BATMAN FOREVER (1995) 1995’s BATMAN FOREVER is the second sequel to BATMAN ’89. This time there is a new director, with Joel Schumacher taking over for Tim Burton. And there is also a new Batman - Val Kilmer - and Robin (Chris O’Donnell) finally makes his appearance in a Batman film. In this lighter, more heroic and action-oriented film, Batman is pursuing Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) - former Gotham D.A. Harvey Dent gone bad - and the new super criminal in town, The Riddler (Jim Carrey). And of course, they are trying to kill him (standard procedure by now). While not as dark as many Batman fans would have liked, and prone to a few moments of camp, FOREVER is fun and still the second best of the Burton/Schumacher Bat-films. In fact, it may the best at staying true to the comic book spirit of Batman than any of the Burton/Schumacher films. Jett’s grade: C

CAST/CREW BATMAN/BRUCE WAYNE - Val Kilmer Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Tommy Lee Jones Edward Nigma/The Riddler - Jim Carrey Richard Grayson/Robin - Chris O’Donnell Dr. Chase Meridian - Nicole Kidman Alfred - Michael Gough Commissioner Gordon - Pat Hingle Directed by - Joel Schumacher Screenplay - Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Akiva Goldsman (Story by Lee and Janet Scott Batchler) Music - Elliot Goldenthal Length - 122 minutes U.S. Release Date - June 16, 1995 (Full CAST/CREW INFO from IMDB.COM) STATS U.S.: $184,031,112 Overseas: $152,500,000 TOTAL: $336,531,112 U.S. OPENING WEEKEND: $52,784,433 (Full Box office stats and info from BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM) REVIEWS Official BOF RETROSPECTIVE/REVIEW by Jett EXTERNAL REVIEWS TRAILERS TRAILER 1 TRAILER 2 TRAILER 3 SUGGESTED READING THE BATMAN FILMOGRAPHY BATMAN FOREVER: Movie Adaptation BATMAN FOREVER: the Official Movie Book LINKS CHICKSDIGTHECAR.COM SCIFISCRIPTS.COM - BATMAN FOREVER Production Draft (6/24/94) SCRIPTWRITERNETWORK.COM - The Batcher's talk about writing BATMAN FOREVER