Batman (1989 movie)
Batman was released in theaters in the summer of 1989 by Warner Bros. and soon became the highest grossing movie of the year. It was directed by Tim Burton and starred Jack Nicholson as a rather psychotic Joker, Michael Keaton as Batman, and Kim Basinger as reporter Vicky Vale.
Although Keaton played the nominal hero of the film, Nicholson received top billing.
This movie ushered a return to the "dark" roots of the Batman of the comics and away from the campy 1960s Batman television series and cartoon Super Friends.
Like many film versions of comic book heroes, the Batman movie told its own version of his origin, and how The Joker figured in that origin.
The minor-key score was written by Danny Elfman, with songs by Prince. This film spun off two animated series, and The Adventures of Batman and Robin, as well as four theatrical films, Batman Returns, (itself a spin-off of the animated television series), Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin.
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