Batman (1989 film)

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Batman is a 1989 film about the caped crusader's fight against his arch-nemesis, the Joker.

Directed by: Tim Burton. Written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren, based upon characters created by Bob Kane.


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[edit] Jack Napier/The Joker

  • Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier someplace else.
  • [During his first encounter with Batman] Nice outfit.
  • Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my prey. I just like the sound of it.
  • [Complaining to Bob about Batman] Batman, Batman! Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press? This town needs an enema!
  • I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman. [shoots the TV which he is watching]
  • Gotham City. Always brings a smile to my face.
  • "Winged freak terrorizes"? Wait 'til they get a load of me!
  • [before shooting Grissom] Jack? Jack is dead, my friend. You can call me, Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier.
  • Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?
  • [to Bob, imitating Grissom] And Bob? Remember, you, are my number one, guy!
  • [To Rotelli's smoking corpse] You are a vicious bastard, Rottelli. [strangles him] I'm glad you're dead!
  • I saw it! I was there. I saw it all. He reached up with his dead hand and he signed it in his own blood, and he did it with this pen. Hello, Vinny. It's your Uncle Bingo. Time to pay the check. [stabs Vinny in the throat with a quill pen] The pen, is truly mightier than the sword!
  • New, improved Joker products! With a new secret ingredient: Smilex. That luscious tan, those ruby lips, and hair color so natural, only your undertaker knows for sure. I know what you're saying: where could I get these fine new items? Well that's the gag. Chances are, you bought them already! So, remember, put on a happy face!
  • [to Goons] Gentlemen! Let's broaden our minds.
  • I now do what other people only dream. I make art until someone dies. See? [laughs maniacally then abruptly stops and continues in a serious voice] I am the world's first fully functioning homicidal artist.
  • Where does he get those wonderful toys?
  • I'm only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep / If you could see inside I'm really crying / You might join me for a weep. [laughs]
  • Joker here. Now you fellas have said some pretty mean things. Some of which were true, under that fiend Boss Grissom. He was a thief, and a terrorist. On the other hand, he had a tremendous singing voice. He's dead now, and he's left me in charge. Now, I can be theatrical, and maybe even a little rough, but one thing I am not, is a killer. I am an artist. I love a good party. So, truce. Commence au festival!
  • [to Batman] I have taken off my makeup. Now let's see if you can take off yours.
  • And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money. And where is the Batman? He's at home, washin' his tights! Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said, if you've got to go, go with a smile!
  • My balloons. Those are my balloons. HE STOLE MY BALLOONS! Why didn't anyone tell me he had one of those... things?! Bob, gun. [Bob hands him a gun, Joker shoots him, then somberly walks off] I'm gonna need a minute or two alone, boys.
  • Come on, you gruesome son of a bitch. Come to me, come on!
  • [Courting Vicki Vale] It's as though we were made for each other, Beauty and the Beast. Of course, if anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out.
  • [Visiting Vicki Vale's apartment] Nice place, lots of, space.
  • [To Batman] You IDIOT! You made me! Remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals! That wasn't easy to get over! And don't think that I didn't try.
  • Can it truly be said that I have a bat in my belfry?
  • [to Vicki Vale] You know, without you, I just couldn't go on . . . . . [puts his gun to his head - it is a fake - Vicky screams, he laughs]
  • [to Bob] You must possess strength to inflict pain, Bob. We've got a flying mouse to kill, and I wanna clean my claws.
  • [to Vicki] Darling, I've gotta get you to the church on time.

[edit] Batman/Bruce Wayne

  • You're a very nice girl, and I like you a lot. But, for now, shut up!
  • [after holding Vicki Vale while ascending, who says she weighs 108 pounds] You weigh a little more than 108.
  • [Visiting Vicki Vale's apartment] Nice place... lots of... space.
  • [On Wayne Manor] Some of the pancakes are mine.
  • I'm Batman.

[edit] Others

  • Grissom: Jack, it's an important job. I need someone I can trust. You, are my number one, guy!
  • Tony: Yeah, and what's with that stupid grin?
  • Alexander Knox: Lieutenant, is there a six-foot bat in Gotham City? And, if so, is he on the police payroll? And, if so, what's he pulling down, after taxes?
  • Alexander Knox: [upon seeing a strange, wooden suit of armor in Wayne's display hall] Check this out! He must have been "King of the Wicker People!"
  • Lieutenant Eckhardt: Sorry Knox. These two slipped on a banana peel.

[edit] Dialogue

Nick: Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man! Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man!!
Batman: I'm not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
Nick: What are you?!
Batman: I'm Batman.
Alexander Knox: You know what they say? They say he can't be killed. They say he drinks blood. They say . . . . .
Lieutenant Eckhardt: And I say you're full of shit, Knox. Oh, uh, you can quote me on that.
Alicia: You look fine.
Jack Napier: I didn't ask.
[Vicki sits down while Bruce stands, nervous. He wants to tell her something, but he's not sure how to say it]
Bruce Wayne: You know my life is really complex. You know how a normal person gets up, and goes downstairs and, eats breakfast, kisses somebody goodbye [Bruce stares off in the distance, but his arms move as if to kiss someone goodbye], and, goes to a job, [He makes a pushing motion with his hands, as if someone going out a door] and, [hrmmph,] you know?
Vicki Vale: No.
[Knox and Vicki have found Wayne's display room]
Alexander Knox: Remember? The more they have, the less they're worth.
Vicki Vale: Then he must be the most worthless guy in America.
[Knox, Wayne, and Vicki are looking at a strange suit of armor]
Bruce Wayne: It's Japanese.
Alexander Knox: How do you know?
Bruce Wayne: Because I bought it in Japan.
Boss Carl Grissom: Is that you sugar bumps? [turns around to see Jack Napier The Joker in the doorway] Who the hell are you?
Jack Napier The Joker: It's me, "Sugar bumps".
Grissom: Jack? Oh, thank God you're alive! I heard you been . . . . .
Jack Napier The Joker: Fried? Is that what you heard? You set me up over a woman. A WOMAN!!! You must be insane.
[Grissom nervously takes a drink and reaches for a gun]
Jack Napier The Joker:[Pulls out gun] Don't bother.
Grissom: Your life won't be worth SPIT!
Jack Napier The Joker: I've been dead once already. It's very liberating. You should think of it as uh, therapy. [Steps forward]
Grissom: Jack. listen, maybe we can cut a deal.
Jack Napier The Joker: Jack? Jack is dead, my friend. You can call me . . . . . [Steps into the light to reveal his gruesome grin] Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier. [Laughs]
The Joker: So gentlemen, that's how it is. Until Grissom, uh, [chuckles] resurfaces, I'm the acting President, and I say starting with this anniversary festival, we run the city into the ground. Any questions?
Gangster: Why aren't we hearing this from Grissom?
Tony: Yeah, and what's with that stupid grin?
The Joker: Life's been good to me.
Vicki Vale: What do you want?
The Joker: My face on the one dollar bill.
Vicki Vale: You must be joking.
The Joker: [deadpan] Do I look like I'm joking?
Vicki Vale: What do you want?
The Joker: Oh, a little song, a little dance. Batman's head on a lance.
Vicki: Some people say that you're as dangerous as the Joker.
Batman: He's psychotic.
Vicki: There are some people who say the same thing about you.
Batman: What people?
Vicki: Well let's face it, you're not exactly..."normal" are you?
Batman: It's not exactly a "normal" world, is it?
Bruce: I know who you are. Let me tell you about this guy I know, Jack. Mean kid, bad seed, hurt people.
Joker: I like him already. [Laughs]
Bruce: You know what the problem was? He got sloppy, then crazy. He started to lose it. He had a head full of bad wiring, I guess. Couldn't keep him straight up here. He was a kind of guy who couldn't hear a train until it was two feet from him. [Joker smiles blankly, feigning ignorance to whom Bruce is talking about] You know what happens now, Jack? Well, he made mistakes and he ended WITH HIS LIGHTS OUT!! YOU WANNA GET NUTS?!! COME ON, LET'S GET NUTS!!
Joker: Tell me something, my friend. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Bruce: [stunned] What?
Joker: I always ask that of all my prey. [chuckles] I just like the sound of it.
[Joker shoots Bruce, Vicki screams but Bob silences her]
Joker: Never rub another man's rhubarb. [Laughs] Why is it that everytime we get some company, somebody always gets in the way?
Bruce: What's on your mind, Alfred?
Alfred: I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons.
Batman: Excuse me. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
[Punches Joker and knocks him against a bell, before grabbing him]
Batman: I'm going to kill you!
Joker: You idiot! You made me, remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!
Batman: [smirks] I know you did. [Punches Joker in the stomach and knocks him through a wall] You killed my parents.
Joker: Wha-what? What are you talking about?
Batman: I made you and you made me first.
Joker: Hey, bat-brain, I was a kid when I killed your parents! I mean, I say you made me, you've gotta say I made you . . . . . see how childish can you get? [puts on a pair of glasses] You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? Huh!?
[Batman knocks the Joker over the side]
Harvey Dent: We've received a letter from Batman this morning. "Please inform the citizens of Gotham that Gotham City has earned a rest from crime. But if the forces of evil should rise again to cast a shadow on the heart of the city, call me."
Alexander Knox: Question: How do we call him?
Commissioner Gordon: He gave us a signal!

[edit] Cast

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