Batman Forever (Movie)

Summary
Title: Batman Forever Year: 1995

Credits
Director: Joel Schumacher Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell.

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: Bruce Wayne/BatMan, Harvey Dent/Two-Face, The Riddler, Dick Grayson/Robin, Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner James Gordon, Dr. Chase Meridian. First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances Synopsis:

Trivia

 * This movie saw a complete facelift. Batman Forever had a new director in Schumacher with a new colorful and vibrant look and feel that was a complete turn-around from Tim Burton's darker look and the was a new composer in Elliot Goldenthal who wrote a new theme for the Batman.


 * There were a group of scenes that were cut from the movie that would have explained why Bruce Wayne chose to retire (and then un-retire) Batman. These included a scene where Bruce catches an tv editorial where the reporter says he believes that Batman is the cause of Gotham's problems and that he should leave. The other scene would have shownBruce returning to the cave where he fell many years ago, only to find his father's journal on the ground. He then would read a passage from the journal implying that Bruce indirectly caused his parent's murders by wanting to go to the movie theater that night. Then, a giant bat would come flying out of the darkness at Bruce and stop in front of him. This would somehow remind him that he is still Batman. These scenes are preserved on the recent two disc DVD set.


 * Michael Keaton was ready to step into the batsuit once more for this movie, but after Tim Burton left the project, he didn't like how the story was going and followed him.


 * Controversy erupted early on about the fact that Batman and Robin would have "nipples" and codpieces on their costumes. Schumacher said that he viewed the suits as sculptures and sighted that superheroes are typically drawn with incredible physiques, so it seemed normal to include nipples.


 * Ewan McGregor, Jude Law, Christian Bale and Alan Cumming all auditioned for the part of Robin. Ironically, two of them would go on to play much bigger characters as Bale would become the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins and McGregor would be cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the second Star Wars trilogy. Cumming would go on to play Marvel character Nightcrawler in X-Men 2: X-Men United


 * Drew Barrymore played Sugar, one of Two-Face's girlfriends.


 * Produceres approached Robin Williams to play the Riddler, but Williams turned them down. Fortunatly, the grabbed a rising star in Jim Carrey, who had just come off Ace Ventura and had just finished shooting The Mask and Dumb and Dumber.


 * There are rumors that both Val Kilmer and Tommy Lee Jones (especially Jones) did not get along with Jim Carrey behind the scenes and that Kilmer and Joel Schumacher did not work well together. Kilmer denies the Carrey rumor (at least his half of it), saying that he did like Jim Carrey. The Carrey-Jones rumor has quieted down recently.


 * The slanted camera angles in the movie might be a tribute to the same style used in the Adam West Batman T.V. series, where the Villans were usually shot at a jaunted angle, to suggest that they (like the shot) were crooked.


 * Joel Schumacher actually consulted with his then-young Godson about who would be a good pick for villans in the movie. Likewise, Tommy Lee Jones was not familiar with the Two-Face character, but his son was and encouraged him to take the part.


 * The soundtrack boasted two big songs. One of them was U2's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me and the other was Seal's major hit single Kiss from a Rose. The video for Seal's song featured the singer standing in front of the famous Bat Signal and was intercut with clips from the movie.