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| Batman Begins | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Christopher Nolan |
| Screenplay by | Christopher Nolan David S. Goyer |
| Story by | David S. Goyer |
| Based on | Characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics |
| Produced by | Emma Thomas Larry Franco Charles Roven |
| Starring | Christian Bale Michael Caine Liam Neeson Katie Holmes Gary Oldman Cillian Murphy Morgan Freeman Tom Wilkinson Rutger Hauer Ken Watanabe |
| Cinematography | Wally Pfister |
| Edited by | Lee Smith |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | May 31, 2005 (Tokyo) June 15, 2005 (United States) June 17, 2005 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million |
| Box office | $373.6 million |
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero movie directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. Based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman. The movie reboots the Batman movie series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos.
Batman Begins was successful, and in 2008 a sequel titled The Dark Knight was released.
Batman Begins was the first movie in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.