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Batman Returns Trivia:
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Batman Returns opened in America on July 19, 1992
and shattered its predecessor's record for the most successful
three-day opening in history with receipts of $47.7 million, and would
eventually gross $268 million worldwide. Still while coming on strong
at first Batman Returns did not return the huge amount the first one
did which made over $413 million dollars world wide.
The Batman Returns score was composed and performed
by Danny Elfman Jack
Nicholson convinced Danny DeVito to take the role of the Penguin after
Nicholson had gained a fair amount of acclaim and a generous paycheck
for his role as the Joker. At
least 50% of the Warner Brothers lot was taken up with Gotham City
sets The Batman costume
weighed 55 lbs. Batman
Returns was nominated for two Academy Awards being Best Effects/Visual
Effects and Best Makeup. It lost out to Death Becomes Her for Best
Effects/Visual Effects, and to Dracula for Best Makeup. Danny DeVito
was nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst Supporting Actor.
Composer Danny Elfman was one of the off-screen
egg-throwers during the Penguin's botched speech.
Danny DeVito was forbidden to describe the Penguin's makeup to
anyone, including his family.
McDonald's marketing tie-ins, including special
cups and Happy Meal toys, were protested by parents' groups because
they thought that Danny DeVito's Penguin portrayal would give children
nightmares.
Neither Tim Burton nor Michael Keaton had been signed up in advance
for a sequel; Burton came on board only after the script met all his
demands (he hadn't been entirely happy with the first film's
screenplay), whilst Keaton only agreed to do the second film after a
serious hike in salary.
Michelle Pfeiffer got through 60 catsuits during the 6 month shoot, at
a cost of $1,000 a time It
was intended that the character of Robin be introduced in the sequel
to Batman (1989). Reportedly, Tim Burton collaborated with DC Comics
artist Norm Breyfogle to redesign the Robin costume so that it would
coincide with the one planned for the film. Kenner Toys even went so
far as to produce a corresponding action figure, but when Robin was
eventually written out of the script, Kenner released the toy anyway,
as the character newly rendered in the comic books.
Tim Burton sought
Marlon Brando for the role of The Penguin. By then, Brando had
become virtually impossible to cast in motion pictures. Warner Bros.
adamantly opposed casting Brando in their beloved multimillion-dollar
franchise, as did creator Bob Kane, who said Brando was the worst
possible choice for the role. Would have been strange to see
Jor-El play the Penguin.
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Plot
The story begins 33 years ago, at Christmas time Gotham city. The
wealthy Cobblepots have just given birth to a child, but it is shown
that the baby is deformed. They soon decide to abandon him by dropping
it into the sewers. As the baby's basket rushes through the sewers,
the credits roll, and eventually the child comes to rest at the feet
of a group of Emperor Penguins from the zoo.
Thirty-three years later, it is Christmas time again in Gotham, as the
ambitious but ruthless business tycoon Max Shreck gives a speech at a
treelighting ceremony. However, the speech is soon disrupted by a
criminal group of clowns known as the "Red Triangle Circus Gang". They
fire guns and terrorise people, but Batman is summoned and is able to
restore order. Shreck is kidnapped amidst the chaos and is brought to
their leader, a short, deformed man known as "The Penguin". The
Penguin informs Shreck of the reason he has taken him: he wishes to
return to the society of Gotham, and he wants Shreck to help him
achieve this. Shreck is skeptical, but the Penguin blackmails him with
incriminating evidence of his more dubious business practices.
Shreck arranges for the Penguin to "rescue" the mayor's infant child
from his own gang members. The plan works, and Penguin becomes a hero
to all except a suspicious Bruce Wayne. The Penguin asks to be allowed
to find his parents, and is given private access to the Gotham's Hall
of Records, where he is seen jotting down an apparently unrelated list
of names. He discovers his parents were a wealthy aristocratic couple.
Adopting his birth name of Oswald Cobblepot, he publicly forgives his
now-dead parents, winning more hearts and minds. Shreck decides to use
Oswald's fame to his own advantage, persuading him to run for mayor to
remove the final obstacle to building a new power plant. Cobblepot
reluctantly agrees, noting he still has his own plans to carry out.
During this time, Shreck attempted to murder his timid secretary
Selina Kyle when she discovered his "power plant" was in fact a giant
capacitor to suck power from the city. She survived her subsequent
defenestration at Shreck's hands after her body was circled by a large
number of cats, and came back with a more assertive, unstable
personality, ostensibly with a cat's nine lives (minus her first
"death"). Kyle makes a homemade black vinyl catsuit and becomes a
costumed vigilante under the name "Catwoman". During Penguin's efforts
to cause chaos through his gang to create dissatisfaction with the
current Mayor, Catwoman bombs Shreck's department store. She
subsequently fights Batman, who had been neutralizing the Red Triangle
Circus earlier, and is apparently killed again in the process when she
falls off a roof.
While Selina Kyle is pursued in a romantic relationship with Bruce
Wayne, as Catwoman she allies herself with the Penguin to get back at
Batman for his killing her, although the two are still unaware of the
other's alter-egos. When the subsequent plan is put into action,
Batman is framed for kidnapping and murder and finds himself trapped
in the Batmobile under Penguin's control. He barely survives, but
Cobblepot has become more popular than ever. Although their plan was a
success, Catwoman and Penguin's alliance falls apart when she rebuffs
a sexual advance from him, and Penguin opts to kill Catwoman himself.
However, his campaign to recall the current mayor is quickly destroyed
when Bruce Wayne plays selected comments he stated while controlling
the Batmobile. He was recorded insulting the people of Gotham, and
this audio is played over the sound system at a rally. The people of
Gotham get angry and throw eggs and tomatoes at him. Penguin defends
himself with his gun umbrella. The Police chase after him, but Penguin
flees into the sewers, renounces his humanity, and reveals his secret
plan: to kidnap and kill the firstborn sons of Gotham's most prominent
families in a twisted act of revenge against what was done to him.
Before this scheme is launched, Bruce Wayne meets Selina Kyle at a
dance party hosted by Shreck, where she reveals to him her intentions
to kill Shreck. The two subsequently discover the other's secret
identity, but before they can leave to discuss this development,
Penguin storms the hall and tries to take Max's son Chip. Max
persuades Penguin to take him instead, and Bruce and Selina depart.
Bruce, as Batman, attacks Penguin's Red Triangle Circus goons, and
puts a stop to the kidnappings. However, Penguin has a backup plan: an
army of rocket-armed penguins dispatched to bomb Gotham. Batman uses
the Bat Ski-Boat to travel through Gotham's sewer system towards the
Penguin's lair. He narrowly dodges a pair of missile-armed penguins,
but manages to jam the birds' control signals and turn them around so
that they attack the base instead. Fearing that something is amiss,
Penguin uses his yellow duck vehicle to travel to the surface. Penguin
arrives at the zoo's entrance, just in time for the Bat Ski-Boat to
crash through a wall of ice, destroying Penguin's vehicle. Penguin
attacks Batman at once and taunts him, saying that he is just jealous
for not being born a freak, and having to resort to wearing a mask.
Batman states that there may be truth to what the Penguin says. Batman
then reveals the remote device he used to control the penguins.
Realizing that his "babies" are heading to his base to destroy it,
Penguin lashes out at Batman with his umbrella blade. Batman knocks
him down, but Penguin manages to grab the remote. However, the
penguins have already arrived and begin to launch their missiles. Just
then, a hatch opens on the Bat Ski-Boat, releasing several bats which
swarm and attack Penguin, sending him crashing through a window to the
murky water below.
Batman then glides through the window on his grappling hook and
discovers Catwoman has come to kill Shreck. Shreck tries to bribe
Batman into saving his life, but Batman just pushes him away, knocking
him into an electrical generator. Batman tries to talk Catwoman out of
vengeance, promising they could live happily together, but she refuses
to listen to reason. During the argument, Shreck draws a gun he took
from a Red Triangle clown and attempts to kill both of them. Batman is
shot once on the neck (he survives due to his suit's armour) while
Catwoman is hit four times as she approaches Shreck. This leaves her
with only two lives left. Shreck tries to shoot Catwoman a fith time
before she can reach him, but the revolver misfires.
Catwoman then sacrifices her next-to-last life by inserting a live
taser into her mouth and pressing her lips to Shreck's, while grabbing
of the generator with her free hand. All of this causes an overload on
the system, and a huge explosion follows. After the smoke clears,
Batman searches the debris for Selina, only to find Shreck's charred
corpse. Penguin, barely alive and seemingly poisoned by waste
material, emerges from the slimy water and grabs for his gun umbrella
to kill Batman, but picks up his "cute" one by mistake. He finally
falls dead on the floor and is slid gently into the water by the
penguins as a final tribute.
Driving through Gotham, Bruce sees Catwoman’s shadow. Investigating,
he only finds Selina's cat, which he decides to take home. As the
bat-signal lights up, the figure of Catwoman pops up on a rooftop, her
eyes on the signal.
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