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BATMAN
Batman: The Movie
1966
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
DVD, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Not Rated
Twentieth Century Fox
ASIN: B00005LOUK
$19.98
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Cast List
Adam West ... Batman/Bruce Wayne
Burt Ward ... Robin/Dick Grayson
Lee Meriwether ... Catwoman/Kitanya Irenya Tatanya Karenska Alisoff: 'Kitka'
Cesar Romero ... Joker
Burgess Meredith ... Penguin
Frank Gorshin ... Riddler
Alan Napier ... Alfred Pennyworth
Neil Hamilton ... Comissioner Gordon
Stafford Repp ... Chief O'Hara
Madge Blake ... Aunt Harriet Cooper
Reginald Denny ... Commodore Schmidlapp
DVD Features:
    Commentary by Adam West and Burt Ward
    Tour of the Batmobile
    All-new Batman featurette
    Behind the scenes still gallery
    Full-screen format
 

Other Formats:
VHS, VHS subtitled in Spanish

Holy camp site, Batman! After a fabulously successful season on TV, the campy comic book adventure hit the big screen, complete with painful puns, outrageous supervillains, and fights punctuated with word balloons sporting such onomatopoeic syllables as "Pow!," "Thud!," and "Blammo!" Adam West's wooden Batman is the cowled vigilante alter ego of straight-arrow millionaire Bruce Wayne and Bruce Ward's Robin (a.k.a. Dick Grayson, Bruce's young collegiate protégé) his overeager sidekick in hot pants. Together they battle an unholy alliance of Gotham City's greatest criminals: the Joker (Cesar Romero, whooping up a storm), the Riddler (giggling Frank Gorshin), the Penguin (cackling Burgess Meredith), and the purr-fectly sexy Catwoman (Lee Meriwether slinking in a skin-tight black bodysuit). The criminals are, naturally, out to conquer the world, but with a little help from their unending supply of utility belt devices (bat shark repellent, anyone?), our dynamic duo thwarts their nefarious plans at every turn. Since the TV show ran under 30 minutes an episode (with commercials), the 105-minute film runs a little thin--a little camp goes a long way--but fans of the small-screen show will enjoy the spoofing tone throughout. Leslie H. Martinson directs Lorenzo Semple's screenplay like a big-budget TV episode minus the cliffhanger endings.
--Sean Axmaker
BATMAN
Batman
1989
Director: Tim Burton
DVD, Color, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated:  PG-13
Warner Studios
ASIN: 0790729652
$19.98
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Thanks to the ambitious vision of director Tim Burton, the blockbuster hit of 1989 delivers the goods despite an occasionally spotty script, giving the caped crusader a thorough overhaul in keeping with the crime fighter's evolution in DC Comics.
Michael Keaton strikes just the right mood as the brooding "Dark Knight" of Gotham City; Kim Basinger plays Gotham's intrepid reporter Vicki Vale; and Jack Nicholson goes wild as the maniacal and scene-stealing Joker, who plots a takeover of the city with his lethal Smilex gas. Triumphant Oscar-winning production design by the late Anton Furst turns Batman into a visual feast, and Burton brilliantly establishes a darkly mythic approach to Batman's legacy. Danny Elfman's now-classic score propels the action with bold, muscular verve.
--Jeff Shannon
Cast List
Michael Keaton ... Bruce Wayne/Batman
Jack Nicholson ... The Joker/Jack Napier
Kim Basinger ... Vicki Vale
Robert Wuhl ... Alexander Knox
Pat Hingle ... Commisioner James W. Gordon
Billy Dee Williams ... Harvey Dent
Michael Gough ... Alfred Pennyworth
DVD Features:
   Production notes
   Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1

Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats

Other Formats:
VHS

SUPERMAN
The Movie
Special Edition
1978
Director: Richard Donner
DVD, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Rated: PG
Warner Home Video
ASIN: B000059Z8J
$19.98
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Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books.
Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane--played by Margot Kidder--through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor.
--Tom Keogh
Cast List
Marlon Brando ... Jor-El
Gene Hackman ... Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve ... Superman/Clark Kent
Ned Beatty ... Otis
Jackie Cooper ... Perry White
Glenn Ford ... Pa Kent
Trevor Howard ... First Elder
Margot Kidder ... Lois Lane
Jack O'Halloran ... Non
Valerie Perrine ... Eve Teschmacher
Maria Schell ... Vond-Ah
Terence Stamp ... General Zod
Phyllis Thaxter ... Ma Kent
Susannah York ... Lara
Jeff East ... Young Clark Kent
Marc McClure ... Jimmy Olsen
Sarah Douglas ... Ursa
DVD Features:
Production notes
Theatrical trailer(s)
Incorporates Added Scenes
3 Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries:
The Magic Behind the Cape (Special Effects)
Making Superman: Filming the Legend (Production and Release)
Taking Flight: The Development of Superman (Preproduction)
Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director Richard Donner and Creative Consultant Tom Mankiewicz
Superman, Lois Lane, & Ursa Screen Tests
Audio Outtakes: Alternate Scoring for 8 Sequences
2 Deleted Scenes
TV Spots
Widescreen anamorphic format Other Formats:
VHS
Additional features
Filled out with about eight minutes of additional footage, this deluxe Superman almost doubles Marlon Brando's screen time with added scenes on Krypton and in the Fortress of Solitude and fills out the early life of Clark Kent, contributing to a more mythic portrait of America's greatest hero. There is also more disaster footage during the earthquake climax, and Lex Luthor's "Gauntlet of Death" sequence (seen on network TV broadcasts) is reinstated.

The commentary by director Richard Donner and "creative consultant" Tom Mankeiwicz lacks the focus and detail of a filmmaker really grappling with his work (it has been almost 25 years, after all), but it's full of interesting asides, casting trivia (Goldie Hawn as Miss Teschmacher?), and the good-humored byplay of two old friends.

The three documentary featurettes hosted by Marc McClure (Jimmy Olsen) are essentially chapters of a comprehensive behind-the-scenes study, full of illuminating interviews (Donner and Mankeiwicz are more revealing here), special-effects tests (including all the failed attempts to make you believe a man can fly), and the bizarre true story of the unceremonious firing of Richard Donner after he had turned Superman into a worldwide smash and shot about 70 percent of the sequel.

A separate supplement features screen tests for Christopher Reeve and five different Lois Lanes (including a giggly Leslie Ann Warren and a snappy Stockard Channing), and two legendary, delightfully demented scenes featuring Lex Luthor's snarling "babies" (also seen on TV broadcasts) are featured in the gallery of Deleted Scenes.
--Sean Axmaker



 
SUPERMAN
Superman II
1981
Directors: Richard Donner, Richard Lester (credited)
DVD, Color, Widescreen
Rated:  PG
Warner Home Video
ASIN: B000059XUI
 $19.98
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Director Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night) took over the franchise with this first sequel in the series, though the film doesn't look much like his usual stylish work (Superman III is far more Lesteresque). Still, there is a lot to like about this movie, which finds Superman grappling with the conflict between his responsibilities as Earth's savior and his own needs of the heart. Choosing the latter, he gives up his powers to be with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), but the timing is awful: three renegades from his home planet, Krypton, are smashing up the White House, aided by the mocking Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman). The film isn't nearly as ambitious as its predecessor, but the accent on relationships over special effects (not that there aren't plenty of them) is very satisfying.
--Tom Keogh
Cast List
Gene Hackman ... Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve ... Superman/Clark Kent
Ned Beatty ... Otis
Jackie Cooper ... Perry White/Dino
Sarah Douglas ... Ursa
Margot Kidder ... Lois Lane
Jack O'Halloran ... Non
Valerie Perrine ... Eve Teschmacher
Susannah York ... Lara
E.G. Marshall ... The President
Marc McClure ... Jimmy Olsen
Terence Stamp ... General Zod
DVD Features:
   Theatrical trailer(s)

Widescreen anamorphic format

Other Formats:
VHS

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