DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

"The fate of Gotham is in your hands."

2020 0h 31m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 496🍅78%Rotten Tomatoes★5.5IMDB · 1,886

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Synopsis

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Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.

“The fate of Gotham is in your hands.”

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Cast

Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Vincent Martella
Jason Todd / Robin / Red Hood / Red Robin (voice)
John DiMaggio
Jack Napier / The Joker / Thomas Wayne / Reporter 2 (voice)
Zehra Fazal
Talia al Ghul / Reporter 3 (voice)
Gary Cole
Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
Kimberly Brooks
Police Officer 1 / Reporter 1 (voice)
Nolan North
Clark Kent / Police Officer 2 (voice)
Nick Carson
Tim Drake / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brandon Vietti
Writers: Judd Winick, Brandon Vietti
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Red Hood Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Bruce Greenwood and Vincent Martella and John DiMaggio carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The fate of Gotham is in your hands.".

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IMDB entry: tt12794046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Brandon Vietti directs. Christopher Drake scores. Robert Ehrenreich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 6 years ago.
3Part of the "The Red Hood Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Christopher Drake. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robert Ehrenreich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bruce Greenwood and Vincent Martella and John DiMaggio carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The fate of Gotham is in your hands.".
8IMDB entry: tt12794046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Christopher Drake
Editing: Robert Ehrenreich
Runtime: 31 min · 0h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 1,886 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 nomination.

Part of

The Red Hood Collection

A pair of animated movies centered around the death and return of Batman's second sidekick, Jason Todd.

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Brandon Vietti

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wildhunt12020-10-14
★ 5/10
Overall Grade: 3.1/5 Letter Grade: B- Star Grade: 2.5/5, 5/10 I bought this movie, excited to finally see "A Death in the Family" in animated form. DC has rarely disappointed me with their movies, but I have to say... this one was a humongous disappointment. I mean, this movie sucked. It was nothing but a 30 minute recap of "Under the Red Hood" with a little bit of "Death in the Family" thrown in at the beginning, followed by 4 DC Showcase movies I didn't give a crap about. The only reason for as high a grade as it gets is because of the animation and voice acting. Otherwise, total waste of time. And the digital version doesn't even give you the interactive capabilities, meaning you're losing stuff that the blu-ray has. I want my money back, DC, and I've never said that about your movies before.
CueBert2023-12-08
★ 4/10
Wow. This is as disappointing as wildhunt1 wrote. This is 30 min of Batman narrating a storyline that WAS interesting and took years to tell. It’s Batman’s version of Winder Soldier comics. No, I don’t know who did which first. Anyway, DC animated movies are usually very well done across the boards. This one is...if you want the dehydrated version. Really, it’s kind of pointless. It would make sense if it was the prologue to a Red Hood or Jason Todd reborn movie. There is no teeth to this story. It’s sad.