Batman: The Movie with Adam West: DVD Cover

    Batman: The Movie Director: Leslie Martinson Cast: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero

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    • DVD Release Date: 08/21/2001
    • Original Release: 1966
    • Rating: Not Rated
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    Features

    Audio commentary with stars Adam West and Burt Ward; tour of the Batmobile; all new featurette with Adam West and Burt Ward; still image gallery; theatrical teaser and Spanish language trailer; theatrical trailers; widescreen 1.85:1; English Dolby Digital Stereo sound.

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Bat Scenes!!
    1. Dedication/Main Titles [:48]
    2. To The Rescue [1:53]
    3. The Suicidal Shark [4:27]
    4. The Press Conference [2:19]
    5. The Terrible Truth [2:07]
    6. A United Underworld [2:21]
    7. The Illegal Mirage [3:15]
    8. Torpedo Targets [1:29]
    9. The Pentagon'S Mistake [3:59]
    10. Riddle Me This [2:20]
    11. The Riddler'S Plan [3:17]
    12. Miss Kitka [1:26]
    13. A Date With Kitka [2:25]
    14. Bat Bait [:18]
    15. Carried Away [2:12]
    16. Alone Together [3:13]
    17. Bruce'S Escape [:50]
    18. The Penguin'S Plan [3:28]
    19. Batman & The Bomb [3:15]
    20. Commodore Schmidlapp? [:32]
    21. Just Add (Heavy) Water [4:20]
    22. Follow That Penguin [2:29]
    23. Misguided Missile [:05]
    24. Marathon Men [2:40]
    25. Dehydrated Diplomats [4:47]
    26. High Sea Pursuit [3:38]
    27. Bat-Charges [2:13]
    28. Submarine Showdown [1:32]
    29. Holy Heartbreak! [2:19]
    30. A Diplomatic Dust Storm [2:48]
    31. A Mixing Of Minds [1:50]
    32. End Titles [:07]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Tongue-in-cheek humor prevails in Batman, a witty homage to the Dynamic Duo's exaggerated exploits. The Caped Crusaders (Adam West and Burt Ward) are called in as a last resort when the criminal masterminds of the millennium team up to conquer Gotham City by turning the U.N. Security Council into dehydrated dust; among the villains are the Joker (Cesar Romero), Catwoman (Lee Meriwether), the Riddler (Frank Gorshin), and the Penguin (Burgess Meredith). The entire cast is excellent, particularly West and Ward, who distinguish themselves among a standout list with hilariously straight-faced performances. The film includes some truly memorable scenes, highlighted by a particularly tenacious shark with a vertical leap that would put Spud Webb to shame and a bomb on the waterfront with no place to explode (nuns, infants and lovebirds beware!). Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

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    Essential (*Spoilers)by dlovern

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    October 31, 2008: As campy as the television series was, watching the movie offers a different perspective on what Batman was/is to American and world culture. On the surface, the movie is just as fun and mindless as the series was. The plot is a sort of Doomsday scenario that puts Batman and Robin against ALL FOUR of their major arch-nemeses. We see that this league of villains has kidnapped Commodore Schmidlapp on his great yacht, which is transporting an invention that appeals greatly to the villains. The contraption is essentially a gun which, when fired, dehydrates anything in its path (in this case - people), reducing them to a fine powder. Adding water to the powder will bring the person back to life, but careful to which sort of water you use! The villains eventually storm the United World Security Council (Something like the United Nations), and dehydrate the council members. What follows is a spoiler, and best described in the wiki entry for the film:

    "Armed with a dehydrator that can turn humans into dust, a Navy surplus submarine, and their three pirate henchmen (Bluebeard, Morgan and Quetch), the "fearsome foursome" intends to take over the world, and Batman and Robin must stop them. Catwoman romantically lures Bruce Wayne into a trap, unaware that Wayne is Batman's alter-ego, and Penguin even schemes his way into the Batcave, leaving the Duo unable to prevent the kidnapping of the dehydrated United World Security Council.
    After giving chase in the Batboat, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder use a sonic charge weapon to disable Penguin's submarine and bring it to the surface, where a grand fistfight ensues.
    Although the powdered members of the dehydrated Council are mixed together ? which would normally spell their doom ? Batman constructs an elaborate filter to return each of them to life.
    Prior to this process, Robin asks Batman if it might not be in the world's best interests, with continued problems of overt racism, especially in the U.S. during the 1960s, for them to alter the dust samples so that humans can no longer harm one another. In response, Batman says that they cannot do so and can only hope for people, in general, to learn to live together peacefully on their own.
    However, in the final scene, Robin's wishes are ironically fulfilled when the Security Council is improperly re-hydrated. While all of the members are alive and well, continuing to squabble among themselves and totally oblivious of their surroundings, each of them now speaks a completely different language than their original native tongue. As the world looks on in disbelief at this development, Batman and Robin quietly climb out of the United World Headquarters to an uncertain future. Batman's final words express his sincere hope that this "mixing of minds" does more good than it does harm."

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1966_film)

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.

    youll be laughing so hard you have to stop teh movie and watch the rest later.by Jay_Godzilla_fan

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    October 18, 2008: Now when the TV show was out I thought it was so stupid! Batman had no muscles and didn?t fight! Well fight like I thought batman should. When I got older I bought this to just add to my collection and figured id try again...and I could not stop laughing! Didn?t understand why more people are not talking about how funny this is! WATCH IT WITH FREINDS!!!

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