Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) 4K Restoration
Director: Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski Run Time: 76 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1993
Starring: Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Stacy Keach
Country: United States
Language: English, Spanish, Italian
About the film:
Celebrate Batman Day at the Film Center! When a powerful criminal, who is connected to Bruce Wayne’s ex-girlfriend, blames the Dark Knight for killing a crime lord, Batman decides to fight against him.
Nominated for Best Animated Film at the 1994 Annie Awards, the first comic book film to receive that recognition. Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings and Robert Costanzo reprise their voice roles from Batman: The Animated Series, joined by Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach Jr., Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller and John P. Ryan.
Until the limited release of Batman: The Killing Joke in 2016, Mask of the Phantasm was the only animated Batman film to be given a theatrical release, as well as the only one to receive a full theatrical release until The Lego Batman Movie in 2017.
Features the score from award-winning film and television composer, Shirley Walker.
“one of the best Batman stories ever told in any medium”
—Shane Romanchick for Collider
About the filmmakers:
Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski are the co-creators and co-producers of Batman: The Animated Series—based on the DC Comics caped crusader—a Saturday morning cartoon on Fox Kids from 1992 to 1995. Mid-way through the series’ run, it was re-titled The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
Batman: The Animated Series has received widespread acclaim since its release and was hailed as a groundbreaking superhero show, receiving praise for its writing, art design, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, and modernization of its title character’s source material. Its critical success led to the show winning multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Programming.
BTAS became the first in the continuity of the shared DC Animated Universe, which spawned further animated TV series, feature films, comic books and video games with much of the same creative talent, including the 1993 theatrical release Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
One of the series’ best-known inventions is the Joker’s assistant, Harley Quinn, who became so popular that DC Comics later added her to mainstream comic book continuity.
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