Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
by Bruce W. Timm, Eric Radomski
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Actor: Abe Vigoda, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Kevin Conroy, Stacy KeachDirector: Bruce W. Timm, Eric Radomski
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Alan Burnett
Writer: Bob Kane
Writer: Jerry Robinson
Writer: Martin Pasko
Writer: Michael Reaves
Writer: Paul Dini
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 76 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
DVD Reviews of Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
DVD Review: Warner Brothers Classic! 5-STARS!!! The greatest film of 1993!
Summary: 5 Stars
BATMAN MASK OF THE PHANTASM, A 5-STAR CLASSIC OF THE WBFE (WARNER BROS FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT). BATMAN FANS, FORCE YOURSELVES TO GET THIS, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE BATMAN FILMS! IT'LL BE YOUR'S, TOO!
THIS MOVIE BRINGS BACK SO MANY FANTASTIC MEMORIES, I'D WATCH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!
DVD Review: Excellent music.
Summary: 5 Stars
Shirley Walker truly was a master composer. I've listened to this score many times and it still surprises me. The sound quality is a little iffy (numerous popping sounds due to analog source material, I'm guessing) but it's not at all distracting.DVD Review: Love or Duty? The Puzzle of the Batman
Summary: 5 Stars
Batman Mask of the Phantasm (1993) is one of those better cartoon series with way more excitement and adventure than many of the live action Batman movies of the post Tim Burton era (except for Batman Begins and Dark Knight of course).
Who is the Phantasm? And why is the D.A. so intent on labeling the Bat as an evil vigilante. Even the Joker didn't believe it.
Batman confronts who he is and why he is; how love, though strong, is not stronger than the duty to his parents, to Gotham.
The animation was realistic and spot-on. Bruce Timm did a great job in co-producing, and I didn't know that Paul Dini (Elfquest comics) had a hand in the script.
Mark Hamill (Star Wars) does a great voice-over as the maniacal, cackling Joker!
The DVD is very barebones, with English and French subtitles, a scene selector and a film trailer.
Bruce Timm had a hand in other great DC animation:
Batman Collection DVD 3-Pack (Mask of the Phantasm / SubZero / Return of the Joker)
Superman: Doomsday
Justice League Unlimited - Season One (DC Comics Classic Collection)
DVD Review: Best of the animated movies
Summary: 4 Stars
I missed this movie when it first came out. Within the last few years, I've gotten back into watching my favorite cartoons from my childhood. Batman: TAS is one of them. I've seen all the other animated movies on Cartoon Network (Subzero, Mystery of the Batwoman, Gotham Knight, Return of the Joker). This is, by far, the best.
The story line is compelling & the animation is top notch. We get to see a young Bruce Wayne as he begins his career as Batman. Very interesting. The voice talents have also done an amazing job. Kevin Conroy has become one of my favorite people to listen to.
The only downside is with the DVD itself. There are no special features, other than the theatrical trailer. It's a two-sided DVD (standard/widescreen).
DVD Review: Most of the great stuff has been said here but...
Summary: 5 Stars
It would have been better if they would have taken an extra 15 mins. and showed the true back story of Bruce/Batman. For those who don't know, they should have had a few scenes of Bruce going to the theater with his parents and Joe Chill shooting his mother and father and the aftermath of that and a little bit of his childhood. In the comics it is refered to quite a bit either in flashback or as a mini story at the begining. In Superman Animated it shows Kal-El/Clark going through his 3 episode beginnings with the death of millions so go figure! Joe Chill was only featured on the episode of Justice League Unlimited called For the Man Who Has Everything.
Description of Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
Unmasking the Phantasm is just one of the twists in Batman: Mask of Phantasm, "one of the most imaginative films of the past year" (Chuck Rich, Westwood One). Only here will you discover all-new revelations about Batman's past, his archrival the Joker and the most grueling battle of Batman's life - the choice between his love of a beautiful woman and his vow to be the defender of right. Batman: Mask of Phantasm is a "mystery that is genuinely absorbing, suspenseful and moving" (Cincinnati Enquirer) and a film no fan should be without! Can the Dark Knight elude the police, capture the Phantasm and clear his name? Year: 1993 Director: Eric Radomski Starring: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Abe VigodaAlthough the live-action Batman franchise faltered artistically after Tim Burton gave up control, the slack was taken up by the Saturday morning cartoon show, whose creators are responsible for this feature film. Though a cartoon, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is less cartoonish than the popular '60s TV show (which spawned its own movie, Batman: The Movie). Mask of the Phantasm combines the noir of the original comic book, the violence and dark humor of the Dark Knight comic book revision, and Burton's two movies.
In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, everyone's favorite schizophrenic billionaire crime fighter is investigating the murders of several prominent gangsters. Meanwhile, his ex-fianc?e and her father are back in town. Through flashbacks, these two death-obsessed kids are shown falling in love (she lost her mother; he lost both parents--of course, they meet in a graveyard), until she leaves quickly and mysteriously. Along the way, there's a short course in the origins of the Batman costume and the origins of the Joker (voice of Star Wars' Mark Hamill!), a big fight with the smoke-enshrouded Phantasm character, who is suspected of killing the gangsters, and an even bigger fight with the Joker at the abandoned Gotham World's Fair grounds. Altogether, a good ride. --Andy Spletzer
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