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Batman - The Movie (1966)

Adam West , Burt Ward , Leslie H. Martinson  |  PG |  DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (385 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith
  • Directors: Leslie H. Martinson
  • Writers: Bob Kane, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
  • Producers: Charles B. Fitzsimons, William Dozier
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (385 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005LOUK
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,863 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Batman - The Movie" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Tour of the Batmobile
  • All-new Batman featurette
  • Behind the scenes still gallery

Editorial Reviews

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Holy camp site, Batman! After a fabulously successful season on TV, the campy comic book adventure hit the big screen, complete with painful puns, outrageous supervillains, and fights punctuated with word balloons sporting such onomatopoeic syllables as "Pow!," "Thud!," and "Blammo!" Adam West's wooden Batman is the cowled vigilante alter ego of straight-arrow millionaire Bruce Wayne and Bruce Ward's Robin (a.k.a. Dick Grayson, Bruce's young collegiate protégé) his overeager sidekick in hot pants. Together they battle an unholy alliance of Gotham City's greatest criminals: the Joker (Cesar Romero, whooping up a storm), the Riddler (giggling Frank Gorshin), the Penguin (cackling Burgess Meredith), and the purr-fectly sexy Catwoman (Lee Meriwether slinking in a skin-tight black bodysuit). The criminals are, naturally, out to conquer the world, but with a little help from their unending supply of utility belt devices (bat shark repellent, anyone?), our dynamic duo thwarts their nefarious plans at every turn. Since the TV show ran under 30 minutes an episode (with commercials), the 105-minute film runs a little thin--a little camp goes a long way--but fans of the small-screen show will enjoy the spoofing tone throughout. Leslie H. Martinson directs Lorenzo Semple's screenplay like a big-budget TV episode minus the cliffhanger endings. --Sean Axmaker

Product Description

Holy Video! The Dynamic Duo must battle a cabal of their most sinister foes in their feature film debut that features all the BIFF! BAM! POW! fun of the TV series. The Catwoman, the Joker, the Penguin, and the Riddler have joined forces and concocted a plan to use a high-tech gadget to reduce the world's leaders to dust, and only Batman and Robin stand in their way. Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin star. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; photo gallery; theatrical trailers.

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He loves this movie and has watched it over and over again. A. Dellinger  |  134 reviewers made a similar statement
The Movie is fun, campy. doc the dog  |  71 reviewers made a similar statement
Both DVD releases are the same, so if your looking to buy this movie, buy the cheapest one! ! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b  |  25 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
107 of 114 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fox did the Caped Crusader proud September 7, 2001
Format:DVD
The key things to know about the DVD are:
1) The colors jump off the screen, it is a great transfer
2) The featurette with Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin) is good, though they cover a lot of the same ground in the commentary
3) The Batmobile feature is very cool
4) The commentary is awesome. Adam and Burt have a great chemistry and really seem to love both the movie and the show. Their tongues are firmly in their cheeks druing the commentary (Adam West's views on Bruce Wayne alone are worth the price of admission), but you will learn about the production and such secrets as:
Why did ABC tear down the Batcave so quickly after cancellation?
What did Burt Ward really think about the BatCycle?
How and why did Lee Meriweather get to play Catwoman?
Why did Adam and Burt have to spend two hours each week getting oxygen at the Fox infirmary?
The team at Fox had a lot of love for this movie and it shows. Buy this DVD and get Fox to release some series episodes with Adam, Burt, Julie Newmar (Catwoman) and Frank Gorshin (Riddler)doing commentary!
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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Who knew that the campy 1960s' take on the dark superhero Batman would age so well? 39 years later, "Batman: The Movie" still is wholly enjoyable even for the most adrent Batman fan.

The plot of the film is paperthin. Batman (Adam West) and his sidekick, Robin (Burt Ward), are out to thwart the four most dangerous villians in Gotham: Catwoman (Lee Meriwehter), The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) and The Riddler (Frank Gorshin, who recently left us, sadly) from taking over Gotham. To lure Batman into a trap, they kidnap Batman's secret identity, Bruce Wayne. This is more or less all the plot there is. There's also somehing about destroying people with a dehyrdator, but other than that, there's no real plot. And that's the film's charm.

It's a great piece of 1960s' nostalgia. The "holy (insert random word or phrase here), Batman" schtick is still hilarious, and the cast is clearly enjoying themselves. The extras for the dvd are surpisingly enjoyable. The commentary is awesome and the other extras deliver, but it's the movie that is really worth watching.
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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 'Inspired a generation of comic book readers! October 23, 2005
Format:DVD
I'm old enough to recall the 1966 previews, aired on ABC, for a mid-season replacement series based on the longstanding comic hero, "Batman". The trailer just hinted at what the show was about: a masked crime fighter, driving a souped-up car unlike anything coming out of Detroit, and a mystique that served to pique interest in the series.

But, when the show hit, it hit BIG! Wednesday and Thursday nights were its domain, having hold on the 7:30 - 8:00 time period for two of its three years aired.

This disc is the film adaptation of the series, made during the first year hiatus, as explained by stars Adam West and Burt Ward in the DVD's commentary. The movie features the same supporting cast, as did the series (Neil Hamilton as "Commissioner Gordon," Stafford Repp as "Chief O'Hara," and Alan Napier as devoted manservant "Alfred"). Also rounding out the cast are frequent "guest villains" Frank Gorshin ("The Riddler"), Caesar Romero ("The Joker"), Burgess Meredith ("The Penguin") and new "Catwoman" Lee Meriweather, who replaced Julie Newmar, unavailable due to previous theatrical commitments.

The movie also has the series' trademark comic book action "sounds" ("POW!" "BANG!" "ZOWIE!" et. al.), the gaudy colors (brought to life in vivid Technicolor), the crazy sound effects, and the tongue-in-cheek dialogue and winks that made the show so cool.

Speaking of the color, I couldn't help but be taken as to how great the set pieces look, even those "recycled" from other shows filmed on the Fox lot. As one whose household didn't get a color set until after the show's end, this DVD allows me to see what I had been missing. Granted, I did have the View Master reel set of the show but it was just an "appetizer" to how "Batman" really looked on screen.

Best of the DVD extras is a four-minute "visit" with George Barris, the designer of The Batmobile. It's not long on info, but any chance to look at what is perhaps the best "ride" to come across the big or small screen is cause for celebration.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh The memories
I loved it! It was kind of comical. It brought back the memories of dressing up like the Caped Crusaders.Running and catching the bad guys. LOL
Clean family entertainment. Read more
Published 3 days ago by sstoote
5.0 out of 5 stars My son is in love
I use to see this series on the TV with my dad when I was a child, last week I saw my 4 years old jumping and kicking on the air in front of the kindle (very enthusiastic and... Read more
Published 5 days ago by M. Sosa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
My two year old thinks this is the greatest movie of all time. All he wants to do is watch batman.
Published 6 days ago by William M. Park
5.0 out of 5 stars batman on kindle
I watched this video with my grandson. We loved it. The sound and picture was perfect. Better than I remember it in my youth.
Published 8 days ago by H. Shirk
3.0 out of 5 stars Old
This is from either the 60s or 70s. It is extremely tame and somewhat boring. It didn't hold my grandson's attention more than 5 minutes. lol Times, they are a'changin'!
Published 11 days ago by LisaKaye
2.0 out of 5 stars OK for kids under 7
Very slapstick. I don't know if the special effects were supposed to be ridiculous, or that back when the movie was made they were good. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Daine McNare
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought this for my mom for Christmas.
She LOVES this movie, the TV series it was born from, and Adam West and we'd been looking for a good price on this movie for some time now. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Aly
5.0 out of 5 stars my grandsons
My 3 yr old grandsons love it.It brings back some memories for myself .I was twelve when it came out.
Published 13 days ago by Stan
4.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Campy-Batman
This is the essense of old-school Batman, and all your favorite villians are here - Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and my favorite, Catwoman! Read more
Published 18 days ago by AeroDelite7
4.0 out of 5 stars Old School /////////////batman
Just like when I was a kid on sat morning. The best part
is son thinks it's so great. You got to love prime.
Published 20 days ago by Vance Edwards
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