Tim Burton's Batman was released 25 years ago. Ryan looks back at how it overcame a media backlash to become a defining 80s blockbuster...
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There may have been a point, in late 1988, where Tim Burton began to wonder whether he'd bitten off more than he could chew.
Sure, the 30-year-old director had made feature films before - namely Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice - but those films were relatively low-budget. Small-scale. Made outside the glare of public and Hollywood studio scrutiny.
Batman, on the other hand, was being put together with a blinding media spotlight trained on it. Warner Bros had set aside somewhere around $30m to adapt DC Comics' beloved Caped Crusader for the silver screen, and both journalists and fans were following every step of its production with keen interest.
Most worryingly, as production on Batman got underway in October 1988, a vocal proportion of those fans were decidedly unhappy.
Feature
There may have been a point, in late 1988, where Tim Burton began to wonder whether he'd bitten off more than he could chew.
Sure, the 30-year-old director had made feature films before - namely Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice - but those films were relatively low-budget. Small-scale. Made outside the glare of public and Hollywood studio scrutiny.
Batman, on the other hand, was being put together with a blinding media spotlight trained on it. Warner Bros had set aside somewhere around $30m to adapt DC Comics' beloved Caped Crusader for the silver screen, and both journalists and fans were following every step of its production with keen interest.
Most worryingly, as production on Batman got underway in October 1988, a vocal proportion of those fans were decidedly unhappy.
- 6/20/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Melbourne, August 29: Magical history tours around The Beatles landmarks in Liverpool are causing a nightmare for residents.
People living around the former homes of the Fab Four are demanding curbs on the procession of fans turning-up in buses and taxis at all hours of the day and night.
Kathleen Hughes, 74, who lives in the house where George Harrison was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, said hundreds of taxis.
People living around the former homes of the Fab Four are demanding curbs on the procession of fans turning-up in buses and taxis at all hours of the day and night.
Kathleen Hughes, 74, who lives in the house where George Harrison was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, said hundreds of taxis.
- 8/29/2012
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Confessions of a Scream Queen by Matt Beckoff
“In Confessions of a Scream Queen, writer Matt Beckoff interviews fifteen legendary ‘Ladies of Horror.’ Spanning over nine decades of cinema, Confessions is filled with entertaining and informative recollections and personal insights about Hollywood’s best-loved horror films. Included are some rare and never before seen pictures. “
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Author’s Note
Carla Laemmle
Lupita Tovar
JanetAnn Gallow
Elena Verdugo
Colleen Gray
Kathleen Hughes
Judith O’Dea
Karen Black
Ingrid Pitt
Jessica Harper
Marilyn Burns
Betsy Palmer
Dee Wallace
P.J. Soles
Adrienne Barbeau
Conclusion
About The Author
Scream Queen, any Monster Kid when they hear those two words can immediately be transported back in time to a favorite movie and favorite actress, well at least I can. My childhood was full of monsters and Scream Queens, the memories fresh and exciting.
Matt Beckoff’s new book Confessions of a...
“In Confessions of a Scream Queen, writer Matt Beckoff interviews fifteen legendary ‘Ladies of Horror.’ Spanning over nine decades of cinema, Confessions is filled with entertaining and informative recollections and personal insights about Hollywood’s best-loved horror films. Included are some rare and never before seen pictures. “
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Author’s Note
Carla Laemmle
Lupita Tovar
JanetAnn Gallow
Elena Verdugo
Colleen Gray
Kathleen Hughes
Judith O’Dea
Karen Black
Ingrid Pitt
Jessica Harper
Marilyn Burns
Betsy Palmer
Dee Wallace
P.J. Soles
Adrienne Barbeau
Conclusion
About The Author
Scream Queen, any Monster Kid when they hear those two words can immediately be transported back in time to a favorite movie and favorite actress, well at least I can. My childhood was full of monsters and Scream Queens, the memories fresh and exciting.
Matt Beckoff’s new book Confessions of a...
- 7/14/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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