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The Troubled History of Batman (1989): Burton! Keaton! Nicholson! Batmania!

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Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name that was such an anomaly at the time by completely redesigning and reimagining whole parts of Batman's established canon.

The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance.

1989's Batman laid the groundwork for the modern superhero film and all of the marketing surrounding them but also set off a number of other comic book movies to be made at the time.

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20 Comments

@wstine79 4 years ago

I remember hearing that Adam West was denied a small role in the movie. But with the movie being big and TV channels re-airing the 1960s show, his career got a second life.

@mindwipe8788 4 years ago

Still to this day I love the fact that without this film, Batman TAS wouldn’t happened and we wouldn’t be celebrating it’s 30th anniversary this September.

@DementedDistraction 4 years ago

This was the moment that made Batman 'cool' for the general populace.
I can remember being at school prior to the movie and being teased for wearing a Batman shirt because he was considered dorky at the time, but after the movie came out there were tons of kids wearing Batman merch.

@mikerios1065 4 years ago

Batman '89 made me love the structure of storytelling in movies. My late oldest brother took me to see this when I was kid. RIP Jaime.

@joenic4662 4 years ago

My uncle took me to see this when I was eight. The Joker has the line, "This town needs an enema." I asked my uncle what an enema was. When he explained it to me, I thought it was the funniest thing in the world and I couldn't stop laughing. When we got home, my mom was very angry at my uncle for taking me to see such a dark, violent movie. But I loved it!

@glennwelsh9784 4 years ago

Billy Dee Williams would also voice Two-Face in 2017's The LEGO Batman Movie, 28 years since since first playing Harvey Dent. The LEGO Batman Movie would also make several references to the '89 film, including the Joker Gas balloons and the Prince music.

@machupikachu1085 4 years ago

Vicki Vale - admiring a suit of armor
Bruce Wayne - "It's Japanese."
Vicki Vale - "How do you know?"
Bruce Wayne - "...Because I bought it in Japan."

Michael Keaton slays in this movie.

@scottyaugustinefennell-rod2178 4 years ago

Saw it with my Dad he passed away months later. He got me the movie on VHS that Christmas. He passed in Jan 1990. I still have that VHS. Love that film.

@wstine79 4 years ago

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@pdkup 4 years ago

I was 5 years old when Batman came out and I still remember the experience. My grandmother was watching me by herself that day and asked if I wanted to see a movie and I said, “Yeah!” She checked the paper and saw Batman was playing, so we went to see it. It was probably a lot darker than she thought it would be and I’m not sure if my Mom would have wanted me watching it at 5, but I loved it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The movie even elicited a rare outburst from me when the Joker says Batman is at home washing his tights just as the Batwing shows up. I jumped out of my seat and yelled, “You’re gonna get it, Joker” before my grandmother very quickly shushed me (that’s the only time I ever acted out in a theater like that). I’m pretty sure I casually wore my utility belt around the house for quite some time after watching it.

@JAllenGrim 4 years ago

I was 11 when Batman '89 came out. My whole family went to see it opening night at a midnight showing. The AC in the theater was broken, the house was packed, and it was a Las Vegas Summer. Despite the stifling heat, it was one of the best nights of my young life.

@jinpei05 4 years ago

Still remember catching the midnight showing with my dad and best friend on opening night when I was only 11. It was the first time I ever did that. Good memories.

@rocketdude2969 4 years ago

I remember the summer of 89 and it was magical. Indiana Jones , Ghostbusters , Star Trek V and most of all Batman . I went to see it alone and was blown away only to go back again and then twice more . I had the shirts the hat all the posters plus figures and when it hit VHS I preordered that too. To this day I can't watch the movie without saying every line. Michael Keaton is still Batman and his take on the dark knight is my favorite. Of course I have more figures and shirts and I'll watch the flash movie despite all the Ezra drama.

@A-Muse-U 4 years ago

My mom can actually quote this movie. She apparently watched it so many times in one night she can now say lines from the movie before they are even said on screen.

@matthewstoneback9 2 years ago (edited)

10:44 What's remarkable is how often actor John Glover has been associated with DC related projects. He would go on to voice the Riddler on Batman: The Animated Series, play the demented Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman and Robin and then appear as Lionel Luthor on Smallville.

@strangenrare8663 4 years ago

Burton's description "like hell had erupted through the pavement and kept on growing" is marvelously concise and effective.

My brother and I went to a midnight preview of Batman the day before its public release--it was thrilling to be 13 and out that late in the first place, but the opening notes of Danny Elfman's exquisite score creeping into the pitch-black theatre and the visual tracing of that dark, grainy/gritty bat logo was the biggest natural high for us goofy mormon kids... And when Bruce Wayne and Vicki Vale go to have sex, somebody in the audience shouted "That's it--show her the bat pole!!!" (which forever feels like a part of the film to me now) :)

This movie (and its score) stand up to any Hitchcock/Herrmann collaborative endeavor--genius combined is exponential genius.

@atariboy9084 4 years ago

1989 being a New Yorker I cant not turn my eyes away for 10 seconds with out seeing anything Batman Logo on Bus and Subway poster ads, street billboards and T-shirts being warn by ton of folks in the streets of Manhattan and yes saw it on day one releases in NYC Time Square movie theater.

@IanWatson 4 years ago

When you mentioned you were going to circle back to the Billy Dee Williams version of Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face decades later, I had forgotten entirely about the Batman '89 comic. Billy Dee reprised his role as Harvey and finally got to play Two-Face in the Lego Batman movie.

@acf4565 3 years ago

I saw it in 89 as well and it was a rainy and dreary day. We got t shirts at Walmart right before going. It’s one of my earliest most vivid memories. It remains one of my favorite movies of all time.

@saturdaymorning329 4 years ago

Dude my sixth grade teacher blew Batman outta proportion. Lucky enough for me it was a double feature at the drive-in with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I think Burton did a good job for the noir of the Batman character. Plus, Batman the animated series in succession to the copyrights of WB was such a masterpiece of animation that truly solidified Batman as a legend of comic lore.