Batman Begins (Q166262)

2005 film by Christopher Nolan

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with David S. Goyer, the film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne (Bale) from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul (Neeson) and the Scarecrow (Murphy) from plunging Gotham City into chaos.

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DirectorChristopher Nolan
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ScreenwriterChristopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
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ProducerEmma Thomas, Larry J. Franco, Charles Roven
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StarringChristian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Watanabe, Rutger Hauer, Rade Šerbedžija, Karen David, Linus Roache, Sara Stewart, Larry Holden, Dave Legeno, Joey Ansah, Shane Rimmer, Mark Boone Junior, Jack Gleeson, Jon Foo, Tamer Hassan, Colin McFarlane, Gus Lewis, Jeremy Theobald, Lucy Russell, Richard Brake, Gerard Murphy, Stephen Walters, TJ Ramini, Tom Nolan, John Nolan, Christine Adams
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ComposerHans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
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Director of photographyWally Pfister
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Film editorLee Smith
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Production companyWarner Bros. Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Inc., DC Comics
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Distributed byNetflix, InterCom
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Country of originUnited States, United Kingdom
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Original languageEnglish
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Running time140 minutes
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Budget$150,000,000
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Box office$48,745,440, $206,863,479, $373,672,993
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Genredrama film, action film, adventure film, crime film, superhero film, neo-noir, ninja film, crime thriller film
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Based onBatman
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Nominated forAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
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