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Batman Begins (4K UltraHD + Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 18, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy & Morgan Freeman | |
Performer: | Ken Watanabe, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Lucy Russell & Sara Stewart | |
Directed by | Christopher Nolan | |
Edited by | Lee Smith | |
Screenwriting by | David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan | |
Composition by | Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard | |
Produced by | Emma Thomas, Charles Roven & Larry J. Franco | |
Director of Photography: | Wally Pfister |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A --
It's not just the birth of Batman we're seeing in this triumphant interpretation, it's also the dawning of Gotham City's age of greed.
Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
4 stars out of 5 -- Nolan's Year One reinvention of the franchise is largely about ambiance and mood....A more sober study in psychology...
Ultimate DVD
Rating: 4/5 --
The film looks great and there some striking set-pieces, but in spite of a series of comic quips -- the new film lacks a sense of adventure and fun. Nevertheless, Nolan, Goyer and Bale have still managed to revitalize the ailing franchise.
Full Review
The List
This intimate, brooding resurrection brings the Caped Crusader back to life by sending him back to his roots.
Uncut
[I]t's the flair of the set pieces that really impresses....The film delivers a pleasingly robust sense of spectacle....It is a welcome new beginning.
Sight and Sound
[A] triumph -- a confidently original, engrossing interpretation, with a seriously thought-through aesthetic point of view...
Entertainment Weekly
3.5 stars out of 5 -- Lined with wry humor, the film addresses questions of corporate greed...
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)--the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging--transformed into the crime-fighting superhero. With flashbacks to his privileged childhood, young Master Wayne, as he is called by the butler Alfred (Michael Caine), develops a terrible fear of bats when he falls through the backyard garden into a hidden cave. As a young adult, Wayne lives among the League of Shadows, a martial arts group in the mountains of Asia. His leaders Ra's al Ghul (Ken Watanabe) and Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) teach him strength, endurance, and--unfortunately--evil, against which he naturally rebels. Returning to Gotham and reinstating himself as a dapper socialite and the rightful heir to his parents' enterprise, Wayne quickly devises his secret identity, commanding help from the gadgetry expert Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman). With one eye on his childhood playmate Rachel (Katie Holmes)--now a beautiful woman and dedicated lawyer--and the other on his mission to save Gotham from criminal corruption, Batman makes his fledgling debut. But when the blue-blooded mastermind Dr. Crane (Cillian Murphy)--who steals every scene with chilling menace--taints the water system with a hallucinatory substance, Batman realizes he has met his first true opponent. An attitude of grave seriousness elevates BATMAN BEGINS above more cartoony Batman movies, as Nolan crafts a dark drama that thrives on sci-fi intrigue. Bale strides into the role with grace, adding refinement that is seldom seen in action-oriented films. And while the action scenes explode with high-tech glitz and fast-moving thrills, they are evenly placed among sequences of plot and character development, making for a complex and satisfying viewing experience.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 113,681
- UPC: 012569766778
- Shipping Weight: 0.33/lbs (approx)
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