Batman & Robin
Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series, a sequel to Batman Forever and the only film in the series made without the involvement of Tim Burton in any capacity. Directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Akiva Goldsman, it stars George Clooney as Bruce Wayne / Batman, replacing Val Kilmer, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze, and Chris O'Donnell reprising his role as Dick Grayson / Robin, alongside Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone. The film follows the eponymous characters as they attempt to prevent Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from taking over the world, while at the same time struggling to keep their partnership together.
Plot
Batman and his partner, Robin, encounter a new villain, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of jewel thefts in his wake. During a confrontation at the natural history museum, Freeze steals a large diamond and flees, freezing Robin and leaving Batman unable to pursue him. Later, Batman and Robin learn that Freeze was originally Doctor Victor Fries, a scientist working to develop a cure for a disease known as MacGregor's syndrome, hoping to heal his terminally ill wife, Nora. After a lab accident, Fries was rendered unable to live at average temperatures and forced to wear a cryogenic suit powered by diamonds for survival.
Awards
Cast
- Alicia Silverstone
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Chris O'Donnell
- Coolio
- Doug Hutchison
- Elle Macpherson
- Eric Lloyd
- George Clooney
- Jack Betts
- Jesse Ventura
- Jim McMullan
- John
- John Ingle
- Michael Gough
- Michael Paul Chan
- Michael Reid McKay
- Nicky Katt
- Pat Hingle
- Ralf Moeller
- Robert Swenson
- Uma Thurman
- Vendela Kirsebom
- Vivica A. Fox