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MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: Comic-Book Superhero Film, Master Criminal Films, Action
Box Office: / $251,188,924 / Top grossing film of 1989
Release Date: June 23, 1989 (USA)
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Summary:
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) ... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Michael Keaton - (Batman/Bruce Wayne)
Jack Nicholson - (Joker/Jack Napier)
Kim Basinger - (Vicki Vale)
Robert Wuhl - (Alexander Knox)
Pat Hingle - (Commissioner Gordon)
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Review:
At once whimsical and somber -- and, above all, dark -- Batman remains one of the better adaptations of a comic book character to the screen, and certainly one of the most stylized. This is not your father's Batman, and, given its relentless grimnes ... Continue >>

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