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Batman
1989
After a young boy witnesses his parents' murder on the streets of Gotham City he grows up to become Batman - a mysterious stranger in the eyes of the citizens of Gotham - and takes crime-fighting into his own hands. His first encounter with trouble is when he is forced to defeat a horribly disfigured man out for revenge on his former employer and the whole city. However the identity of the 'bat' still remains a mystery, and it is up to milionaire Bruce Wayne and photographer Vicki Vale to uncover the secret.
126 mins.

Michael Keaton: Batman
Jack Nicholson: The Joker/Jack Napier
Kim Basinger: Vicki Vale
Robert Wuhl: Alexander Knox
Pat Hingle: Police Commissioner Gordon
Billy Dee Williams: Harvey Dent
Michael Gough: Alfred Pennyworth
Jack Palance: Boss Carl Grissom
Jerry Hall: Alicia
Lee Wallace: Mayor Borg
William Hootkins: Lt. Eckhardt
"They had the project for ten years and had several different directors atached to it. After Pee-Wee, they asked me if I was interested in directing Batman, and I was. But they didn't give the okay officially until after the first weekend's grosses from Beetlejuice came in...I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and the Joker... So, while I was never a big comic book fan, I loved Batman, the split personality, the hidden person. It's a character I could relate to. Having those two sides, a light side and a dark one, and not being able to resolve them - that's a feeling that's not uncommon. So while I can see it's got a lot of Michael Keaton in it because he's actually doing it, I also see certain aspects of myself in the character. Otherwise, I wouldn't havebeen able to do it."
Tim Burton, Burton on Burton