Batman Returns
Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and written by Daniel Waters. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the sequel to Batman (1989), also directed by Burton, and the second installment in the Batman film series (1989–1997). The cast includes Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, and Michael Murphy. Set during Christmas in Gotham City, the film follows Batman (Keaton) as he confronts corrupt businessman Max Shreck (Walken) and deformed crime boss Oswald Cobblepot / the Penguin (DeVito), whose bid for power threatens the city. Their schemes are further complicated by Shreck's former secretary Selina Kyle (Pfeiffer), who seeks revenge against him as Catwoman.
Plot
In Gotham City, two wealthy socialites, horrified by the birth of their malformed and feral son Oswald, abandon him in the sewers, where he is taken in by a colony of penguins. Thirty-three years later, during the Christmas season, wealthy industrialist Max Shreck is abducted by the Red Triangle Gang—former circus performers implicated in child disappearances across the country—and taken to their hideout in the abandoned Arctic exhibit at Gotham Zoo. Their leader, Oswald, now known as the Penguin, blackmails Max with evidence of his corruption and murders, coercing him into helping Oswald re-enter Gotham's high society. Max stages the kidnapping of the mayor's infant child, allowing Oswald to "rescue" the child and become a public hero. In return, Oswald requests access to the city's birth records, claiming he seeks to uncover his true identity by investigating Gotham's first-born sons.
Cast
- Andrew Bryniarski
- Anthony De Longis
- Branscombe Richmond
- Christopher Walken
- Cristi Conaway
- Danny DeVito
- Debbie Lee Carrington
- Diane Salinger
- Doug Jones
- Felix Silla
- Gregory Scott Cummins
- Henry Kingi
- Jan Hooks
- Lisa Guerrero
- Michael Gough
- Michael Keaton
- Michael Murphy
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Pat Hingle
- Paul Reubens
- Rena Riffel
- Rick Zumwalt
- Robert Gossett
- Sean Whalen
- Steven Brill
- Stuart Lancaster
- Vincent Schiavelli
More details
| author | Daniel Waters Sam Hamm Wesley Strick |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Gotham City |
| director | Tim Burton |
| editor | Chris Lebenzon |
| events | Christmas corruption political campaign revenge socially marginalized group |
| genre | action crime political satire |
| keywords | abandon abduct alfred pennyworth bat-signal batman batmobile beauty queen bruce wayne catwoman circus performer claim help high society horrify kidnap nine lives oswald penguin power plant selina kyle socialite travel true identity two of her nine lives |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Visual Effects MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
| producer | Denise Di Novi Tim Burton |
| productionCompany | PolyGram Pictures Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Pinewood Studios |
| theme | gothic neo-noir sequel superhero |