Details
Director: | Christopher Nolan |
Writer: | Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane |
Producer: | Benjamin Melniker, Lorne Orleans, Larry J. Franco, Charles Roven |
Theatrical: | 2005 |
Studio: | Warner Video |
Genre: | Action & Adventure |
Duration: | 141 |
Awards: | Nominated for Oscar, Another 7 wins & 42 nominations |
Languages: | English, French |
Subtitles: | English, Spanish, French |
Sound: | DTS |
Aspect Ratio: | 2.40:1 |
Discs: | 1 |
Region: | 2 |
Features
Genesis of the Bat: Batman Incarnations from the Mid-1980s to the PresentThe Journey Begins: Creative Concepts, Story Development and Casting
Shaping Mind and Body: Fighting Style
Gotham City Rises: Production Design
Cape and Cowl: The New Batsuit
The Tumbler: The New Batmobile
Path to Discovery: Filming in Iceland
Saving Gotham City: The Monorail Chase Sequence
Confidential Files Character/Weaponry Gallery
Still Gallery of Design Ideas Developed to Market the Movie
Batman Begins Mobile Game and X-Box Game Demos and DVD-Rom* Weblinks
Summary
Batman Begins is directed by Christopher Nolan, director of the critically acclaimed films Memento and Insomnia, produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Larry Franco, and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The story finds the disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne, in the wake of his parents' murder, traveling the world to seek the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.Credits
Michael Caine | ... | Alfred |
Liam Neeson | ... | Henri Ducard |
Christian Bale | ... | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
Katie Holmes | ... | Rachel Dawes |
Gary Oldman | ... | Jim Gordon |
Morgan Freeman | ... | Lucius Fox |
Heath Ledger | ... | Joker |
Ken Watanabe | ... | Ra's Al Ghul |
Aaron Eckhart | ... | Harvey Dent |
Tom Wilkinson | ... | Carmine Falcone |
Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Rachel |
Rutger Hauer | ... | Earle |
Cillian Murphy | ... | Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow |
Monique Gabriela Curnen | ... | Det. Anna Ramirez |
Linus Roache | ... | Thomas Wayne |
Wally Pfister | ... | Cinematography |
Ron Dean | ... | Det. Michael Wuertz |
Larry Holden | ... | Finch |
Chin Han | ... | Lau |
Rade Serbedzija | ... | Homeless Man |
Gerard Murphy | ... | Judge Faden |
Nestor Carbonell | ... | Mayor Anthony Garcia |
Eric Roberts | ... | Salvatore Maroni |
Colin McFarlane | ... | Loeb |
Sara Stewart | ... | Martha Wayne |
Ritchie Coster | ... | The Chechen |
Lee Smith | ... | Editor |
Mark Boone Junior | ... | Flass |
Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Mike Engel |
Gus Lewis | ... | Bruce Wayne - age 8 |
James Newton Howard | ... | Composer |
Keith Szarabajka | ... | Det. Gerard Stephens |
Richard Brake | ... | Joe Chill |
Hans Zimmer | ... | Composer |
Emma Lockhart | ... | Rachel Dawes - age 8 |
Christine Adams | ... | Jessica |
Joshua Harto | ... | Coleman Reese |
Melinda McGraw | ... | Barbara Gordon |
Catherine Porter | ... | Blonde Female Reporter / Assassin |
Nathan Gamble | ... | James Gordon Jr. |
John Nolan | ... | George Fredericks |
Hannah Gunn | ... | Gordon's Daughter |
Karen David | ... | Courthouse Reporter #1 |
Jonathan D. Ellis | ... | Courthouse Reporter #2 |
Michael Vieau | ... | Rossi |
Tamer Hassan | ... | Faden's Limo Driver |
Michael Stoyanov | ... | Dopey |
Ronan Leahy | ... | Uniformed Policeman #1 |
William Smillie | ... | Happy |
Vincent Wong | ... | Old Asian Prisoner |
Danny Goldring | ... | Grumpy |
Tom Wu | ... | Bhutanese Prison Guard #1 |
Michael Jai White | ... | Gambol |
Matthew O'Neill | ... | Chuckles |
Mark Chiu | ... | Bhutanese Prison Guard #2 |
Turbo Kong | ... | Enormous Prisoner |
William Fichtner | ... | Bank Manager |
Sai-Kit Yung | ... | Chinese Police Officer (as Stuart Ong) |
Olumiji Olawumi | ... | Drug Dealer |
Gregory Beam | ... | Drug Buyer (as Greg Beam) |
Chike Chan | ... | Chinese Police Officer |
Tenzin Clive Ball | ... | Himalayan Child |
Erik Hellman | ... | Junkie |
Tenzin Gyurme | ... | Old Himalayan Man |
Beatrice Rosen | ... | Natascha |
Jamie Cho | ... | Stocky Chinese Man |
Vincenzo Nicoli | ... | Crime Boss |
Edison Chen | ... | LSI VP |
David Murray | ... | Jumpy Thug |
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina | ... | Judge Surrillo |
John Kazek | ... | Dock Thug #2 |
Andy Luther | ... | Brian |
Darragh Kelly | ... | Dock Thug #3 |
Patrick Nolan | ... | Dock Cop #1 |
James Farruggio | ... | Man No. 1 |
Tom McElroy | ... | Man No. 2 |
Joseph Rye | ... | Dock Cop #2 |
Will Zahrn | ... | Assistant DA |
Kwaku Ankomah | ... | Dock Cop #3 |
Jo Martin | ... | Police Prison Official |
James Fierro | ... | Thug at Party |
Patrick Leahy | ... | Gentleman at Party |
Charles Edwards | ... | Wayne Enterprises Executive |
Sam Derence | ... | Male Guest |
Lucy Russell | ... | Female Restaurant Guest |
Jennifer Knox | ... | Female Guest |
Timothy Deenihan | ... | Male Restaurant Guest (as Tim Deenihan) |
David Bedella | ... | Maitre D |
Patrick Clear | ... | Judge Freel |
Flavia Masetto | ... | Restaurant Blonde #1 |
Sarah Jayne Dunn | ... | Maroni's Mistress |
Emily Steven-Daly | ... | Restaurant Blonde #2 |
Charles Venn | ... | Gambol's Bodyguard |
Martin McDougall | ... | Gotham Dock Employee |
Winston Ellis | ... | Gambol's Bodyguard |
David Dastmalchian | ... | Joker's Thug |
Noah Lee Margetts | ... | Arkham Thug #1 |
Sophia Hinshelwood | ... | Reporter |
Joe Hanley | ... | Arkham Thug #2 |
Keith Kupferer | ... | Heckler |
Karl Shiels | ... | Arkham Thug #3 |
Joseph Luis Caballero | ... | Cop Heckler |
Roger Griffiths | ... | Arkham Uniformed Policeman |
Richard Dillane | ... | Acting Commissioner |
Stephen Walters | ... | Arkham Lunatic |
Richard Laing | ... | Arkham Chase Cop |
Daryl Satcher | ... | Officer at Intersection |
Matt Miller | ... | Gotham Car Cop #3 |
Chris Petschler | ... | Convoy Leader |
Aidan Feore | ... | Fat Thug |
Risteard Cooper | ... | Captain Simonson |
Shane Rimmer | ... | Older Gotham Water Board Technician |
Philip Bulcock | ... | Murphy |
Paul Birchard | ... | Cop with Fat Thug |
Jeremy Theobald | ... | Younger Gotham Water Board Technician |
Walter Lewis | ... | Medic |
Alexandra Bastedo | ... | Gotham Society Dame |
Soo Hee Ding | ... | Farmer |
Vincent Riotta | ... | Cop at 250 52nd St. |
Conn Horgan | ... | Monorail Driver (as Con Horgan) |
Nancy Crane | ... | Nurse |
K. Todd Freeman | ... | Polk |
Phill Curr | ... | Transit Cop |
Jack Gleeson | ... | Little Boy |
Matt Shallenberger | ... | Berg |
Michael Andrew Gorman | ... | Cop at Hospital |
John Judd | ... | Narrows Bridge Cop |
Sarah Wateridge | ... | Mrs. Dawes |
Lanny Lutz | ... | Bartender |
Peter Defaria | ... | Civilian |
Charlie Kranz | ... | Basement Club Manager |
Matt Rippy | ... | First Mate |
Terry McMahon | ... | Bad Swat Cop #1 |
Andrew Bicknell | ... | Prison Ferry Pilot |
Cedric Young | ... | Liquor Store Owner |
Ariyon Bakare | ... | Guard Commander |
Tim Booth | ... | Victor Zsaz |
Tom Nolan | ... | Valet |
Doug Ballard | ... | Businessman |
Leon Delroy Williams | ... | Pedestrian |
Helene Wilson | ... | Mother |
Tommy Campbell | ... | Passenger |
Roger Yuan | ... | Hazmat Technician |
Joe Sargent | ... | Narrows Teenager #1 |
Craig Heaney | ... | Passenger |
Lorna Gayle | ... | Passenger |
Mel Taylor | ... | Narrows Resident |
Ilyssa Fradin | ... | Barbara Gordon |
Lisa McAllister | ... | Passenger |
Peter Brooke | ... | Passenger |
Andrew Pleavin | ... | Uniformed Policeman #2 |
Jeff Christian | ... | Driving Cop |
Joshua Rollins | ... | SWAT Sniper |
Dale Rivera | ... | SWAT Leader |
John Burke | ... | Arkham Lunatic Cell Mate |
Matthew Leitch | ... | Prisoner on Ferry |
Earlene Bentley | ... | Arkham Asylum Nurse |
Alex Moggridge | ... | Arkham Asylum Orderly |
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | ... | Tattooed Prisoner |
Jay Buozzi | ... | Asian Man - Ra's Al Ghul Decoy |
Thomas Gaitsch | ... | Reporter #3 |
Jordan Shaw | ... | African Boy in Rags |
William Armstrong | ... | Evans |
Adam Kalesperis | ... | Honor Guard Man |
Omar Mustafa | ... | Falafel Stand Vendor (as Omar Mostafa) |
Patrick Pond | ... | Opera Performer #1 Faust- Bass |
Tristan Tait | ... | Uniform Cop |
Poppy Tierney | ... | Opera Performer #2 Margaret - Soprano |
Bronson Webb | ... | Bounty Hunter |
David Ajala | ... | Bounty Hunter |
Rory Campbell | ... | Opera Performer #3 Mefistofele - Tenor |
Fabio Cardascia | ... | Caterer |
Gertrude Kyles | ... | Fox's Secretary |
Jonathan Ryland | ... | Passenger Ferry Pilot |
Spencer Wilding | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
James Scales | ... | Guardsman |
Rhino | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
Nigel Carrington | ... | Warden |
Khan Bonfils | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
Ian Pirie | ... | Corrections Officer |
Dave Legeno | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
Lateef Lovejoy | ... | Prisoner |
Ruben Halse | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
Rodney Ryan | ... | League of Shadows Warriors |
Grahame Edwards | ... | Prisoner |
Dominic Burgess | ... | Narrows Cop |
Roger Monk | ... | Prisoner |
Ronan Summers | ... | Prisoner |
Nadia Cameron-Blakey | ... | Additional Restaurant Guest #1 |
Mark Straker | ... | Male Restaurant Guest #2 |
Wai Wong | ... | Hong Kong Detective |
Michael Corey Foster | ... | Honor Guard Leader |
T.J. Ramini | ... | Crane Thug #1 (as TJ Ramini) |
Kieran Hurley | ... | Crane Thug #2 |
Brandon Lambdin | ... | Armored Car SWAT |
Emmanuel Idowu | ... | Narrows Teenager #2 |
Jon Lee Brody | ... | Waiter |
Jeff Tanner | ... | Bridge Cop |
Will Jones | ... | High Ranking Officer |
Matthew W. Allen | ... | Civilian |
Stephen Armourae | ... | Ferry Prisoner |
Matt Cho | ... | Lau Henchman |
Henry Milton Chu | ... | Lau Henchman |
Bruce Allen Dawson | ... | Prison Ferry Prisoner |
Gene Fojtik | ... | Pedestrian |
David Fultz | ... | Pedestrian |
Alexander Hathaway | ... | Prisoner |
Erron Jay | ... | Prisoner |
Mark Keiser | ... | Business Man |
Thomas Kosik | ... | Parade Police Officer |
Don Kress | ... | Maroni Henchman |
Dan Latham | ... | Police Sgt. Spellman |
David Lesley | ... | Detective |
Deborah Lynn | ... | Penthouse Partygoer |
J.R. Martino | ... | Firefighter |
Joseph Mazurk | ... | Court Bailiff |
Stephen Modell | ... | Prisoner |
Rory Plante | ... | Evacuating Hospital Patient |
Buster Reeves | ... | Joker's Thug #2 |
Peter Rnic | ... | Prisoner |
Jan Seybold | ... | Secretary to D.A. Harvey Dent |
Vivek Shah | ... | Middle Eastern Bank Hostage |
Sofiya Smirnova | ... | Evacuee |
John Snowden | ... | Detective |
Richard Strobel | ... | Detective |
Peter Francis | ... | Art Director |
Paul Kirby | ... | Art Director |
Essa Zahir | ... | Prisoner On Boat |
Simon Lamont | ... | Art Director |
James Smith | ... | Tommy |
Dominic Masters | ... | Art Director |
Alan Tomkins | ... | Art Director |
Su Whitaker | ... | Art Director |
David S. Goyer | ... | Story |
Eggert Ketilsson | ... | Art Director |
David Lee | ... | Art Director |
Christopher Nolan | ... | Story |
Shane Valentino | ... | Art Director |
Paki Smith | ... | Set Decorator |
Simon Wakefield | ... | Set Decorator |