Batman and as Robin.
Nine rewrites were performed by nine separate writers. Most of them were based on Strange Apparitions. However, it was Mankiewicz's script that was still being used to guide the project.After the financial success of (1985), Warner Bros. Hired Tim Burton to direct Batman. Burton had then-girlfriend write a new 30-page, feeling the previous script by Mankiewicz was.
The success of The Dark Knight Returns and rekindled Warner Bros.' Interest in a film adaptation. Burton was initially not a comic book fan, but he was impressed by the dark and serious tone found in both The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke. Enlisted the aid of Englehart to write a new treatment in March 1986. Like Mankiewicz's script, it was based on his own Strange Apparitions, and included Silver St. Cloud, Dick Grayson, the Joker and Rupert Thorne, as well as a by the. Was impressed, but Englehart felt there were too many characters.
He removed the Penguin and Dick Grayson in his second treatment, finishing in May 1986.Burton approached, a comic book fan, to write the screenplay. Hamm decided not to use an, feeling that flashbacks would be more suitable and that 'unlocking the mystery' would become part of the storyline. He reasoned, 'You totally destroy your credibility if you show the literal process by which Bruce Wayne becomes Batman.' Hamm replaced Silver St.
Cloud with Vicki Vale and Rupert Thorne with his own creation, Carl Grissom. He completed his script in October 1986, which demoted Dick Grayson to a cameo rather than a supporting character. One scene in Hamm's script had a young James Gordon on duty the night of the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents. When Hamm's script was rewritten, the scene was deleted, reducing it to a photo in the Gotham Globe newspaper seen in the film.Warner Bros. Was less willing to move forward on development, despite their enthusiasm for Hamm's script, which Kane greeted with positive feedback. Hamm's script was then at various comic book stores in the United States. Batman was finally given the to commence pre-production in April 1988, after the success of Burton's (1988).
When comic book fans found out about Burton directing the film with Michael Keaton starring in the lead role, controversy arose over the tone and direction Batman was going in. Hamm explained, 'They hear Tim Burton's name and they think of Pee-wee's Big Adventure. They hear Keaton's name and they think of any number of Michael Keaton comedies. You think of the 1960s version of Batman, and it was the complete opposite of our film. We tried to market it with a typical dark and serious tone, but the fans didn't believe us.' To combat negative reports on the film's production, Kane was hired as creative consultant. Batman's co-creator, was uncredited at the time of the film's release and his name was not added to any Batman-related media until 2016.
As Batman and as Vicki Vale.Parallel to the casting, a who's who of were considered for the role of Batman, including,. Burton was pressured by Warner Bros.
To cast an obvious action movie star, and had approached, but he had no interest in playing a comic book character. Burton was originally interested in casting an unknown actor, who was falsely reported to be considered for the Joker, had actually been considered for Batman early in development. Producer Jon Peters suggested Michael Keaton, arguing he had the right 'edgy, tormented quality' after having seen his dramatic performance in. Having directed Keaton in, Burton agreed.Keaton's casting caused a controversy among comic book fans, with 50,000 protest letters sent to Warner Bros. Kane, Hamm, and Uslan also heavily questioned the casting. 'Obviously there was a negative response from the comic book people. I think they thought we were going to make it like the 1960s TV series, and make it campy, because they thought of Michael Keaton from and and stuff like that.'
Keaton studied The Dark Knight Returns for inspiration., and were considered for the Joker. Lithgow, during his audition, attempted to talk Burton out of casting him, a decision he would later publicly regret, stating, 'I didn't realize it was such a big deal.' Burton wanted to cast, but the studio insisted on using a movie star. Lobbied hard for the part. Jack Nicholson had been the studio's top choice since 1980.
Peters approached Nicholson as far back as 1986, during filming of; unlike Keaton, he was a popular choice for his role. Nicholson had what was known as an 'off-the-clock' agreement. His contract specified the number of hours he was entitled to have off each day, from the time he left the set to the time he reported back for filming, as well as being off for home games. Nicholson demanded that all of his scenes be shot in a three-week block, but the schedule lapsed into 106 days. He reduced his standard $10 million fee to $6 million in exchange for a cut of the film's earnings (including associated merchandise), which led to remuneration in excess of $50 million —biographer Marc Eliot reports that Nicholson may have received as much as $90 million. He also demanded top on promotional materials.was originally cast as Vicki Vale, but was injured in a horse-riding accident prior to commencement of filming.
Young's departure necessitated an urgent search for an actress who, besides being right for the part, could commit to the film at very short notice. Peters suggested: she was able to join the production immediately and was cast.
As a fan of 's work in various, Burton cast Gough as Bruce Wayne's mysterious butler,. Was cast as reporter Alexander Knox. His character was originally supposed to die by the Joker's poison gas in the climax, but the filmmakers 'liked my character so much,' Wuhl said, 'that they decided to let me live.' Burton chose as because he wanted to include the villain in a future film using the concept of an African-American Two-Face for the black and white concept, but was later cast in the role for, which disappointed Williams. Nicholson convinced the filmmakers to cast his close friend as the Joker's henchman, Bob. Irish child actor Ricky Addison Reed was cast as Dick Grayson before the character was removed by Warren Skarren for the revised shooting script.
The rest of the cast included as, as Alicia, as Mayor Borg, as Lt. Eckhardt, and as crime boss Carl Grissom.Design.
'On Batman, our vision of Gotham City was influenced by the tone of the comics, and also 's photographs of New York buildings and the work of Japanese architect. ( was consciously avoided as a reference; no one was allowed to watch it while we were designing the film and was shunned altogether!)'—Art directorBurton had been impressed with the design of 's (1984), but was unable to hire its production designer for Beetlejuice as Furst had instead committed to Jordan's London-filmed ghost comedy (1988), a choice he later regretted. A year later Burton successfully hired Furst for Batman, and they enjoyed working with each other. 'I don't think I've ever felt so naturally in tune with a director,' Furst said. 'Conceptually, spiritually, visually, or artistically. There was never any problem because we never fought over anything. Texture, attitude and feelings are what Burton is a master at.'
Furst and the deliberately mixed clashing architectural styles to 'make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest imaginable'. Furst continued, 'We imagined what New York City might have become without a. A city run by crime, with a riot of architectural styles.
An essay in ugliness. As if hell erupted through the pavement and kept on going'. The 1985 film by was also a notable influence upon the film's production design, as both Burton and Furst studied it as a reference. Black and white of key locations and sets were created by Furst's longtime draftsman,. Served as the, over seeing the miniatures and animation. Conceptual illustrator Julian Caldow designed the Batmobile, Batwing and assorted bat-gadgets that were later constructed by prop builder John Evans.
Sculpted the final body of the, adding two. On designing the Batmobile, Furst explained, 'We looked at jet aircraft components, we looked at war machines, we looked at all sorts of things.
In the end, we went into pure expressionism, taking the of the 30s and the of the 50s'. The car was built upon a when previous development with a and failed. Jack Nicholson’s Joker makeup effects were designed by Nick Dudman, who was handpicked by the actor to design the look of the characterturned down the chance to work on in favor of Batman. Ringwood found it difficult designing the because 'the image of Batman in the comics is this huge, big six-foot-four hunk with a dimpled chin. Michael Keaton is a guy with average build', he stated. 'The problem was to make somebody who was average-sized and ordinary-looking into this bigger-than-life creature.' Burton commented, 'Michael is a bit, which made it worse for him.
The costume put him in a dark, Batman-like mood though, so he was able to use it to his advantage'. Burton's idea was to use an all-black suit, and was met with positive feedback by Bob Kane. Vin Burnham was tasked with sculpting the Batsuit, in association with Alli Eynon. Jon Peters wanted to use a with the Batsuit. Ringwood studied over 200 comic book issues for inspiration. 28 sculpted latex designs were created; 25 different cape looks and 6 different heads were made, accumulating a total cost of $250,000.
Comic book fans initially expressed negative feedback against the Batsuit. Burton opted not to use tights, spandex, or underpants as seen in the comic book, feeling it was not intimidating. Designer Nick Dudman used acrylic-based makeup paint called PAX for Nicholson's chalk-white face. Part of Nicholson's contract was approval over the makeup designer. Served as in the film.The filmmakers considered filming Batman entirely on the Warner Bros. In, but media interest in the film made them change the location.
It was shot at in from October 1988 to January 1989. 18 were used, almost the entirety of Pinewood's 95-acre backlot. Locations included and doubling for, plus. The original production budget escalated from $30 million to $48 million. Filming was highly secretive. The unit was offered and refused 10,000 for the first pictures of Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
The police were later called in when two reels of footage (about 20 minutes' worth) were stolen. With various problems during filming, Burton called it 'Torture. The worst period of my life!' Hamm was not allowed to perform rewrites during the., who had also worked on Burton's, did rewrites. And rewrote the script during filming.
Only Skaaren received screenplay credit with Hamm. Hamm criticized the rewrites, but blamed the changes on Warner Bros. Burton explained, 'I don't understand why that became such a problem. We started out with a script that everyone liked, although we recognized it needed a little work.' Dick Grayson appeared in the shooting script but was deleted, as the filmmakers felt he was irrelevant to the plot; Kane supported this decision.Keaton used his comedic experience for scenes such as Bruce and Vicki's Wayne Manor dinner. He called himself a 'logic freak' and was concerned that Batman's secret identity would in reality be fairly easy to uncover, Keaton discussed ideas with Burton to better disguise the character, including the use of. Ultimately, Keaton decided to perform Batman's voice at a lower register than when he was portraying Bruce Wayne, which became a hallmark of the film version of the character, with later using the same technique.Originally in the climax, the Joker was to kill Vicki Vale, sending Batman into a vengeful fury.
Jon Peters reworked the climax without telling Burton and commissioned production designer Anton Furst to create a 38-foot (12 m) model of the cathedral. This cost $100,000 when the film was already well over budget. Burton disliked the idea, having no clue how the scene would end: 'Here were Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger walking up this cathedral, and halfway up Jack turns around and says, 'Why am I walking up all these stairs? Where am I going?'
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See also: andBurton hired of, his collaborator on Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice, to compose the music score. For inspiration, Elfman was given The Dark Knight Returns. Elfman was worried, as he had never worked on a production this large in budget and scale. In addition, producer Jon Peters was skeptical of hiring Elfman, but was later convinced when he heard the opening number. Peters and Peter Guber wanted to write music for the Joker and to do the romance songs. Elfman would then combine the style of Prince and Jackson's songs together for the entire film score.Burton protested the ideas, citing 'my movies aren't commercial like.' Elfman enlisted the help of Oingo Boingo lead guitarist and to arrange the compositions for the orchestra.
Elfman was later displeased with the of his film score. ' Batman was done in England by technicians who didn't care, and the non-caring showed,' he stated.
'I'm not putting down England because they've done gorgeous there, but this particular crew elected not to.' Batman was one of the first films to spawn two soundtracks. One of them featured songs written by Prince while the other showcased Elfman's score. Both were successful, and compilations of Elfman's were used in the theme for, also composed by Shirley Walker. Batman and the Joker face off in a scene dubbed the 'duel of the freaks'.When discussing the central of Batman, director Tim Burton explained, 'the whole film and mythology of the character is a complete duel of the freaks.
It's a fight between two disturbed people', adding that 'The Joker is such a great character because there's a complete freedom to him. Any character who operates on the outside of society and is deemed a freak and an outcast then has the freedom to do what they want.
They are the darker sides of freedom. Insanity is in some scary way the most freedom you can have, because you're not bound by the laws of society'.Burton saw Bruce Wayne as the bearer of a double identity, exposing one while hiding the reality from the world. Burton biographer Ken Hanke wrote that Bruce Wayne, struggling with his alter-ego as Batman, is depicted as an.
Hanke felt that Batman has to push the boundaries of civil justice to deal with certain criminals, such as the Joker. Theorized that 'Burton and the writers saw Batman and the Joker as a dramatic antithesis, and the film deals with their intertwined origins and fates to an even greater extent'.Batman conveys trademarks found in 1930s, notably the design of Gotham City stylized with design., writing for, observed that Gotham's design was a reference to films such as (1920) and (1927). 'Gotham City, despite being shot on a studio ', he continued, 'is literally another character in the script. It has the demeaning presence of and, staring down at the citizens.'
Hanke further addressed the notions of Batman being a, in that 'The citizens, cops, people and the television looks like it takes place in 1939'; but later said: 'Had the filmmakers made a rather than a, this could have made Batman as a homage and tribute to classic.' Portions of the pay homage to (1958).
MarketingThe B.D. Fox created hundreds of unused logos and posters for promotion, many.
In the end Burton and producers decided on only using a gold and black airbrush logo created by Bill Garland with no other key art variation, to keep an air of mystery about the film. Earlier designs 'had the word 'Batman' spelled in or -type font'. Jon Peters unified all the film's, even turning down $6 million from to build the because the car company would not relinquish creative control.During production, Peters read in that comic book fans were unsatisfied with the casting of Michael Keaton. In response, Peters rushed the first that played in thousands of theaters during Christmas.
It was simply an assemblage of scenes without music, but created enormous anticipation for the film, with audiences clapping and cheering. Allowed screenwriter Sam Hamm to write his own. Hamm's stories were collected in the Batman: Blind Justice ( ). And illustrated the artwork. Blind Justice tells the story of Bruce Wayne trying to solve a series of murders connected to. It also marks the first appearance of Henri Ducard, who was later used in the, albeit as an alias for the more notable.In the months before Batman 's release in June 1989, a phenomenon known as ' began.
Over $750 million worth of merchandise was sold. And comic book writer remembered: 'That summer was huge. You couldn't turn around without seeing the Bat-Signal somewhere. People were cutting it into their fucking heads. It was just the summer of Batman and if you were a comic book fan it was pretty hot.'
Published a novelization, Batman, written. It remained on the throughout June 1989. Burton admitted he was annoyed by the publicity. David Handelman of categorized Batman as a film. He believed 'it is less movie than a corporate '. Reception Box officeBatman grossed $2.2 million in late night previews on June 22, 1989 on 1,215 screens and grossed $40.49 million in 2,194 theaters during its opening weekend.
This broke the opening weekend records held by (which had a 4-day weekend gross of $37.0 million the previous month) and (which had a $29.4 million 3-day weekend the previous weekend). The film also set a record for a second weekend gross with $30 million (also the second biggest 3-day weekend of all-time) and became the fastest film to earn $100 million, reaching it in 11 days (10 days plus late night previews), The film closed on December 14, 1989, with a final gross $251.2 million in North America and $160.15 million internationally, totaling $411.35 million. And was the highest grossing until 2008's. The film's gross is the 66th highest ever in North American ranks. Although made the most money worldwide in 1989, Batman was able to beat The Last Crusade in, and made a further $150 million in sales. Estimates that the film sold more than 60 million tickets in the US.
Critical responseBatman was criticized by some for being too dark, but nonetheless received positive reviews from critics. On, the film has an approval rating of 72% based on 74 reviews, with an average rating of 6.56/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'An eerie, haunting spectacle, Batman succeeds as dark entertainment, even if Jack Nicholson's Joker too often overshadows the title character.' Gives an aggregated score of 66 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'A' on an A+ to F scale.Many observed that Burton was more interested in the Joker and the art and set production design than Batman or anything else in terms of characterization and screentime. Comic book fans reacted negatively over the Joker murdering and; in the comic book, is responsible. Writer Sam Hamm said it was Burton's idea to have the Joker murder Wayne's parents.
'The Writer's Strike was going on, and Tim had the other writers do that. I also hold innocent to Alfred letting Vicki Vale into the. Fans were ticked off with that, and I agree. That would have been Alfred's last day of employment at,' Hamm said.The songs written by Prince were criticized for being 'too out of place'. While Burton has stated he had no problem with the Prince songs, he was less enthusiastic with their use in the film.
On the film, Burton remarked, 'I liked parts of it, but the whole movie is mainly boring to me. It's OK, but it was more of a cultural phenomenon than a great movie.' Despite initial negative reactions from comics fans prior to the film's release, Keaton's portrayal of Batman was generally praised.
Called the film entertaining, with the highlight being the production design. However, he concluded, 'the best thing that can be said about Batman is that it led to, which was a far superior effort.' Felt 'Jack Nicholson stole every scene' but still greeted the film with positive feedback. Was highly impressed with the production design, but claimed ' Batman is a triumph of design over story, style over substance, a great-looking movie with a plot you can't care much about.' He also called the film 'a depressing experience'. His reviewing partner disagreed, describing the film as having a 'refreshingly adult' approach with performances, direction and set design that 'draws you into a psychological world.' Legacyand won the, while Nicholson was nominated for the.
The nominated Batman in six categories (, and for Nicholson), but it won none of the categories. Nicholson, Basinger, the makeup department, and all received nominations at the. The film was also nominated for the and the.The success of Batman prompted to create the acclaimed, as a result beginning the long-running and helped establish the modern day genre. Series co-creator stated the television show's design was inspired from the film. Timm commented, 'our show would never have gotten made if it hadn't been for that first Batman movie.'
Burton joked, 'ever since I did Batman, it was like the first dark comic book movie. Now everyone wants to do a dark and serious superhero movie. I guess I'm the one responsible for that trend.' Batman initiated the and spawned three sequels: (1992), (1995) and (1997); the latter two of which were directed by instead of Burton, and replaced Keaton as Batman with and, respectively.Executive producers and filed a lawsuit in on March 26, 1992. Melniker and Uslan claimed to be 'the victims of a sinister campaign of fraud and coercion that has cheated them out of continuing involvement in the production of Batman and its sequels. We were denied proper credits, and deprived of any financial rewards for our indispensable creative contribution to the success of Batman.'
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