Batman

Theatrical - Wide 1989-06-23

Cast Michael Keaton Jack Nicholson Kim Basinger Robert Wuhl Pat Hingle
Directed by Tim Burton
Written by Warren Skaaren Sam Hamm

Box Office Gross: $411,348,924

Running Time: 126 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Polygram Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company

Genres: Action Crime Fantasy

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7/10

Synopsis

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’... See more 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.

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