Continuity mistake: When the Joker's henchmen are trashing the museum, one guy puts red handprints all over a portrait, later the Joker walks by the same portrait and the handprints are gone. (00:59:55)
Batman (1989)
Plot summary
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Billy Dee Williams, Robert Wuhl
Bruce Wayne is the masked hero Batman. A criminal raids a chemical plant. His employer tipped the police. Batman arrived and knocked him into a vat of chemicals. The criminal became the Joker. He poisons make-up, hairspray, and deodorant to make a combination of them cause the user to die of laughter. He goes to release laughing gas at a parade through floats but Batman arrives and stops him. Joker kidnaps Vicky Vale and takes her into a tall building.
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The Joker: And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money. And where is the Batman? HE'S AT HOME WASHING HIS TIGHTS!
Trivia: Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki Vale but broke her collarbone while filming a horse-riding scene with Michael Keaton. The scene was subsequently written out of the script when Kim Basinger took over the role.
Question: Given how narrow that ledge is, just how could the Joker grab hold of it and silently pull himself onto it prior to yanking Batman and Vicki Vale over the side?
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Answer: Most likely, in real life, this would be impossible. Movies take liberties with facts and realities in order to tell the story.
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