Batman Begins

Batman Begins
Directed by	Christopher Nolan
Produced by	Emma Thomas Larry J. Franco Charles Roven
Written by	Screenplay: Christopher Nolan David S. Goyer Story: David S. Goyer Comic Book: Bob Kane Bill Finger
Starring	Christian Bale Michael Caine Liam Neeson Katie Holmes Gary Oldman Cillian Murphy Morgan Freeman Tom Wilkinson Rutger Hauer Ken Watanabe
Music by	Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Wally Pfister
Editing by	Lee Smith
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	June 15, 2005
Running time	140 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$135 million
Gross revenue	Domestic: $205,343,774 Worldwide: $371,853,783
Followed by	The Dark Knight

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero movie, based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. Christopher Nolan directed the movie, which stars Christian Bale as Batman, as well as Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman.

Batman Begins was successful, and in 2008 a sequel titled The Dark Knight was released.

Cast

• Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman: A billionaire industrialist whose parents were killed by a mugger when he was eight years old. Traveling the world for several years to seek the means to fight injustice, he returns to Gotham. At night, Bruce becomes Batman, Gotham City's protector.

• Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth: The trusted butler to Bruce Wayne's parents, who continues his loyal service to their son after their deaths. He is Bruce Wayne's closest confidante. Nolan felt Caine would effectively portray the foster father element of the character. Although Alfred's family is depicted in the movie as having served the Wayne family for generations, Caine created his own backstory, in that before becoming Wayne's butler, Alfred served in the Special Air Service. After being wounded, he was invited to the position of the Wayne family butler by Thomas Wayne because, "He wanted a butler, but someone a bit tougher than that, you know?"

• Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard: In reality the true Ra's al Ghul in disguise, Ducard trains Bruce in ninjutsu, a form of martial arts.

• Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes: A childhood friend of Bruce who serves as Gotham City's assistant district attorney, fighting against the corruption in the city.

• Gary Oldman as Sgt. James Gordon: One of the few uncorrupted Gotham City police officers. He was the officer on duty the night of the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents. In this way, he shares a special bond with the adult Bruce and thus with Batman.

• Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow: A psychopharmacologist who works at Arkham Asylum and has developed chemical that makes you afraid. He takes on the persona of the Scarecrow to scare others and further his study of fears.

• Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox: A high-ranking Wayne Enterprises employee who was demoted to working in the company's Applied Science Division, where he conducts advanced studies in biochemistry and mechanical engineering.

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Preceded by Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Box office number-one films of 2005 (USA) June 19, 2005 – June 26, 2005

Succeeded by War of the Worlds