
Batman Forever is a movie directed by Joel Schumacher in 1995 and based on the characters from the comic book Batman by by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, first published in 1940. The movie features Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Michael Gough, and others.
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Storyline
In Gotham City, the vigilante Batman defuses a hostage situation orchestrated by a criminal known as Two-Face, but Two-Face escapes. Edward Nygma, an eccentric researcher at Wayne Enterprises, approaches his employer, Bruce Wayne with an invention that can beam television signals into a person’s brain.
Movie vs Book

Year
1995
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
5.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Batman Forever
Director: Joel Schumacher
Country: USA
Year: 1995
Length: 2h1m
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Year
1940
Pages
55
Book Rate
8.06
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Comic Book
Batman
Author: Bob Kane, Bill Finger
Country: USA
First published in: 1940
Length: 55 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Batman
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by Lorenzo Semple Jr., William Dozier
Movie by Leslie H. Martinson
Movie by Tim Burton
Movie by Tim Burton
Movie by Joel Schumacher
Movie by Christopher Nolan
Movie by Christopher Nolan
Movie by Christopher Nolan
TV Series by Bruno Heller
Movie by Chris McKay
Movie by Todd Phillips
Movie by Sam Liu
Movie by Aaron Schoenke, Sean Schoenke
Movie by Matt Reeves
Movie by Mike Roth
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