Batman [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Guber-Peters Company production, a Tim Burton film ; produced by Jon Peters & Peter Guber ; story by Sam Hamm ; screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren ; directed by Tim Burton.
Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance. Based upon Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Special features: Commentary by director Tim Burton; "On the set with Bob Kane" featurette; "Legends of the Dark Knight:" the history of Batman; "Shadows of the Bat:" the cinematic saga of the Dark Knight parts 1-3; "Visualizing Gotham: the production design of Batman" featurette; "Building the Batmobile" featurette; "Those wonderful toys" featurette; "The props of gadgets of Batman" featurette; "Designing the Bat-Suit" featurette; "From Jack to the Joker" featurette; "Nocturnal overtures: the music of Batman" featurette; 3 music videos: "Batdance," "Partyman" and "Scandalous" by Prince; "The heroes and The villains" profile galleries; "Batman: the complete Robin storyboard sequence" featurette; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
After a young boy witnesses the murder of his parents on the streets of Gotham City, he grows up to become a mysterious figure in the eyes of Gotham City's citizens, known as Batman. He takes crime-fighting within the city into his own hands. Jack Napier becomes horribly disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory, and becomes known as the Joker. Now, the Joker is out for revenge on his former employer.
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