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	Batman 1989 Soundtrack by Danny Elfman
		The conception of Bob Kane, Batman was first introduced in a 1939 issue of "Detective Comics" and went on to become a featured player in the Superman radio series, two 1940s films, several animated and live-action series, a 1966 feature film and various graphic novels.
		Batman arrives at the crumbling edifice in pursuit of Vale and Napier.
		Batman keeps a vigil at the end, offering a Batsignal to the city in case he should be needed again.
	www.angelfire.com /film/batman/movies/batman1/music/music.html (729 words)

	.::BATMAN ON FILM - "BATMAN" (1989)::.
		BATMAN (1989) is the first - and the best - of the four "Burton/Schumacher" summer blockbuster Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s.
		This film was the first "serious" Batman film and the highest money-maker to date.
		BATMAN is not an origin tale, but offers the audience a Batman (Michael Keaton) who has only been on the job for only a few weeks (which is strange because Keaton was pushing 40 when he got the role).
	www.batman-on-film.com /batmovies_batman89.html (186 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Batman review
		Batman was also the first movie I can remember that actually made available two soundtracks for sale.
		In another first, Batman stands as the first time the summer's biggest blockbuster was all set for home viewing by the time you were sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner.
		Batman was one of Warner's first releases in March of 1997 and the video quality is exceptional.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/batman.htm (1184 words)

	NPR : Batman, Present at the Creation
		Batman has many familiar forms, and not just because his alter-ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, is as stylish and glamorous as his darker half is mysterious and brooding.
		When Batman made his debut in issue #27 of Detective Comics, swinging from a rope with a crook clutched under his arm, the occasion was momentous not because of the superpowers being demonstrated, but for the character of the hero.
		Batman still didn't have any superpowers, but the show featured his array of gadgets, from his ever-present utility belt to the Batarang and the rocket-fueled Batmobile.
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/batman (1103 words)

	Batman (1989 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Batman is an American 1989 Academy Award-winning superhero film based on the Batman character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and appearing in DC Comics.
		It is the first entry in the original four-part Batman film series, the first directed by Tim Burton and the first to star Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
		Batman • Legends of the Superheroes •Return to the Batcave
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batman_(1989_film) (1740 words)

	Batman script by Sam Hamm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BATMAN hooks a rope to his Batarang, FLINGS IT at a catwalk across the floor.
		She advances the film in the camera and removes the roll, then drops it down her blouse.
		BATMAN floors the pedal; the Batmobile's powerful AFTERBURNERS kick in; and the hapless cops KILL THEIR SIRENS as BATMAN zooms off into the night at 140 mph.
	www.dailyscript.com /scripts/batman_early.html (14238 words)

	Independent Film Quarterly Magazine - 13 Going on 30
		“Batman Begins,” is not so much the promised prequel but rather a re-imagining of the entire bat franchise.
		While the original Batman held the man who would become the Joker responsible, a mafia informant performs the mugging/slaying of the Waynes.
		Batman, after all, unlike most super heroes is just a man in a suit.
	www.independentfilmquarterly.com /ifq/reviews/batmanbegins.htm (472 words)

	Batman (1989): Reviews
		Batman is largely content to skim the surface and bask in the light of its visual style.
		A fantastic film, with an interesting plot, and the joker has some laughs, but the sad part is, it's only third best in terms of the top (and only) 5 Batman movies.
		I love Batman and I love Tim Burton...and seeing this as an 8th grader, thought it was a groovey breath of fresh comic-adaptation air, but this dark movie has not stood the test of time.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/batman (883 words)

	"Batman Begins" Movie Review by Chris Alexis - 7M Pictures
		Christian Bale’s Batman is the darkest of the Dark Knights that have graced the silver screen in the past sixteen years.
		Even though this is a re-boot of the series, this film decides to use two villains from the comics that have not been used before in the movies to bridge the gap quite nicely and really illustrate further that this is not a remake of the 1989 version.
		In this film, Crane is a fairly good-looking and well spoken person who as the Scarecrow, merely wears a Scarecrow mask when dealing with his sick pursuits.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/batmanbeginschris_review.htm (935 words)

	Batmobiles 1989 - 1992
		In the summer of 1989, Batman came to the big screen for the first time since 1966.
		Thanks to the work of comic artists like Frank Miller, the public was ready for a new, darker take on the caped crusader.
		It has been used as a basis for several comic book cars, as inspiration for the Batman: The Animated Series car, served as a spokesmodel for OnStar in 1999, and easily ranks with the 1966 car as one of the most popular Batmobiles of all time.
	www.batmobilehistory.com /1989-batmobile.php (440 words)

	Filmtracks: Batman (Danny Elfman)
		Many traditionally classical composers may find fault with Elfman's dark and uniquely strange score for Batman (or, for that matter, any of Elfman's scores), but it doesn't change the fact that Batman was one of the highpoints for soundtracks of the 1980's.
		The main theme is the best Batman theme ever conceived --and it is a great shame, with due respect to Elliot Goldenthal, that the Batman series abandoned the great theme halfway through.
		Bits and pieces of Princes' songs work their way into the score --don't be fooled by the seperate, hideous song album (it has the gold bat logo from the top of this page in the center of its cover).
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/batman.html (582 words)

	Batman 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pitting Batman against his greatest enemy the Joker, the movie was a huge success and has spawned the 3 sequels.
		The origin of Batman is shown in a flashback which Bruce has during the movie.
		The origin of the Joker is part of the storyline, as Batman accidentally drops Jack Napier into a vat of chemicals while trying to apprehend him.
	www.geocities.com /~talotta/Batman/Bat1.html (420 words)

	Amazon.com: The Batman Legacy (Four Film Giftset): DVD: Michael Keaton,Danny DeVito,Michelle Pfeiffer,Christopher ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Compiling the first four Batman films, which as a previous reviewer noted both helped resurrect comic to film adaptations and nearly kill them as well, the Batman Anthology is better left on the shelf and the Special Editions of the first two films are the only ones worth purchasing.
		The second film, Batman Returns, was released in 1992 with Burton in the director's chair again and Keaton reprising his role and this time taking on the Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the sexy Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) as well as a crooked mayor (Christopher Walken).
		Batman Returns was one of the few super hero sequels that managed to successfully capture the spirit of the first film, and be it's equal as well.
	www.amazon.com /Batman-Legacy-Four-Film-Giftset/dp/B00004XMS0 (2089 words)

	BATMAN BEGINS - WIDESCREEN DVD
		Batman Begins is to Tim Burton's Batman films as Burton's films are to Adam West's camp-classic television series, so drastically have Nolan and co-scriptor David S. Goyer de-fabulized the mythology.
		She's given a moment of terrible grace in the film's epilogue when the expectation that the tortured hero will find romance is undermined by Nolan and company's clear-eyed look at their hero.
		Batman Begins is a refutation, and there seems to be at least one a year, of the popular truism that great cinema has been ghettoized into the arthouse, that the most talented people on the planet see their talent somehow evaporate as soon as they're given the keys to Hollywood's executive washroom.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/batmanbegins.htm (823 words)

	New Releases: Batman Begins - Cinematical
		The latest Batman film begins on a frosty Himalayan mountaintop, worlds away from the mean underbelly of Gotham City.
		It is a towering masterpiece of nouveau-goth; a classic that bleeds together film noir, expressionism and cirque du soleil to create a world where ghouls rise from the city sludge and meet their equally corrupt but smaller-hearted rivals, the cigar-chewing coppers.
		Batman Begin's is a the best version of batman in film to date.
	www.cinematical.com /2005/06/18/new-releases-batman-begins (2065 words)

	Filmtracks: State of the Sequel
		Batman Returns was a darker film, and Elfman complimented it with a stranger, less coherent score.
		The Aliens films have never had a memorable theme, however all of them have the same dark feeling of something about to pop out of your stomach.
		He began with the second installment and scored all of the Connery films, and most of the Moore films.
	www.filmtracks.com /special/sequels/multiple.html (1083 words)

	The Tim Burton Collective - Batman
		Burton's take on The Dark Knight finally came to the screen in 1989 with a level of anticipation and hype that was totally unprecedented at the time.
		The film itself, while having dated perhaps more than any other Burton film (particularly with the cheesy model work and Prince music), remains an enjoyable blockbuster, that paved the way for comic book movies to be taken seriously.
		This is a fun little documentary that traces Batman's 60+ year history, from comics to TV to the big screen.
	www.timburtoncollective.com /batman.html (737 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Batman [1989]: DVD: Michael Keaton,Jack Nicholson,Kim Basinger,Robert Wuhl,Pat Hingle,Billy Dee ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The films plot is basically Batman vs The Joker to all extents and purposes, and although this premise is perhaps a little thin, theres always an action scene to liven things up.
		In terms of introducing us to a new series of 'Batman films', Tim Burton does an excellent job of bringing Batman into Gotham City, were no-body knows who or what Batman is. Micheal Keaton does a great job of developing his Batman character from start to finish.
		I hadn't seen the original Batman movie since it was released in 1989, and I have to say that it is not quite as good as I remember it being the first time.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Batman-Michael-Keaton/dp/B00004CX83 (2108 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Batman (1989)
		It took me two viewings to accept Michael Keaton in the role of Batman, not that I had any sort of loyalty to Adam West in the campy sixties television show, but that I had already had a vision in my mind of how Batman should look and act, and Keaton was not it.
		However, there is more to resolve with this film than my quibbles with the lead actor.
		There are some strong scenes to compensate for the poor -- most involving Batman in action -- and the stars and clever camerawork are fun enough to watch.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/batman.1989.shtml (216 words)

	The Planet - Batman Prologue
		BATMAN: PROLOUGE by Paul J. Wares is exactly that - a story that directly leads into Tim Burton’s 1989 BATMAN.
		Once the opening credits have rolled - accompanied by Danny Elfman’s score from the 1989 film, we find Matches Malone - a nod to the 1970s Batman comics - in a warehouse - along with a character mentioned, but not seen, in the 1989 original - Johnny Gobs.
		Here, The Batman attacks from the shadows and takes down the goons that accompanied Gobs one by one, before he finally secures and questions Gobs himself.
	www.bluetights.net /theplanet/printthread.php?t=5784 (1841 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Actor Bale lands Batman role
		He has had roles in a number of other films but it was his portrayal of a yuppie serial killer in the adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho that launched him back into the big league.
		The Warner Bros studio is attempting to revive the Batman film franchise, following the disastrous 1997 movie Batman and Robin, starring George Clooney as the hero.
		Tim Burton's hugely successful 1989 film starring Michael Keaton, had put the character back into the limelight after Batman had become unfashionable.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3102536.stm (322 words)

	Batman Movie Online - Articles
		This is an article from the September 1989 issue of Fighters by A.D Davies.
		It is an interview with Dave Lea, bodydouble for Micheal Keaton on both Batman and Batman Returns, as he tells his story of how he went from street punk extra to the Dark Knight himself!
		This is an article from the November 1989 issue of Cinefantastique by Alan Jones.
	www.batmanmovieonline.com /behindthescenes/articles/batman.html (455 words)

	Amazon.com: Batman: DVD: Michael Keaton,Jack Nicholson,Kim Basinger,Robert Wuhl,Pat Hingle,Billy Dee Williams,Michael ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After watching the last two Batman flicks, I had kind of written the series off, but watching this on TV the other night I realized that I had forgotten how good this was.
		Michael Keaton was perfect as Batman, if you think about it Bruce Wayne is not the most tightly wrapped guy out there, he dresses up as a giant flying rodent and runs around at night in Gotham City beating up on criminals, and Keaton captured this essence perfectly.
		It is a testament to the film's influence that numerous comic book movies have subsequently used Danny Elman scores (including rival Marvel's "Spider-Man") and molded fl rubber suits, though this film also owes much to 1978's "Superman" with its realistic approach and A-list villains.
	www.amazon.com /Batman-Michael-Keaton/dp/0790729652 (2091 words)

	World of Westfahl Reference: Batman
		The inferior sequel Batman Returns (1992) briefly conveys this mood in the dark opening scene, where the deformed baby destined to become the criminal Penguin is thrown into an icy river, left to be raised by penguins.
		Batman's regular use of a time-travel machine also brought him into contact with several figures from myths and legends.
		One might see his cheerful and gimmicky character of the 1950s as a desperate attempt by a conservative American society to wrestle this crepuscular hero into the sunlight, and his subsequent darkening as an inevitable return to his true nature.
	www.sfsite.com /gary/ww-batman01.htm (628 words)

	Batman The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 DVD site
		The ultimate Batman collection, featuring all of the first four Batman films, is now available on DVD and video, either individually, or as part of the Batman The Motion Picture Anthology DVD collection.
		Batman (1989) Tim Burton’s direction and Michael Keaton’s performance combine perfectly in this first film to capture the sinister atmosphere of Gotham City and the brooding nature of Batman.
		BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
	www.warnervideo.com /batmanmoviesondvd (1534 words)

	Batman (1989) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Stamping its batwing logo on the forehead of Summer 1989, Batman is only memorable for its marketing savvy, which ushered in a decade of Hollywood event-movie hype.
		The film made Jack Nicholson a fortune, after he negotiated a slice of the vast merchandising revenues.
		Unfortunately, Burton's Gotham City reeks of stage set, and his Batman (Keaton) is a quizzical clown, who is astonishingly unthreatening for a vigilante who likes to dress as a giant bat.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=100878 (259 words)

	So Ol' Jack is making money off of this film too! - The Superhero Hype! Boards
		The producer of the 1989 film told of a story where Jack, Him and burton where at a meeting.
		i forget what all is detailed in the contract...but i do remember that he gets a certain percentage of all merchandising to do with any and all batman films along with a percentage of the box office....of any and all batman film ever made....for the rest of time....its a ridiculous contract.
		The Batman movies are only worth about a little over a billion dollars and Jack gets a certain percentage of that.
	www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=188455 (1550 words)

	Batman Begins film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After Tim Burton's impressive and stylish 1989 film the series went slowly downhill, with fans of the caped crusader let down by increasingly poor offerings.
		The nadir was probably the two films by Joel Schumacher, notably Batman and Robin in 1997 when an ill-suited George Clooney dealt with Arnold Schwarzenegger's truly lamentable Mr.
		This seemed to put the nail in the coffin as far as the franchise was concerned, but fans (and indeed anyone with a mild interest in the Batman's antics) can breathe a sigh of relief.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/batman_begins.html (812 words)

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