Batman (1989)
Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough
Synopsis:
Batman protects Gotham City from the scum of the criminal underworld, but is almost bested by former nemesis The Joker's fiendish plot to poison the water supply.
Review:
Unusually intelligent and sombre stuff for comic strip adventures at the time, with a powerfully insistent score, great sets and special effects, and a formidable comeback performance from Nicholson. Indeed next to Keaton's underplaying it threatens to destabilize the movie. Note: as evidence of the film's sense of style it is apt that despite overwhelming pre-publicity centring on the bat symbol, the opening credit sequence spends four minutes poring over a three-dimensional version of it without the audience becoming aware of the fact until the pull-out reveal.
Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough
Synopsis:
Batman protects Gotham City from the scum of the criminal underworld, but is almost bested by former nemesis The Joker's fiendish plot to poison the water supply.
Review:
Unusually intelligent and sombre stuff for comic strip adventures at the time, with a powerfully insistent score, great sets and special effects, and a formidable comeback performance from Nicholson. Indeed next to Keaton's underplaying it threatens to destabilize the movie. Note: as evidence of the film's sense of style it is apt that despite overwhelming pre-publicity centring on the bat symbol, the opening credit sequence spends four minutes poring over a three-dimensional version of it without the audience becoming aware of the fact until the pull-out reveal.
Country: US
Technical: col 126m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough
Synopsis:
Batman protects Gotham City from the scum of the criminal underworld, but is almost bested by former nemesis The Joker's fiendish plot to poison the water supply.
Review:
Unusually intelligent and sombre stuff for comic strip adventures at the time, with a powerfully insistent score, great sets and special effects, and a formidable comeback performance from Nicholson. Indeed next to Keaton's underplaying it threatens to destabilize the movie. Note: as evidence of the film's sense of style it is apt that despite overwhelming pre-publicity centring on the bat symbol, the opening credit sequence spends four minutes poring over a three-dimensional version of it without the audience becoming aware of the fact until the pull-out reveal.