Batman & Robin
| Batman & Robin | |
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Written by | Akiva Goldsman |
| Based on | Characters by DC Comics |
| Produced by | Peter MacGregor-Scott |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by |
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| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 124 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $125–160 million[3] |
| Box office | $238 million[3] |
Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero movie directed by Joel Schumacher. It is based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane. It stars George Clooney as Batman, Chris O'Donnell as Robin, Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy.
The movie is about Batman and Robin trying to prevent Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Bane from covering Gotham City with ice and vegetation while at the same time struggling to keep their partnership together. It grossed over $238 million in the box office.[4] It got mixed reviews from the critics. It was criticized for its gay innuendo. The movie was released on June 20, 1997 in the United States.
Plot Summary
[change | change source]Dr. Pamela Isley was a scientist working in South America until her superior Dr. Jason Goodhue tried to kill when she found out he was trying to use her experiments to make a super race of thugs {BAne] Instead of being killed she was trasformed into a half Human-half plant mutant calling her self "Poison Ivy". She embarks on a crime wave until she is imprisoned at Gotham Arkham Asylum, where she meets "Mr. Freeze" a former physician who in trying to cure his cryogenically frozen thermally ill wife was accidently submerged into a freezing solution in which he can only exist in subzero temperatures. They Both escape from the asylum Freeze to turn the entire world into a ice planet...while "Poison Ivy" tries to make plant life supreme species. Ivy tries to kill Mrs Fries and then Robin but fails both times and is captured by Batgirl; Mr Freeze finds that his wife is still alive and gives Batman a cure Alfred the Butler who has been stricken with a deadly illness. Back at Arkham Asylum the nearly totally insane Poison IVy is imprisoned in a permanent Freeze beam; her roommate Mr Freeze tells her that he is going to make her life "A living hell" of permanent Winter in revenge for what she did to his wife,
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "DC Entertainment To Give Classic Batman Writer Credit in 'Gotham' and 'Batman v Superman' (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. September 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Batman & Robin". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- 1 2 "Batman & Robin (1997)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Total Lifetime Grosses". Box Office Mojo (IMDb). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Bill Finger was not credited for his role in the creation of Batman until 2015.[1]
