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Batman

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Gotham City. Crime boss Carl Grissom (Jack Palance) effectively runs the town but there's a new crime fighter in town - Batman (Michael Keaton). Grissom's right-hand man is Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson), a brutal man who is not entirely sane... After falling out between the two Grissom has Napier set up with the Police and Napier falls to his apparent death in a vat of chemicals. However, he soon reappears as The Joker and starts a reign of terror in Gotham City. Meanwhile, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) is in the city to do an article on Batman. She soon starts a relationship with Batman's everyday persona, billionaire Bruce Wayne.

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Michael Keaton
Batman
Jack Nicholson
Joker
Kim Basinger
Vicki Vale

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Awards

  • 1990 - Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - winner
  • 1990 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - nominated
  • 1990 - BAFTA Film Award - Best Costume Design - nominated
  • 1990 - BAFTA Film Award - Best Make Up Artist - nominated

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DC Announces Virtual Convention with Your Favorite DC Movies and TV Shows

Everything you love about DC in one place

Tue, Jun 16, 2020
DC Announces Virtual Convention with Your Favorite DC Movies and TV Shows

Tim Burton's Batman and More Are Leaving Netflix in April

It's last call for these titles

Tue, Mar 20, 2018
Tim Burton's Batman and More Are Leaving Netflix in April

Michael Gough, Batman's Alfred, Dies at 94

British actor Michael Gough, best known for playing Alfred in the Batman film franchise, has died, according to E! Online. He was 94. Gough was born in Malaysia and made his film debut in the 1948 movie Blanche Fury. He went on to appear in many British television shows, including the long-running series Doctor Who. He married his costar from the series, Anneke Wills, in 1962. They later divorced in 1979.

Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Michael Gough, Batman's Alfred, Dies at 94

Pat Hingle, Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Dies at 84

Pat Hingle, a veteran character actor best known for his role as Commissioner Gordon in four Batman films, has died after battling blood cancer. He was 84.Hingle, who was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a blood disease similar to leukemia, in November 2006, died just after 10 p.m. Saturday in his North Carolina home, according to The Associated Press.Born Martin Patterson Hingle, the actor's career ...

Mon, Jan 5, 2009
Pat Hingle, Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Dies at 84

The Dark Knight: The Joker Revealed!

Aside from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Sandman Mystery Theatre and Rex Mundi, I’m really not a very big comic-book fan. But I’ve got to admit I can’t wait for The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan’s sequel to the supremely excellent Batman Begins that’s scheduled to hit theaters in July 2008. The reason: The advent of the Joker, one of the greatest pop-culture villains since Richard III. I’m one of the few people who doesn’t really like Tim Burton’s Batman, mainly because I’ve always hated Jack Nicholson’s buffoonish turn (let the flaming begin). The Joker should inspire giddy fear, not goofy laughs (check out Allan Moore’s classic Joker story arc in The Killing Joke for what I think is the best – and scariest – take on this endlessly fascinating character). So I was thrilled to learn that Heath Ledger had been cast in the role, since he’s a good actor who, I suspect, has a dark side worth explori...

Wed, Nov 28, 2007
The Dark Knight: The Joker Revealed!