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Batman (1989)  link to Batman on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 226

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IMDb Rating:
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7.6/10 (266037 votes)

Country: USA, 126 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Director(s): Tim Burton

Cast: Michael Keaton (as Batman / Bruce Wayne), Jack Nicholson (as Joker / Jack Napier), Kim Basinger (as Vicki Vale), Robert Wuhl (as Alexander Knox), Pat Hingle (as Commissioner James Gordon)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: 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.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1