Batman: Gotham Knight

Batman: Gotham Knight is a collection of six animated short films set in between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, depicting Batman's transition from novice vigilante to experienced crime-fighter. Bruce Wayne/Batman It works too well. I'm willing to put my life on the line to do what I have to. But it has to be mine. No one else's. You're MCU, aren't you? Gordon's squad? Lieutenant Gordon is a good judge of character. It was just like that night in the alley, Alfred... the closeness of the walls, the gunfire. It seems I've been trying to stop those two bullets all my life. Now why would someone want to shoot me, Mr. Fox? Shoot your mouth off now, Deadshot. I admire a man who vows to rebuild the neighborhood and starts by building a golf course. You get the docks. You stay in the slums. That's the arrangement 'til I can get something on you. And then you can fight over who gets the top bunk in Blackgate. Got it?! It's like I've been trying to stop those two bullets my entire life. It's a fool's dream, Alfred. Sometimes I feel like I should just be done with it. It's something I manage. Dialogue Ronald Marshall: Got any interest in some poker tonight? Bruce: I have some business to attend to. Ronald: Is that right? Blonde or brunette? Bruce: Half Russian, half Italian. Ronald: Wow. Now that's a handful. Homeless Man: Hey Bat, when you flyin', what the city look like from up on high? Batman: It looks dirty. Alfred Pennyworth: It's a bagful of tragedy, sir. I can't see how you could even bear to handle one. Bruce Wayne: You have to know your enemy, Alfred. I'd never use one, but even I can appreciate the attraction of a gun. The heft. The sleekness. The cool steel. The precision. And the power. The power to change lives, history. The power of God. Deadshot: He's either the bravest man I've ever faced, or a complete fool. Batman: Alfred, how's the satellite picture? Alfred Pennyworth: Splendid. I can almost see your pointy ears, sir. Sal Maroni: I'll do it! I'LL DO IT! Batman: No. You won't. Lt. James Gordon: Are you in pain? Batman: I work through pain. Alfred: Sir! Give me your hand! Batman: I... I can't. Batman: The Scarecrow's here with an army of escaped Arkham inmates and homeless. They've all be poisoned with toxin. Lieutenant James Gordon: Where are you, Batman? Batman: Beneath the East Reservoir, I guess. In the old Weir Chambers. Lieutenant Gordon: I'm sending reinforcements now. Just hold tight until we get there. Batman: No time for that. B-Devil: Yo, wait a minute. Batman never cut nobody's head off. Everybody knows he don't ever kill nobody. Meesh: I'm making it more colorful, yo Bruce Wayne: [W]hy don't you leave? Cassandra: Because, this is where I belong. In your life, isn't there such a place? Deadshot: Another happy customer. Lt. Gordon: Got a lead on your 'Killer Croc.' His name's Waylon Jones. He was an inmate at Arkham Asylum - and a former test subject in Dr. Crane's fear-aversion therapy program. Batman: Which means he's twice as twisted now that Crane's had a go at him. About If I have a story, if I have something to say, that’s my motivation. For this film, I had something to say about Bruce Wayne as a character, what his motivations are. That there’s something dark and wrong about what drives him. Batman is a super hero and he does good. But I think the Bruce Wayne part of the character’s motivation is slightly twisted. Bruce’s motivations don’t come from a good place. He’s angry and, in that revenge is really his goal, he’s a dishonest character. That’s why he has to wear a mask. He’s doing good, but he’s not doing all the right things for all the right reasons. That plays into this story. It should be a story about non-violence, but that’s the lesson that Bruce doesn’t learn. On the surface, Bruce is on a spiritual journey, but his spirit was corrupted when his parents were killed. And it’s not something that I think he’s even interested in fixing. Brian Azzarello, "Interview Brian Azzarello on Batman Gotham Knight", Major Spoilers, (05/09/2008). The image of Batman coming through flaming wreckage was pretty much exactly as I wanted it. I really was trying to get the psychological impact of seeing this man, who maybe isn’t a man if you don’t know, coming through the flames – literally a walking, talking, burning bush, standing and staring the villain down. If somebody was staring me down from the middle of flames, they could have anything they want. I think the animators executed that really well. Greg Rucka, “Interview with “Batman Gotham Knight” Writer Greg Rucka”, by Sam Sloan, Sliceofscifi, (May 23, 2008). Cast Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman David McCallum as Alfred Pennyworth Jim Meskimen as Lt. James Gordon, Floyd Lawton/Deadshot Kevin Michael Richardson as Lucius Fox, Avery, Wounded Man, Bulky Man George Newbern as Man in Black, Guido, Man, Youth 3 Gary Dourdan as Detective Crispus Allen Ana Ortiz as Detective Anna Ramirez Corey Burton as Yuri Dimitrov, Ronald Marshall, The Scarecrow Will Friedle as Anton, Cultist, Youth 1 Jason Marsden as Cop, Doctor, Youth 2, Thomas Wayne Scott Menville as B-Devil, Cop Rob Paulsen as Sal Maroni, Mole Man, Youth 4 Parminder Nagra as Cassandra Corey Padnos as Porkchop Crystal Scales as Meesh Alanna Ubach as Dander Hynden Walch as Young Bruce Wayne, Young Cassandra, Woman, Female Campaign Worker Andrea Romano as Martha Wayne, Dispatcher Pat Musick as News Anchor Brian George as Arman, Scruffy Man, O'Fallon External links Category:2000s American adult animated films Category:Traditionally animated films Category:American adult animated action films Category:American adult animated superhero films Category:Animated Batman films Category:Direct-to-video animated superhero films Category:Anime-influenced Western animated films Category:Action thriller films