In a retelling of the origin of the comic book hero Batman, young Bruce Wayne witnesses the murder of his parents after an opera. Upon reaching adulthood (having been raised by his family butler, Alfred) he returns home to Gotham City with plans of killing the man who murdered his parents (who is now being released in return for testimony against the mob). Instead, the mob kills the thug to prevent his testimony. Bruce confronts them, only to be dismissed. He decides to travel the world, learning combat techniques including those of a secret vigilante group. He returns home once again, capitalizing on his childhood fear of bats and contacts in his father's advanced technology company to create the persona "Batman." He then battles the evil "Scarecrow" and his deadly toxins, and eventually must face the leader of the vigilante group he had earlier trained with, who now plans to destroy the city.
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Christian Bale | Bruce Wayne |
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Michael Caine | Alfred |
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Liam Neeson | Ducard |
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Katie Holmes | Rachel Dawes |
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Gary Oldman | Jim Gordon |
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Cillian Murphy | Dr. Jonathan Crane |
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Tom Wilkinson | Carmine Falcone |
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Rutger Hauer | Earle |
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Linus Roache | Thomas Wayne |
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Mark Boone Junior | Flass |
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Ken Watanabe | Ra's Al Ghul |
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Morgan Freeman | Lucius Fox |
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Larry Holden | Finch |
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Gerard Murphy | Judge Faden |
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Colin McFarlane | Loeb |
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Sara Stewart | Martha Wayne |
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Gus Lewis | Bruce Wayne - age 8 |
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Richard Brake | Joe Chill |
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Rade Serbedzija | Homeless Man |
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Emma Lockhart | Rachel Dawes - age 8 |
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Christine Adams | Jessica |
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Catherine Porter | Blonde Female Reporter |
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John Nolan | Fredericks |
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Karen David | Courthouse Reporter #1 |
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Jonathan D. Ellis | Courthouse Reporter #2 |
| Director | Christopher Nolan |
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| Writer | Bob Kane, Ricardo Festiva, Christopher Nolan | |
| Producer | Larry Franco, Benjamin Melniker, Lorne Orleans, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Cheryl A. Tkach, Michael E. Uslan | |
| Musician | James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer | |
| Photography | Wally Pfister | |
| Edition | Blu-Ray |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.40:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Commentary Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital 5.1 [German] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Italian] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish] Dolby Digital TrueHD [English] |
| Subtitles | Dutch | English | Finnish | French | German | Italian | Norwegian | Portuguese | Spanish | Swedish |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Regions | Region 1 |