The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features the top-grossing film in North America, Tim Burton’s Batman. Directed by Burton from a script by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren and starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Michael Gough, Batman was 1989’s number one movie at the North American box office and number two worldwide.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/batman-1989), Hal Hinson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/batmanpg13hinson_a07fb8.htm), and Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer (https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/movies/Batman_takes_good_vs_evil_under_its_wings.html).

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