Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

"The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy."

1993 1h 16m EN

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Synopsis

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Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.

“The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy.”

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Cast

Kevin Conroy
Batman (voice)
Dana Delany
Andrea Beaumont (voice)
Hart Bochner
Arthur Reeves (voice)
Stacy Keach
Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
Abe Vigoda
Salvatore Valestra (voice)
Dick Miller
Chuckie Sol (voice)
John P. Ryan
Buzz Bronski (voice)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Alfred (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruce Timm
Writers: Alan Burnett, Martin Pasko, Paul Dini
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 94% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Batman (DC Universe Animated) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shirley Walker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Al Breitenbach shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kevin Conroy and Dana Delany and Hart Bochner carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Bruce Timm directs. Shirley Walker scores. Al Breitenbach cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Earned back only 94% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
333 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Batman (DC Universe Animated) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Shirley Walker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Al Breitenbach shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kevin Conroy and Dana Delany and Hart Bochner carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy.".
9IMDB entry: tt0106364 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "secret identity", "superhero", "cartoon", "based on comic".

The technical file

Original score: Shirley Walker
Editing: Al Breitenbach
Runtime: 76 min · 1h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $5,617,391
Return: 94% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

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Batman (DC Universe Animated) Collection

A collection of Batman films based upon Batman the Animated Series.

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JPV8522023-09-22
★ 8/10
Really good and well-made animation movie and one of the best Batman feature films. Kevin Conroy was of course amazing, and Dana Delaney leant some wonderful emotion while Mark Hamill was gleefully maniacal as always as The Joker. Kind of wish some elements of this would be implemented into a live action movie, maybe even Matt Reeves' sequel. In any case, I've seen this one several times and still is entertaining as ever. 4.25/5
CinemaSerf2024-09-03
★ 7/10
This animation is very much in the vein of the comics I remember having as a kid. The angular faces with big eyes and broad shoulders atop entirely disproportionately small bodies. This is an embryonic story for the "Caped Crusader" - he hasn't quite finessed his costume as he finds himself embroiled in an identity crisis. It seems he's been out in "Gotham" terrorising and terminating senior figures from the mob. Of course this can't be tolerated, but they don't know his true identity anymore than the cops do. Meantime, his alter ego "Bruce Wayne" has taken a bit of a shine to "Andrea" who just happens to be the daughter of a wealthy man who is also caught up in the gangster shenanigans. Indeed, when he owes them a small fortune that he can't repay, he and his daughter have to flee to Europe. Can they stay safe, though? The two themes knit quite neatly together here as the alternative "Batman" character is quite easy for us to identify as the film progresses. There's some pith in the script, a tiny bit of quite clunky romance and plenty of comic-book menace as the story comes perilously close to an edition of "Scooby Do" at times. Car chases, gadgets, darkly lit streets and a bit of double dealing from "Artie Reeves" all helps this to move along quickly and quite entertainingly and though jeopardy isn't really on the cards, it's a solid story told basically, but well.