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Batman Begins

Batman Begins
A man in a batsuit spreads his wings while looking down. Tall skyscrapers extend above and bats fly around him.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by
Screenplay by
Story by David S. Goyer
Based on Characters appearing in comic books published
by DC Comics
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Wally Pfister
Edited by Lee Smith
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 31, 2005 (2005-05-31) (Tokyo)
  • June 15, 2005 (2005-06-15) (United States)
  • June 16, 2005 (2005-06-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
140 minutes
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Language English
Budget $150 million
Box office $374.2 million

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero action thriller film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of the title character (Bale), from his alter ego Bruce Wayne's initial fear of bats, the death of his parents, his journey to become Batman, and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul (Neeson) and the Scarecrow (Murphy) from plunging Gotham City into chaos. Comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween served as inspiration.

After a series of unsuccessful projects to resurrect Batman on screen following the critical failure and box office disappointment of Batman & Robin (1997), Nolan and David S. Goyer began to work on the film in early 2003 and aimed for a darker and more realistic tone, with humanity and realism being the basis of the film. The goal was to get the audience to care for both Batman and Bruce Wayne. The film, which was primarily shot in Iceland and Chicago, relied on traditional stunts and miniatures, while computer-generated imagery was used minimally.


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