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Synopsis: Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series. The film stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman, alongside Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. In the film, Batman is widely believed to be an urban legend until he actively goes to war with a rising criminal mastermind known as "the Joker".
Genre: Action, Adventure
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
PG-13
Year:
1989
126 min
2,813 Views


NICK:

What, scared of heights?

EDDIE:

I dunno, man. After what happened to

Johnny Gobs --

NICK:

Look, Johnny Gobs got ripped and

walked off a roof, all right? No big

loss.

EDDIE:

That ain't what I heard. That ain't

what I heard at all.

(beat)

I heard the bat got him.

NICK:

Gimme a break, will you? Shut up...

EDDIE:

Five stories, straight down. There

was no blood in the body.

NICK:

No sh*t. It was all over the

pavement.

NICK has no patience with campfire tales -- but here on the

roof, in the pale moonlight, he can't ignore the slight

tingle at the base of his spine...

EDDIE:

There was no blood, man.

(beat)

My brother says... all the bad things

you done... they come back and

haunt you...

NICK:

Listen to this. How old are you?

There ain't no bat.

EDDIE:

My brother's a priest, man.

NICK:

No wonder you're such a chickenshit.

Now shut up.

(conclusively)

There ain't no bat.

As they speak our attention shifts to a point at the

opposite corner of the roof, some fifteen yards away...

where, at the end of a line, a STRANGE BLACK SILHOUETTE is

dropping slowly, implacably, into frame...

EDDIE:

You shouldn'ta turned the gun on

that kid, man. You shouldn'ta --

NICK:

Do you want this money or don't

you? Now shut up! Shut up --

BOTH PUNKS FREEZE at the sudden, inexplicable sound of

BOOTS CRUNCHING ON GRAVEL. They turn slowly. Their JAWS

DROP.

Standing at the edge of the roof, bathed in moonlight, is a

BLACK APPARITION. IT DOES NOT MOVE.

EDDIE stands rooted to the spot, a choked gurgle in his

throat, as if he's just seen his own death. The BLACK

FIGURE advances, spreading its arms. Or rather, its WINGS:

GREAT BLACK BATWINGS, flapping in the wind.

NICK drops to the gravel, gropes for the gun, brings it up.

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Sam Hamm

Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter. Hamm is perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns. As a result of his work, he was invited to write for Detective Comics. The result was Batman: Blind Justice, which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard, who later appeared in Batman Begins. Hamm's other screen credits include Never Cry Wolf and Monkeybone. He also wrote unused drafts for Planet of the Apes and Watchmen adaptations. more…

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