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) and the second installment in the 1989–1997 Batman series. In the film, the superhero vigilante Batman comes into conflict with wealthy industrialist Max Shreck and malformed crime boss Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin, who seek power, influence, and respect regardless of the cost to Gotham City. Their plans are complicated by Selina Kyle, Shreck's formerly-meek secretary, who seeks vengeance against Shreck as Catwoman. The cast includes Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, and Michael Murphy.
Plot
In Gotham City, two wealthy socialites, dismayed at the birth of their malformed and feral son Oswald, discard the infant in the sewers, where he is adopted by a family of penguins. Thirty-three years later, during the Christmas season, wealthy industrialist Max Shreck is abducted by the Red Triangle gang—a group of former circus workers connected to child disappearances across the country—and brought to their hideout in the Arctic exhibit at the derelict Gotham Zoo. Their leader, Oswald–now named the Penguin–blackmails Shreck with evidence of his corruption and murderous acts to compel his assistance in reintegrating Oswald into Gotham's elite. Shreck orchestrates a staged kidnapping of the mayor's infant child, allowing Oswald to rescue it and become a public hero. In exchange, Oswald requests access to the city's birth records, ostensibly to learn his true identity by researching 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 | crime |
| keywords | abduct adopt alfred pennyworth alter ego bat-signal batmobile beauty queen claim connect date kidnap nine lives oswald oswald cobblepot power plant selina kyle socialite 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 | neo-noir sequel superhero |