Batman Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Tim Burton
Genres: Action
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Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael_Keaton), who turned to crimefighting after his parents were brutally murdered before his eyes. The only person to share Wayne's secret is faithful butler Alfred (Michael_Gough). The principal villain in Batman is The Joker (Jack_Nicholson) who'd been mob torpedo Jack Napier before he was horribly disfigured in a vat of acid. The Joker's plan to destroy Batman and gain control of Gotham City is manifold. First he distributes a line of booby-trapped cosmetics, then he goes on a destruction spree in the Gotham Art Museum while the music of Prince blasts away in the background, and finally he orchestrates an all-out campaign to win the hearts and minds of the Gothamites, hoping to turn them against the Cowled One. Meanwhile, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim_Basinger) becomes the love of Batman's life-which of course plays right into the Joker's hands. Photographed by Roger_Pratt, designed by Anton_Furst, and scored by Tim_Burton's favorite composer Danny_Elfman, Batman was a monstrous box-office hit, making 100 million in the first ten days of release--82,800,000 in North America alone. Incidentally, Billy_Dee_Williams' comparatively small role as DA Harvey Dent was originally designed to set up the sequel, wherein Dent was to convert into master criminal Two-Face; but by the time the producers got around to that character in 1995's Batman_Forever, Two-Face was played by Tommy_Lee_Jones. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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