Batman Begins

On June 15, 2005, a video game adaptation was released onto the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance consoles. In March 2006, there will be a new set, called Christmas Town, and a Tournament Kit released. The set includes many new & old documentaries, commentaries from both directors Tim Burton & Joel Schumacher, deleted scenes, music-videos, trailers, and new digital transfers for all four films: Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997). Released were starter decks and a base set. Also released on the same date was Batman: the Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997, which contains each of the four Burton-Schumacher films in new 2-disc special edition format. Sometime during 2005, a card game, titled The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG, was released. This puzzling rumor has left many potential customers baffled, and concerned with how to obtain this commodity from the very few vendors that still have some in stock. Kingdom Hearts II follows the movie plot, where Jack tries to take over Santa Claus' place on Christmas.

Some vendors have reported that the deluxe edition of Begins was set only for a limited release, and thus only had a one time stock pile. Jack can also join Sora's party whenever they are in Halloween Town. In addition, a Deluxe Two-Disc Widescreen Edition was released which contains exclusive special features and copies of Detective Comics #27, Batman: The Man Who Falls, and an excerpt of the 13-issue Batman: The Long Halloween. Jack then teams up with Sora and the others to stop Oogie Boogie's plans. It is available in Fullscreen and Widescreen. In this game, Jack tries to create an artificial heart so he can control the Heartless for use in his "Heartless Halloween," but the plan goes awry when Oogie Boogie (who was one of the Disney villains allied with Maleficent) steals the heart, ingests it, and tries to use it to control the Heartless for his own purposes. The Batman Begins DVD was released October 18, 2005. Halloween Town also appears as one of the worlds in the Square Enix/Disney Kingdom Hearts video game series (in fact, it was the movie's first official video game appearance).

2005 World Soundtrack Awards. Finklestein, and others--to both stop Oogie and save Halloween. 2005 Visual Effects Society (VES Awards). With these creepy wheels set in motion, it will be up to Jack and his friends--including characters such as Zero, Sally, Dr. 2005 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS Awards). Jack soon discovers that these nasty insects are under the control of Oogie Boogie, who's looking to take over Halloween himself. 2005 Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA Awards). The game's plot will kick off with the invasion of some unusual bugs in Halloween Town.

2005 Golden Trailer Awards. The side-scrolling adventure game centers around the first time Jack faced off against his nemesis, Oogie Boogie, to eventually become the Pumpkin King. 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards. The Pumpkin King is a side-scrolling action platformer in which you'll control Jack Skellington and use a number of different weapons to fight enemies and traverse obstacles. 2005 Costume Designers Guild Awards. The opposite of the Playstation and Xbox versions, the GBA game works as a prequel to the movie. 2005 BAFTA Awards.
A GBA game, "The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" came out in fall 2005.

2005 Art Directors Guild. In the game you get other costumes such as "Pumpkin King," and "Santa Jack". 2005 American Society of Cinematographers. The game features a weapon known as a 'Soul Robber'. 78th Academy Awards. The game features controls similar to Devil May Cry. In order for the sequel to achieve the targeted release date of June (the month that all Batman films are released) 2008, pre-production will likely begin sometime in 2006, with major filming happening in 2007 [6]. Now Jack has to stop Oogie Boogie's evil plans as he attempts to take over the other holiday worlds, and the 'real' world.

Neither are we.". In the story, Jack leaves Halloween Town to satisfy his curiosity, but during his absence, Oogie Boogie is reconstructed and by the time Jack returns he has taken over Halloween Town and tricked its people into thinking Jack has abandoned them. isn't interested in Robin. Intended to be a sequel to the movie, the game features the return of all the well-known characters in a new and arguably darker story with upgraded versions of the movie's songs. In an article listed on [5], Christopher Nolan stated: "Warner Bros. The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge is an action/adventure game developed by Capcom from Japan for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox systems. In a turn from comic continuity, Robin is not slated to appear in the new franchise. A video game based on the original movie was released in 2005.

However, rumours have placed: Adrien Brody, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Lachy Hulme, David Bowie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Crispin Glover, and a slew of other people in the role of the Joker for the sequel [4]. There has been a great deal of speculation recently that 2006 will be last year for the event, allegedly at Tim Burton's request. On August 22, 2005, producer Charles Roven denied that any villain had been decided upon, and insisted that the reference to The Joker in the film was only intended as a tip of the hat to the 1989 Batman film [3]. Starting in 2001, the ride has included a score that was written specifically for the ride by film composer Danny Elfman. As well as the major villains, supporting characters are rumored to include The Penguin, Talia Head (daughter of Ra's Al Ghul), and Black Mask (comics). The attraction generally has a one night opening event each year that includes special guests, a dinner, special merchandise, and a ride through the attraction, although the Happiest Celebration on Earth halted that in Disneyland in 2005. Goyer revealed in an interview that he and Nolan have devised a rough scenario for a trilogy, using The Joker as the antagonist in the second film and Two-Face in the third, loosely following the story from Batman: The Long Halloween. The attractions are closed in October each year for themes to be completely overhauled, and open until January of the next year.

Goyer will be returning for the sequels. For the past five years, the Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland in California and Japan have received a Nightmare Before Christmas themed overlay, called Haunted Mansion Holiday, for their Haunted Mansion attractions. At this time, director Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. A second poem, also read by Stewart, is included before the "End Credits" music; in this passage, Santa Claus describes a visit he made to Halloween Town many years after the events of the film. Gary Oldman (James Gordon) and Michael Caine (Alfred Pennyworth) are also under contract to reprise their roles [2]. On the soundtrack album, Patrick Stewart voices the opening narrative poem. This would make Bale the first actor since Michael Keaton (who appeared in the first and second movies) to play Batman more than once. Starfield Creations.

Warner Brothers has announced its intentions to make a sequel to Batman Begins with most of the film's main cast, including Christian Bale, returning. In the past few years many retail stores like Hot Topic have obtained the rights to sell products and have flooded the market with what some believe to be cheap and uninspired merchandise. But the movie marked a successful return of the Batman saga, erasing the legacy of its predecessor Batman and Robin and ensured the studio's plans to greenlight a sequel. Much of the original merchandise has become highly collectible and rare. Hiring him for this kind of movie, particularly one of Warner Brothers' biggest franchises, was a risky endeavour on the studio's part. Currently, 'Nightmare Before Christmas' has become one of the most sucessful franchises in terms of selling merchandise, and the film has developed a group of very dedicated collectors. Memento. In 2005, Tim Burton returned to the media of stop motion with his new film, Corpse Bride.

Before then, he was known for directing low-budget movies that focused mostly on dark themes, but had substance and depth, i.e. The same studio that produced Nightmare later created another stop motion movie based on the Roald Dahl book, James and the Giant Peach (1996), though it did not receive the same amount of success. The movie also solidified Christopher Nolan's capability of directing a major blockbuster. However, when it was released on video a new audience began to discover it and slowly it began to grow a cult following. A recent poll at IMDb marked the film as #1 as the best summer movie of 2005 with Revenge of the Sith at second. When the movie originally was released it failed to live up to expectations and was considered a flop. gross of the other movies would be as follows: Batman $403 million, Batman Returns $251 million and Batman Forever $271 million). Finally, Sally reveals her true feelings to Jack and in the end of the movie the two begin a relationship.

(The inflation-adjusted U.S. Once Santa has delivered all the presents he brings the Christmas spirit to Halloween Town, including snow, and the citizens are amazed by the new sensations. gross of $150 million. After Jack destroys Oogie, revealing him to be nothing more that a burlap monster full of bugs, Santa Claus hurries to deliver the correct presents and save Christmas. However, taking ticket price inflation into account, Begins is only ahead of 1997's Batman and Robin, which had an adjusted U.S. In order to salvage Christmas Jack hurries back to Halloween Town and confronts Oogie Boogie. According to boxofficemojo.com, the $135-million movie has earned $205.3 million during its North American theatrical run and approximately $166 million elsewhere in the world, making it the second most successful Batman movie (next to the 1989 movie) and fifth most successful of summer 2005 (next to Revenge of the Sith, War of the Worlds, Wedding Crashers and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). When Jack finds himself and his sleigh crashed in a graveyard and his vision of Christmas wrecked, he realizes that he is the Pumpkin King and that he should stick to what he knows best, namely Halloween.

Another complaint is that the script, at times, had jokey dialogue in the Joel Schumacher style. At the same time, Sally goes to try and rescue Santa Claus but is captured by Oogie Boogie and the two are in risk of their lives. The redesign of the Batmobile also evoked mixed reviews. In not too long, Jack is targeted by the military and shot down. Also, some felt that the dark and erratic cinematography on the fight scenes make it difficult to discern what's happening; others feel that that is precisely the point (the ambiguity and confusion is an organic interpretation of what the criminals experience). Jack's scary and sometimes dangerous presents put the people in the real world in a panic and they begin to call the police with reports of attacking Christmas toys and an imposter Santa Claus. Another is the complete reworking of Batman's origin to have Joe Chill captured the very night of the murder and serve nearly fourteen years in prison, thus some feel, removing Bruce's motivation to become Batman, and having Bruce trained by Ra's al Ghul and his minons. On Christmas Eve, Jack embarks on his makeshift sleigh flanked by skeleton reindeers and his ghost dog, Zero.

The short film Batman: Dead End succesfully portrayed Batman in his classic Alex Ross style black and grey costume, causing many fans to wish Batman Begins followed suit. The children take him to a villainous monster named Oogie Boogie. Some found the costume to look too much like Val Kilmer's "sonar suit" from the climax of Batman Forever. In order to successfully take over Christmas, Jack enlists the help of a trio of misfits named Lock, Shock, and Barrel to kidnap Santa Claus. It is worked on from roughly the 45 minute mark, but only appears fully an hour into the movie (1:01:26 to be exact). Sally, a close friend and admirer of Jack, tries to warn him that she thinks it is a bad idea to take over something he knows nothing about, but Jack is too wrapped in his fantasies to listen. Other criticisms of Batman Begins included the delayed first appearance of Bale in Batman regalia. All of the townspeople pitch in to create their own twisted version of the holiday.

For instance, Batman's first comic book run-in with Ra's Al Ghul involved Robin being kidnapped, whereas in Batman Begins, Robin doesn't yet exist. Soon Jack calls a meeting in Town Hall and reveals his plans to takeover Christmas. The film takes many liberties, despite being hailed for its more accurate portrayal of Batman as he is depicted in Bob Kane's comic universe. When Jack returns to Halloween Town he locks himself in his home and performs countless experiments to try and better understand Christmas Town. All told, this movie is considered to be the favorite Batman movie for critics and audiences alike. Jack is mesmerized by the color and cheerfulness of the holiday, and realizes that this is exactly what he has been searching for. The film is currently on the IMDb's list of the Top 250 films of all-time [1]. When Jack opens the Christmas door he is sucked into the wonderful world of Christmas Town.

The movie was also received quite favorably by audiences and many fans, earning the highest rating of any film released in 2005 by users of the website boxofficemojo.com and garnering an 83% score at rottentomatoes.com. Each tree has a door on it representing a different holiday. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times also gave it high praise, dubbing the film "the most successful comic-book adaptation alongside Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World.". One day while wandering in the woods with his dog zero, Jack discovers a circle of trees unlike anything that he has seen before. Early reviews from professional film critics were enthusiastic, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times (who panned all the previous live action adaptations of the character) calling it one of the best films of the year. Although Jack is loved and respected by the townspeople, he feels that there is something unknown to him that is missing from his life. At the end, Batman stands as the defender of Gotham. The film centers around Jack Skellington, the much adored leader of Halloween Town.

Gordon explains that a criminal in the lost "Narrows" area of Gotham has left calling cards at all his crime scenes in the form of a Joker playing card. . As the movie ends, Wayne takes total control of his company with Lucius as his CEO and a promoted Gordon expresses gratitude for what Batman has done. The film was released by Touchstone Pictures, a film studio owned by the Walt Disney Company, after the main Walt Disney Pictures division balked at some of the darker content. They battle and Batman eventually defeats Ra's. He did not direct the film as is sometimes believed, but he was still heavily involved. Batman eventually discovers that Ducard is actually the real Ra's al Ghul, and has conspired with Crane to poison Gotham's water supply with a toxin that would cause the inhabitants of the city to riot, destroying each other and Gotham itself. The film is loosely based on drawings and a poem by Tim Burton, and he served as co-producer.

Jonathan Crane (Cillian Murphy), who later becomes better known as the Scarecrow. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a stop-action animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas one year, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. Two of his first foes come in the forms of Falcone and Dr. Ken Page: Oogie Boogie. Fox uses his job as lowly caretaker to grant Wayne secret access to various unused company prototypes for his own use which includes body armor that makes up the Batman costume and a prototype car that becomes the first Batmobile. Paul Reubens: Lock. To that end, Wayne returns to Gotham and befriends an unjustly demoted senior company researcher, Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), recruiting him as his armorer. Glenn Shadix: Mayor.

Thus prepared, Wayne unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked superhero who uses his strength, intellect, and an array of high-tech gadgets to combat the sinister forces that threaten the city. Finklestein. Later, after leaving Ducard in a village to be cared for, Bruce contacts Alfred, who flies in to bring him home to Gotham. William Hickey: Dr. Ra's is killed in the battle, but Wayne manages to save Ducard. Catherine O'Hara: Sally, Shock. Wayne refuses to destroy the city he loves while vowing to fight evil his own way, and battles Ra's before making his escape. Danny Elfman: Jack Skellington (singing), Barrel, The Clown with the tearawayface.

However, after his training, Ra's and Ducard tell Wayne that he must lead the League to destroy Gotham, a source of evil according to the group. Chris Sarandon: Jack Skellington (speaking). Traveling to the home of the League of Shadows in the Himalayas, Wayne learns to use theatrics and deception as his greatest weapons. MPAA rating: PG. In jail he is approached by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) representing Ra's al Ghul (Ken Watanabe) of the League of Shadows, a group of fanatical assassins. Runtime: 76 minutes. He is later arrested and jailed by Chinese police for the theft of goods that, ironically, belong to Wayne Enterprises. Genre: animation, fantasy, satire, musical.

After the fateful meeting, a disillusioned Wayne steals away on a cargo ship, and travels the world for a year, seeking the means to fight injustice and "turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.". Specifications: Technicolor, 35 mm 1.66:1 (colours, Dolby digital sound). Bruce becomes ashamed of himself and promptly goes to confront Falcone. American picture. When Rachel learns this, she explains the difference between vengeance and justice to Bruce, and then tells him that his father would be ashamed. Released on: October 13, 1993. Bruce Wayne was planning to kill him as well, but was robbed of the opportunity. Music by: Danny Elfman.

The killer is granted parole, but is murdered immediately after the hearing by a mob operative. Written by: Caroline Thompson and Michael McDowell. Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes) is now a Gotham City Assistant District Attorney. Directed by: Henry Selick. We cut to roughly 14 years later; now a young adult, Bruce (Christian Bale) has returned from Princeton University for the parole hearing of his parents' murderer which was arranged as part of a deal to testify against the crime boss Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson). Title: The Nightmare Before Christmas. After being comforted at the police station by police sergeant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and being told "good news" about the shooter, Joe Chill, being arrested, Bruce is taken home by family butler Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine), who raises him in the absence of his parents.

Fatally wounded with a bullet in his chest, Thomas Wayne's last words to his son are, "Don't be afraid." Bruce is left physically unharmed, but in a state of total shock. The family exits into an alley where they are confronted by a mugger, who, despite the calm submission of Thomas, shoots both him and his wife. Bruce experiences a panic attack and begs his father to leave the theatre early. One night, the Waynes go to the opera where Bruce becomes scared at some of the dancers' portrayals of bat-like demons (from Mefistofele).

After his father, Thomas Wayne (Linus Roache), pulls him from the well, Bruce begins having nightmares about bats. A young Bruce Wayne (Gus Lewis), while playing with young Rachel Dawes (Emma Lockhart), falls down a well and is attacked by a flurry of bats. Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham City. .

It was a critical and financial success from most viewpoints. It more closely follows the darker psychological theme of the Batman comics and graphic novels. Although it is the fifth live-action Batman movie since 1989, the movie is neither a sequel nor a prequel to the previous Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher movies, but rather a complete revision or reboot of the series. Goyer.

The movie was first released on June 15, 2005, directed by Christopher Nolan, and written by Nolan and David S. Batman Begins (2005) is an American film based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane. Batman Begins links on Yahoo!. Batman Begins review by Graham Barnfield.

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Batman Begins at The Internet Movie Database. Batman Begins official web site. The scene where Batman escaped from Arkham Asylum using a flock of bats that he called from his cave using a sonic device was taken from Batman: Year One. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment..." is taken directly from the story "Fears" in the three-part series, Batman: Haunted Knight.

The line "Dr. This is a common alias the Joker uses in the comic books. Kerr. The evidence label on the bag reveals the name of the officer who discovered it: J.

The calling card the Joker leaves is a replica of the Joker card from the 1989 graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum. The driver was apparently drunk, and said he hit the car in a state of panic, thinking the vehicle to be an invading alien spacecraft. While shooting on the streets of Chicago, a man crashed his car into the Batmobile. On the set, costumed Christian Bale constantly had two people trailing him to keep the Batsuit smudge-free.

Anthony Hopkins was offered the role of Alfred, but declined. Chris Cooper turned down the role of James Gordon. Although Bale got the part, Gyllenhaal was co-writer Goyer's first choice, while Nolan enjoyed Cillian's audition so much that he cast him as The Scarecrow. A large number of actors auditioned for the lead role, including Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Jackson, Cillian Murphy, Hugh Dancy, Christian Bale, Guy Pearce, and Billy Crudup.

Whilst they end up becoming enemies, Batman and Ra's al Ghul both represent different (and admittedly contradicting) aspects of vigilantism: in Batman's case, a person or force that fights crime using methods outside of the law in order to uphold it rather than to undermine it, (bearing in mind that he would not need to exist were it not for the corruption and ineptitude of Gotham's police department); in the case of Ra's al Ghul, a form of unflinching, Machiavellian devotion to 'justice' based on the idea that all crime must be eradicated, rather than punished in the traditional sense, even using terrorist tactics to achieve said goals. At 140 minutes, Begins is the longest Batman film to date. [7]. Finally, there was a miniature version, which was around 6 feet long and able to fly for the scenes that required it except for the scenes where the car jumps and the scenes where the Batmobile enters the Batcave.

There was also a small electric motor that allowed the car to drive, which was necessary for the slow driving scenes. For the scenes that required the inside of the car to be filmed, there was another vehicle equipped with the hydraulics and decorations necessary to give the feeling of reality. Each of these cars cost around $250,000 to build. For the street scenes there were four Batmobiles, two of which being special in that one was the "flap version," with hydraulics and flaps for the close-ups when the car is flying, and the "jet version," with an actual jet engine mounted onto the back for the scenes where the jet was necessary.

The Batmobile is a working vehicle. He also played a crimelord in the 1989 Batman film. Chinese actor Vincent Wong plays a bit part, as an old prisoner in this film. The first letters of tracks 4 through 9 spell out "BATMAN.".

The track listings on the soundtrack are all named after different bat species. The word murciélago is Spanish for "bat.". In the movie, Bruce Wayne is shown arriving at a fancy hotel in a Lamborghini Murciélago. Christian Bale, the actor playing Batman, at one time auditioned for the role of Robin in Batman Forever before the role went to Chris O'Donnell.

The Ra's al Ghul decoy Bruce Wayne encounters at the party wears a green collar with a high cape, a reference to the comic version of Ra's. Director Christopher Nolan originally didn't want Jonathan Crane to wear a mask or be referred to as the Scarecrow. He also appears in a quick cameo in Arkham Asylum, when the patients are escaping. Ironically, the comics' version of Zsasz really is quite insane.

Rachel calls him on it and says Zsasz really isn't crazy. Crane declares Falcone hitman Zsasz insane as a favor for the mob boss. In the movie, Dr. This is made possible by Warner's ability to make its own films based on DC properties, and more tightly control the exposure of their "brands.".

Their plan is to release one critically and commercially successful film a year, as opposed to a slew of hit-and-miss pictures, with Bryan Singer's Superman Returns following in 2006, Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman in 2007 and Nolan's sequel to Begins in 2008. The film is the first part of DC Comics and Warner Bros.' intentions to compete with a mass of films based on Marvel Comics licences. passed. Before settling on Nolan to begin developing the project from scratch, Joss Whedon had pitched a smaller, character-oriented origin story, though ultimately Warner Bros.

ended production on Aronofsky and Miller's project, being dissatisfied with their take, which was focused as a revenge tale set in the 70s, reminiscent of films like Death Wish. Soon after Warner Bros. Superman in terms of the script and casting, eventually left to make Troy. Peterson, unable to make any progress with Batman vs.

A third project, a live action version of Batman Beyond, with Paul Dini and Alan Burnett hired for scripting duties, was also in development, though this project was terminated very early in the development process. Superman film, to be directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. began developing a Batman vs. Around the same time Warner Bros.