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Batman Forever: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman. Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
- (268K)
- Action, Adventure
- Joel Schumacher
- 1995-06-16
Directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, it stars Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne / Batman, replacing Michael Keaton, [6] alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O'Donnell.
Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. Later, after his career declined following the failure of Batman & Robin, a resurfaced Schumacher directed smaller-budgeted films, including Tigerland and Phone Booth.
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Batman & Robin: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman. Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.
- (270K)
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Joel Schumacher
- 1997-06-20
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- The Schumacher Cut Adds 49 Minutes to Batman Forever
- What Joel Schumacher Said About His Batman Forever Director's Cut
- Schumacher’s Batman Forever Cut Has A Different Opening
- Batman Forever’s Schumacher Cut Explored Chase Meridian’s Expertise
- Batman Forever Had A Weird Beauty Salon Scene
- Schumacher’s Batman Forever Cut Showed Dick Grayson’s Training
- Batman Forever Showed More of Nygmatech’S Creation
- Batman Forever’s Schumacher Cut Had A Strange Nygmatech Box Hits Scene
- Batman Forever Foreshadowed Bruce’s (Brief) Retirement
Directors’ cuts are not new but not all of them get to see the light of day, and that seems to be especially common in the superhero genre. It’s not that surprising, then, that Batman Forever is confirmed to have a director’s cut, but not one that hasn't been released. Kevin Smith revealed in his video podcast Fat Man Beyond (via CBR) that he has a...
With all its added scenes that give it a darker tone than the campier one Batman Forever ended up having, the Schumacher cut adds 49 minutes to the movie. Schumacher’s version of Batman Forever, then, is 170 minutes long, meaning that it would have been a very different movie that could have been received better. Among the many critiques Batman For...
Among Joel Schumacher’s original plans for Batman Forever was adapting Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One, but the studio wasn’t on board with the idea. Schumacher’s vision for Batman Foreverwas a lot darker than the final cut, and he wanted to explore the psyche of Bruce Wayne more deeply than in previous movies, following him through a crisis over h...
The original opening of Batman Forever would have immediately set a darker tone for the movie. Set in Arkham Asylum, it followed a doctor as he visited Two-Face in his cell, only to find out that he had escaped, leaving the words “The Bat Must Die” written on the wall. The scene then cut to the logo and title of the movie, followed by Bruce Wayne a...
Chase Meridian was created for Batman Forever, and it has been her only appearance so far. Meridian is a psychologist working with the Gotham City police who falls in love with both Batman and Bruce Wayne. Although Meridian helped Bruce analyze a series of threats sent to him by the Riddler, she was, ultimately, mostly reduced to Bruce Wayne/Batman...
Schumacher’s Batman Forever cut was certainly darker, but it also had its campy, funny, yet strange moments, just like the final cut. One of those scenes saw Batman chasing down The Riddler and Two-Face after their robbery of a casino, but the tracking technology on the Batmobile had been tampered with by The Riddler. Batman ended up in a beauty sa...
As mentioned above, Batman Foreverretained some of the darkness of Burton’s Batman movies, and among its most somber moments is the death of Dick Grayson’s family. When Grayson discovered Bruce is Batman, he joined him as his sidekick, even though Bruce refused more than once. Even though Grayson was a trained acrobat, once he put on the Robin cost...
Another scene not included in any home media releases’ special features is all about The Riddler and his company, NygmaTech. The scene showed the construction of NygmaTech on Claw Island, with the funds coming from the many robberies Nygma committed as The Riddler with Two-Face’s help. Although it’s unclear why this was cut, it might have been due ...
Even weirder than Batman entering a beauty salon is a scene involving The Riddler, Two-Face, and the latter’s henchwomen, Sugar and Spice. While discussing philosophical beliefs, the group was seen taking “hits” from Nygma’s Box. Given the scene’s obvious reference to drug use, it’s understandable that it was cut, but it was included in theBatman F...
Another scene takes the audience to the Batcave with Bruce and Alfred, as they watch the news and an anchor blames Batman for Gotham’s villain problem. The anchor even calls for Batman to retire, with Alfred reminding Bruce that he already avenged his parents (referring to the events in Tim Burton’s Batman). The scene continues with Bruce questioni...
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In the 1990s, he worked on two controversial superhero films "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997). His final high-profile film was "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004). It was an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical, rather than the original novel.
Batman. Joel T. Schumacher directed Batman Forever and its sequel Batman & Robin after Tim Burton chose to pursue a Catwoman solo movie rather continue with sequels in WB's Batman Film Franchise. Schumacher brought a more lighthearted comedic tone, with more references to the William Dozier TV show...
