Batman (1989 movie)

Batman is a superhero movie directed by Tim Burton. It is based on the DC Comics Batman. Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jack Nicholson plays The Joker and Kim Basinger plays Vicki Vale. The movie was released in 1989.

Batman
Directed by	Tim Burton
Starring	Michael Keaton Jack Nicholson
Music by	Danny Elfman
Release date	June 23, 1989
Country	United States
Language	English

Many top stars were considered for the role of Batman, including Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Charlie Sheen, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Selleck and Bill Murray. Tim Burton was pressured to cast an obvious action movie star. Producer Jon Peters favored Keaton, arguing he had the right "edgy, tormented quality." Having directed Keaton in Beetlejuice, Burton agreed.

Related pages

• Batman
• The Dark Knight Trilogy
• Batman Returns
• Batman Forever
• Batman & Robin

Other websites

• Batman at AllMovie
• Batman on IMDb
• Batman at Box Office Mojo
• Batman at Metacritic
• Batman at Rotten Tomatoes