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Batman
Credits
Title: Batman
Genres: Superhero fantasy
Directed by: Tim Burton
Written by: Sam Hamm
Warren Skaaren
Produced by: Peter Guber
Barbara Kalish
Chris Kenny
Benjamin Melniker
Jon Peters
Michael E. Uslan
Music by: Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Roger Pratt
Edited by: Ray Lovejoy
Production
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Released: June 23rd, 1989
Rating: PG-13
Running time: 126 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $35,000,000
Gross: $251,188,924 (US)
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Batman is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy genre. It is the first major live-action attempt to bring the character of Batman to the big screen. The movie is based on a character and series of comic book titles published by DC Comics, which introduced the titular masked hero of Batman in 1939 in the pages of Detective Comics #27. The character and background of the Batman mythos was created by writer Bill Finger and graphic artist Bob Kane. The film adaptation of Batman was directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren. It was produced by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on June 23rd, 1989. Batman was followed by three sequels before the franchise was rebooted as "The Dark Knight Trilogy", beginning with Batman Returns in 1992.

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