Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
- dual identity
- double life
- chemical
- crime fighter
- superhero
- villain
- based on comic
- vigilante
- mobster
- organized crime
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michael Keaton
Batman / Bruce Wayne
Jack Nicholson
Joker / Jack Napier
Kim Basinger
Vicki Vale
Robert Wuhl
Alexander Knox
- Pat Hingle — Commissioner Gordon
- Billy Dee Williams — Harvey Dent
- Michael Gough — Alfred
- Jack Palance — Grissom
- Jerry Hall — Alicia
- Tracey Walter — Bob the Goon
- Lee Wallace — Mayor
- William Hootkins — Eckhardt
- Richard Strange — Goon
- Carl Chase — Goon
- Mac McDonald — Goon
- Directed
- Tim Burton
- Written
- Warren Skaaren, Sam Hamm
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 8,762 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Polygram Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1989 · You’re hereBatman
Where it starts.
Batman Returns
1992
Batman Forever
1995
Batman & Robin
1997
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
