Batman Begins

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American film film superhero film

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan that reboots the Batman franchise by exploring Bruce Wayne’s origin story in a darker, more realistic style.

Aliases (3)

Batman ×1
Batman Begins (2005 film) score ×1
Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in Batman Begins ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → film → superhero film →
award	Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography →
basedOn	Batman → DC Comics character Batman →
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	approximately $373 million →
budget	approximately $150 million →
character	Alfred Pennyworth → James Gordon → Lucius Fox → Ra's al Ghul → Rachel Dawes → Scarecrow →
cinematographyBy	Wally Pfister →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Christopher Nolan →
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures →
editedBy	Lee Smith →
featuresOrganization	League of Shadows →
filmingLocation	Chicago → Iceland → London →
follows	Batman & Robin →
followsNarratively	Bruce Wayne's training with the League of Shadows →
genre	action film → crime film → drama film → superhero film →
hasSequel	The Dark Knight → The Dark Knight Rises →
homeMediaRelease	Blu-ray Disc → DVD →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Batman → Bruce Wayne →
musicBy	Hans Zimmer → James Newton Howard →
notableFor	darker and more realistic tone →
partOf	The Dark Knight Trilogy →
portrays	origin story of Bruce Wayne →
producer	Charles Roven → Emma Thomas → Larry Franco →
productionCompany	DC Comics → Legendary Pictures → Syncopy → Warner Bros. Pictures →
rating	PG-13 →
rebootOf	Batman film series →
releaseDate	2005-06-15 → 2005-06-17 →
releaseYear	2005 →
runtimeMinutes	140 →
screenwriter	Christopher Nolan → David S. Goyer →
setIn	Gotham City →
stars	Christian Bale → Cillian Murphy → Gary Oldman → Katie Holmes → Ken Watanabe → Liam Neeson → Michael Caine → Morgan Freeman → Rutger Hauer → Tom Wilkinson →
storyBy	David S. Goyer →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Roven → Christian Bale → Christopher Nolan → Cillian Murphy → Emma Thomas → Gary Oldman → Hans Zimmer ("Batman Begins (2005 film) score") → Legendary Pictures → Liam Neeson → Michael Caine → Morgan Freeman → Simon Emanuel → Tom Wilkinson →	notableWork
Tom Wilkinson →	actedIn
Cillian Murphy ("Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in Batman Begins") →	characterRole
Christopher Nolan →	directed
The Dark Knight →	follows
Katie Holmes →	hasActedIn
The Dark Knight trilogy →	hasPart
The Dark Knight trilogy ("Batman") →	mainCharacter
Emma Thomas →	producerOf