This film is one of my favorate animated (american animated) films ever and I personally felt was one of the last great ones we'll ever have. The Phantasm villian whom is a great new villian sort of Darth Vader like, is creapy, menicing, from that mask down to that voice. The Joker fit in with the film as the subvillian. Usually having two villians in the same film isn't always a good idea but this film balanced them both out perfectly because it knew who was who and for what reason.
This film plot is great it really has the noir and tragic senability, since we see what is currently happening is corilated to Bruce's past. I really love how Bruce's past is revealed it's almost similar to Frank Miller's graphic novel "Batman: Year One". Batman's/Bruce's past has always been sort of engmatic, as much as I love the character there was always a lot I don't know about him, this was one of those passages in his life that truely put Bruce's humanity in the light.
It was interesting to see Bruce actually have a love relationship which is rare in the Batman series and I always felt was a fundamental weakness in the series where Batman/Bruce focused on his lifestyle a lot but never his personal life enough. The way it plays out you acutally believe it from the emotions that are cared out, I even like how the Andrea character is played out thanks to the voice acting of Dana Delany. One of the interesting and emotional moments was seeing Bruce visit his parent grave and it a rainy night. We see he is having second thoughts about becoming Batman and is thinking of a different future, but that by doing that he is breaking a promise. It really put a tear in my eye just seeing the emotion he's going though when you see him actually have tears in his eyes in his need to know if he's doing the right thing.
Both the past and present really contrast with one another as we see what dreams Bruce and Andrea had back them. But the dreams they held then are gone now due to whatever decision one or the other made in the past which makes it all the more tragic. And that is one of the themes in the film, it really went to show what shapes the future, the three way conflict on who a person is now to who there were then and what they could become. But most of all how one single choice can really become a big turning point into what someone will become. When I saw the one factor on what made Bruce finally complete his path in becoming Batman, I couldn't help but wonder what if things did go the other way, what if Andrea didn't leave would Bruce and Andrea had that happy life togther may'be even of raised a family. Personally I felt they could of gone that direction and been content with it but we'll never know and that's what makes it sad. In a way this sort of reflects what most people feel sometimes, depending on what direction your life is going you can't help but ask questions like what if I didn't go that direction or what if I did ask that girl out? And that's the thing about life you never really know, it's truely the littlest things that can lead to the biggest conclusions.moreless
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Bruce Wayne must face his past as Batman faces the shadow of it in this feature about vengeance gone wrong.
 Lloyd Bochner |
Mayor Hamilton Hill |
 Edward Asner |
(voice) Roland Daggett |
 Bob Hastings |
Commissioner Jim Gordon |
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. |
Alfred Pennyworth |
Kevin Conroy |
Bruce Wayne / Batman |
 Vernee Watson-Johnson |
Additional Voices/Woman at Party/Reeves' Secretary |
Guest Star |
Jane Downs |
Additional Voices |
Guest Star |
Ed Gilbert |
Additional Voices |
Guest Star |
 Richard Moll |
Harvey Dent |
Recurring Role |
Robert Costanzo |
Detective Harvey Bullock |
Recurring Role |
 Loren Lester |
Dick Grayson / Robin |
Recurring Role |
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TRIVIA (6)
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This movie seems to take place in the begging of series due to Alfred looking a bit younger in this movie.
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Newspaper Headline
Radomski to press "I'm innocent!"
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One of Valestras pictures show him with Mayor Hill
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Seen on Batman's computer:
O'Neil Funding Corp.
Adams Tool and Die
Puckett & PetersonThe companies are named for comics writers and artists. O'Neil & Adams worked on many DC books including Batman. Puckett and Peterson wrote on the most recent incarnation of Batgirl.
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Regarding the Jake Napier alias, the TNBA episode "Beware the Creeper" states that the Joker utilized many a different alias, among them Jack Napier. Thus, in BB: ROTJ, Batman didn't know the real identity of the Joker.
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They never really have explained what happen to the Joker. The assumption is that Batman's love rejects revenge and turns in the Joker. It's also not explained how Batman clears his name. Interestingly, Batman figures out that the Joker is Jack Napier, hitman, but when he looks up the Joker in BB: ROTJ it says "identity unknown."
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Bruce Wayne: (Athis parents' grave) It doesn't mean I don't care anymore. I don't want to let you down, honest, but... but it just doesn't hurt so bad anymore. You can understand that, can't you? Look, I can give money to the city - they can hire more cops. Let someone else take the risk, but it's different now! (thunder and lightning) Please! I need it to be different now. I know I made a promise, but I didn't see this coming. I didn't count on being happy. (thunder and lightning) Please! Tell me that it's okay.
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Joker: Tsk, tsk. And to think those tax money would pay these jerks.
Arthur: You!
Joker: That's right, Artie. Bring in the press, why don't you. What a photo op! The councilman and his wacky pal.
Arthur: You're no friend of mine.
Joker: Oh, Artie, I'm crushed! How and ho the mighty forget. Don't you remember? You, me, Sally and the gang?
Arthur: What are you talking about? I never met them or you. I work for Beaumont. I didn't know what he was doing.
Joker: But you knew it afterwards and put it to good use, eh? (chuckles)
Arthur: What do you want?
Joker: To find out who's iced the old gang.
Arthur: Haven't you read the papers? It's Batman.
Joker: (Presses his joy buzzer) Wrong. It ain't the bat. Nope, nope, nope. I've seen the guy. He looks more like the Ghost of Christmas Future. No where near as cute as Batboy.
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Joker (to the Phantasm): Whoops! Ha! I guess the joke's on me. You're not Batman after all. Looks like there's a new face in Gotham and soon his name will be all over town... to say nothing of his legs, and feet, and spleen, and head...
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Joker: For once, I'm stuck without a punch line.
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Joker: (to the Phantom) You're harder to kill than a cockroach on steroids.
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Alfred: (while patching Bruce's head) There are certain advantages to having a sturdy cranium, Master Bruce. But then, hard-headedness was always your virtue.
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Batman: You think you know everything about me, don't you?
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Andrea Beaumont: (sees Bruce hurt) Hey, what happened to you? Trip over some loose cash?
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Bruce: Thanks for the handkerchief, Arthur. You know where you can stick it...
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The Phantasm would not appear again until The Justice League Unlimited episode Epilogue which takes place in a flashback.
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This was nominated for a Annie Award for Best Animated Film.
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This movie was actually supposed to be the first in a series of BTAS movies, but subsequent production never got underway for any sequels.
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Siskel & Ebert gave this movie 'Two Thumbs Up' in 1995, two years after the movie was released.
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Alfred's line at the end of the film -- "Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce" -- is the only time in the entire animated continuity that Alfred calls him by his first name, not by the usual title of Master Bruce.
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Vreeland and the women that are fawning over Bruce in the begining also appear in "Holiday Knights."
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Dana Delany eventually went on to do the voice of Lois Lane in the Superman animated series.
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The character of Veronica Vreeland has a daughter called Bunny, later seen on the Batman Beyond Premiere episode "Rebirth" as a young actress who Bruce saves from a gang of criminals.
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"The Phantasm" might appear to be based on "The Reaper", villain who appeared in the "Year Two" comic book series, this character was Gotham City's former vigilante, one that killed his victims as well. He also was the father of Bruce Wayne's love interest and wife-to-be, establishing a certain parallel to this movie. His looks and weapons were similar, except he worn a red armor outfit, and his face was even more skull like.
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