This teaser was famous for being rushed in the editing room to get something in theaters to hype the film up prior to release, hence why music is completely missing.
They were still shooting in London. That said, there had been multiple articles about Keaton's casting and the perception of a comedic actor as Batman. So, as you say, this was rushed to theatres for Christmas 1988. The reaction was something else, even to this fifth grader.
This trailer was also made for those who had doubts of Michael Keaton donning the cape and cowl, because he was previously in comedies like Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice.
@@billsykes2977 Superman came out in 1978, Batman was going to be the next big movie. and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made. Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started 10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge.
I love how absolutely *busted* the editing in this is, like I get the context that it was rushed out to calm people's nerves that it would be a comedy, and yet even completely devoid of music, narration, or competent editing it still kinda makes me want to watch the movie again. It's a very cool piece of film history
Superman came out in 1978, Batman was going to be the next big movie. and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made. Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started 10 years of waiting, & Mr. Mom is Batman?! so yeah this was huge. Jon Peters got this out as fast as he could so, no music or anything
1:28 The best shot of the teaser for me. Not used in the final film but what an iconic shot of Keats. Also the added chilling laugh of Nicholson - Sheer genius. 🌟
I so fondly remember this trailer back in 88 while waiting for another movie to start. I was with my buddy and when we saw the flames coming out of the Batmobile up close I yelled out to my friend "Batman" and we both freaked out and couldn't wait to tell others what we saw. I don't think anyone past Get X will ever know the feeling of seeing something so new like this ever before.
Odds are the movie you were waiting for was one of these three: The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons or Tequila Sunrise. My money is on Tequila Sunrise. That one had Jack Burton aka Kurt Russell and Mad Max aka Mel Gibson.
@Ghostviking69 I'm a Xennial, and I saw Batman 1989 in theaters. After the film, I ended up getting a Batman logo T-shirt afterward and over the next couple months, my friends and I accumulated tons and tons of the film's trading cards and even got the movie comic book. We were in 2nd grade negotiating trading cards like Mafia bosses. Before this film, I had no clue who Batman was, Christopher Reeve's Superman was the only hero I knew at the time as a 7 year old.
Even though I never got to see it in '88, seeing this on the big screen at Tarantino's theater in 2018 before a 35mm screening of "Batman Returns" was honestly the highlight of that day. We all reacted to it as if we were seeing it for the first time.
I saw it once on the channel that would become E! in January '89, and didn't see it again until someone uploaded it on YT on 6/23/09. It was one of those pieces of pop culture ephemera that became lodged in my brain as a kid.
The highlight at my screening at the Alamo Drafthouse was seeing the Diet Coke and Warners catalog commercials before the trailers, which included Batman Forever and Dick Tracy.
Que tal suerte tiene Usted. Cuanto daria por conocer ese teatro, viendo tanto peliculon de la directa mano de uno de mis directores favoritos!!!! Debe ser como comer en un restaurant 5 tenedores, escuchando musica clasica!!!!
I seen batman in 89 ,my dad was the cinema projectionist in our town I sat in the projection booth with him while he showed it,I had my own little window looking out at the big screen ,great times.
The music-less trailer actually works. This was Batman like never before at the time. Fans were hoping and praying for a Batman that's more faithful to the darker comics than the campy shows and they got exactly that. This trailer was basically, "Here you go. All of your hopes and concerns have finally been answered." Like a preview of what was to come.
Jon Peters quickly made this to stop all the hate Michael Keaton was getting after it was announced that he was Batman & it worked. & Peters didn't even care about music, he wanted it out as fast as possible.
IIRC, producer Jon Peters cut this teaser himself, or at the very least, dictated the assembly to the editor. It's still brilliant in its simplicity - no music, no post-effects, no title. And for months, people chose what movie to go see simply out of whether or not this teaser was playing in front. Legend.
@@AngelofMusic04 I know the reference you’re making, yeah Jon Peters was sooo obsessed with that spider gimmick for that unmade Superman movie “Superman Lives”, I always had the kookiest ideas and they never made sense in the grand scheme of things. Eventually he got his dumb wish and put it in “Wild Wild West” (guilty pleasure of mine), and honestly I thought the steampunk spider looked kinda cool and the visuals effects oddly still looks good two decades later. Because of that bizarre thing he wanted he was ridiculed in the public eye and when he was interviewed for that documentary about the unmade film I can tell that he was lying about wanting a giant spider and a polar bear fight in “Superman Lives”, he was simply saving his own a$$. I’m also glad that he was banned from the set of “Man of Steel” because Nolan and everyone else knew how bad of a reputation he’s gotten.
Great memories. When I first saw this trailer, I lost my sh**. I became obsessed, and devoured every newspaper article, magazine story, and tv report. Having no internet made the buildup for movies more suspenseful.
Still annoyed that WB put together a documentary for the 2005 box set that discusses the reaction to this teaser extensively (really kids, you should've been there) without including the trailer as an extra. Thanks for the upload.
The clips they showed from this trailer were in 4X3. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone would upload it in this manner and I’m glad to say that that day has finally arrived!
At first I didn’t know what you meant, but after seeing how the 4K release of Batman (1989) looks like…. yeah it’s absolute garbage. I can’t believe WB butchered their own release and it has a very distracting blue tint throughout the movie, reminded me of the awful Blu-ray of Night of the Living Dead (1990) that a different company did before we got the much superior Sony Entertainment release.
@@Johnlindsey289 No way, too much teal and they changed the sound effects for gunshots, probably nbd if you're a new viewer or have only seen the film once or twice but if you've it a bunch, you can tell the difference
This was one of the first movies that I remember people camping out for a week in front of the Century 21 in San Jose, California to be the first in line to see it.
The only thing that comes close to the prerelease hype is Episode I ten years later. This was the first time I'd ever heard of people paying to see a trailer and leaving afterwards.
People were cheering! I believe people were actually selling the trailer on VHS tape at comic book conventions. There was a huge amount of controversy over Michael Keaton's casting but the trailer put all that to rest. People who are not alive back then might not realize the absolute phenomenon that this movie became before it was released. The Batman logo was everywhere and when it opened it had by far the biggest box-office opening in movie history. It's a very strange movie though, I'm not sure how well it's held up. But it totally reignited interest and superhero movies.
Superman came out in 1978, Batman was going to be the next big movie. and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made. Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started 10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge. Jack Nicholson took a pay cut, in echange for a percent of the Joker merchandise & box office money he got $6 million in salary & has made $90 million from this one movie since 1989
Prior to Warner Brothers' green light and release of the film, it was originally pitched to Universal Pictures, but the studio had turned it down. Source: Wikipedia
What a beautiful trailer and a perfect teaser the look of grainy film is just amazing and unmatched by the clean digital look of todays movies. I love this editing love how it doesnt even tell you the title of the movie. Not that it needs to.
I remember watching the original video that’s still up on UA-cam, I was surprised about the background of this movie and the fan backlash it was receiving at the time. Fans were angered by the idea of Michael Keaton being cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman because they thought it be comedic like the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward and of course the costume not being spandex but instead foam latex and all black minus the Bat Emblem they left its original colors alone, the studio was worried so they quickly made a teaser with the footage they had available to show the fans the look and tone of the film and they were hyped AF. Without this trailer existing then Batman (1989) wouldn’t have been a massive success and that no comic book films would ever get made like TMNT (1990), The Mask, The Crow, Spawn, Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man and many more.
I want to write that my name is Josh Tate and i'm writing that the year 2024 will not only be the 35th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman film but it will also be Batman's 85th anniversary year too.
Neither film has anything to do with my comment besides also opening that summer, since Batman held the weekend record for four years until Jurassic Park.
@@JBarg25 Actually, Batman held the record for three years, until Batman Returns beat it. Then Jurassic Park came out the year later and beat Batman Returns.
Those who weren't around in 89. Think about how crazy it would've been having only knowledge of Batman from either the comics or the silly 60s tv series. Your idea of him was the blue and grey outfit with the underpants, and sporting a cheeky grin, and then, THIS comes out.
As someone who absolutely loves the classic gray and blue costume in both the comics and in animation...I fully understand why the Adam West show was the last time it's ever been used in live-action. It looks gorgeous, but it would be a special FX nightmare. Sure, you could film Batman himself on a green screen, but characters who wear green (Robin, Poison Ivy, the Riddler) or ARE green in some way (the Joker's hair, Killer Croc's skin) would have to be filmed on a blue screen. The only way to have Batman occupy the same FX shots with them would be to sacrifice the blue in his suit in favor of black. And going with an all-black suit as Burton and later Schumacher did vastly simplifies the costume color issue because that suit can be filmed on any backdrop. Ultimately, the more monochromatic colors of live-action Batman were inevitable just for the needs of the FX work.
@@davidsavage5630 I was 7 when I went to the theaters to see Batman 1989. I had no clue who Batman was at the time. I only knew Superman. My mom asked if I wanted to see the film and I agreed after she assured me it wasn't scary. I started to get nervous during the Joker reveal then I saw he looked like a "clown" and I relaxed. From then on, I embraced the film with open arms. It was because of this movie that I eventually watched the old Adam West Batman film and the difference in tone was amazing to witness. My mom took me to see Batman Returns opening weekend in 1992. I pretty much kept the opening weekend tradition throughout the years for Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Stallone said that this movie ended the need for buff leads. I think he was right. And FWIW, I would take that as a complement. Batman descending through the glass @0:58 was revelatory at the time. Having said that, the underlying script of this film is unsettling: a maniac takes control of the industrial capacity and then reporters start stroking out live on air. Make of it what you will.
yup! Superman came out in 1978, Batman was going to be the next big movie. and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made. Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started 10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge. Jack Nicholson took a pay cut, in echange for a percent of the Joker merchandise & box office money he got $6 million in salary & has made $90 million from this one movie since 1989
Smh..I probably sound dramatic but this film is perfect, anytime I watch it I adjust my tele in black and white..👍🏻 really awesome way to watch it. Gives it a 1950s noir feel. I do the same with Brandon Lee's the Crow. Burton's Batman is the still my favourite and the best Batman. Keaton was frightening, he was the fear. The ending scared me a little when i was young😅 joker laughing and and Batman just standing there like trying to understand the sick mind of joker...👍🏻 I saw this was 13 when this came out.
that's because he was paid $6 million he did receive $90 million from a percentage of the box office. Which is ironic because WB said the film lost money.
@@purefoldnz3070 this was the most expensive movie made then, & Jack made his money from Joker merchandise, mainly he got a lower salary of $6 million, in exchange for a percent of the box office, & a percent of the Joker merchandise & has made yes, $90 million from this one role since 1989
Road To The Batman Started Here Batman 89 ✅ Batman Returns Batman Forever Batman & Robin Batman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises The Batman
I don’t remember 100% but Batman 89 was the first of the summer blockbusters. Theaters would sell out and people would line up with lines outside the theater. Then came Last Crusade , T2, Independents Day. To name a few. The internet killed the blockbuster
Last Crusade came out first on 5/24/89. Then this movie came out wide release on 6/23/89. the first summer blockbuster is usually given to "Jaws", released on June 20, 1975, with a fairly wide release (at the time) of 450 screens, extensive marketing, and becoming all-time the highest grossing film for two years (until 1977's Star Wars). I disagree that the Internet killed the summer blockbuster. The shorter window to home release and studios front-loading a release (4000+ screens, making the most money on the opening weekend and declining by 50%) have damaged it far more.
@@hbdragon88 It’s a shame because those long lines and selling out tickets was part of the fun. I think the last one was SW The Phantom Menace. I don’t remember it being crazy after that trilogy.
From the Producers of The Color Purple, Rain Man and Who's that Girl and from the Director of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice and from the studio that brought you Dirty Harry, Lean on Me and Superman: The Movie Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) and Kim Basinger (Never Say Never Again) Batman
yes, Jon Peters made this as fast as he could to stop the hate Michael Keaton was getting after being cast as Batman he didn't care about anything, he wanted to get this out as fast as he could
When I first saw the trailer I was young and I wanted to see the movie so bad that when it came out I was begging my father to give me enough for a ticket 🎟 at the theater and he didn't want to give me the money to see it he thought I was to old at the time to see it I wanted to see it so bad that I was in tears 😢 begging him to let me see it. We were at my grandmother's at the time and she told my father oh let him see it I'll give him the money back then I didn't know I was trans til I got older but thank you to my grandma.
Why didn't they put music under this trailer? Never understood it. I know everyone lost their minds when it came out...but wouldn't they have lost their minds even more if this had some exciting music? Instead it just feels like a rough cut from the editor.
It was. When the project was first announced, people were furious because of Burton and Keaton; they assumed it would be another "Beetlejuice" instead of being the Batman they were hoping for due to the return of a darker Batman thanks to "The Killing Joke" and "The Dark Knight Returns". So the producers quickly edited a trailer together based on the footage they had available to calm people down. The plan worked as people paid to see "Tequila Sunrise" several times to see the trailer and then left before the movie started.
@@benwatson6729 hey they had to release a trailer for the movie sometime of later. You can’t just have a movie be released without a trailer. Either way if they didn’t rush out a trailer and had a trailer that wasn’t rush, fans protest against Michael Keaton as Batman still would have been stopped when the fans see his performance.
@@AngelofMusic04 Exactly Will, it was cobbled together by using the available footage they had since they were still in production in London at the time. Fans were livid at the casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman, so the studio was panicking so they ordered a trailer to be made ASAP. If it weren’t for this teaser then Batman wouldn’t have been successful and we wouldn’t see the rise of superhero films in the 90’s and 2000’s.
I’ve given up on DC films after Nolan since they can’t make up their mind whether to continue or create a new continuity. I love Batman but enough with the constant reinventing.
It was made just to please the Batman fans to show them the tone of the movie. They were furious because of the casting, so Jon Peters released this teaser with all the footage he had available at the time. That was why the sound is kinda weirdly mixed here, the scenes were unfinished.
It actually was. They actually rushed this teaser because the media was making such a fuss about casting Keaton as Batman, so they had to change their minds somehow. They used whatever footage they had on hand, and, well, here we are.
@@JBarg25 "And people lost their minds." They had every right to be concerned. They knew Keaton from his comedic roles and worried that Hollywood is gonna go for the campy Batman again. They didn't just wake up one day and went "You know what... I'm gonna be a haaater".
Oh, I know. The documentary I've mentioned goes into detail about that, even the Wall Street Journal article. Once this hit theatres, the tone from people flipped.
@@timothy790110 It was rushed out with raw footage to counteract the negative buzz surrounding Michael Keaton's casting. When this trailer hit, people finally started getting excited for the movie because it wasn't going to be a repeat of *Beetlejuice* or an attempt to imitate the Adam West show. Just from the footage shown, this was clearly going to be a modern take on Batman and Keaton was going to be playing it straight. Without this trailer, the movie would likely have been crippled by angry fans with an axe to grind (as every live-action Superman not named Tom Welling has found out the hard way).
@@reidmason2551 Its still a godawful trailer. The reason was it was rushed, as you say. Its better than no trailer at all of course, but the way this is edited feels like something one would do as a lazy first project in elective editing class in high school. Its basically all the coolest scenes stacked next to each other. Its also the lack of music.
This teaser was famous for being rushed in the editing room to get something in theaters to hype the film up prior to release, hence why music is completely missing.
I don't think the movie was even finished yet when this teaser was released.
They were still shooting in London.
That said, there had been multiple articles about Keaton's casting and the perception of a comedic actor as Batman.
So, as you say, this was rushed to theatres for Christmas 1988. The reaction was something else, even to this fifth grader.
That plus fairly random selection of clips.
I remember they said people would show up for the teaser and then leave before the movie started
This trailer was also made for those who had doubts of Michael Keaton donning the cape and cowl, because he was previously in comedies like Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice.
People just don't understand how important this movie was 😢
Yeah, without it we wouldn't have 5152717 superhero movies per year.
@@billsykes2977
Superman came out in 1978,
Batman was going to be the next big movie.
and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made.
Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started
10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge.
I love how absolutely *busted* the editing in this is, like I get the context that it was rushed out to calm people's nerves that it would be a comedy, and yet even completely devoid of music, narration, or competent editing it still kinda makes me want to watch the movie again. It's a very cool piece of film history
I watched it again recently. It's still good.
Jon Peters quickly made this to stop all the hate Michael Keaton was getting after it was announced that he was Batman
& it worked.
Superman came out in 1978,
Batman was going to be the next big movie.
and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made.
Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started
10 years of waiting, & Mr. Mom is Batman?!
so yeah this was huge.
Jon Peters got this out as fast as he could
so, no music or anything
1:28 The best shot of the teaser for me. Not used in the final film but what an iconic shot of Keats. Also the added chilling laugh of Nicholson - Sheer genius. 🌟
That part always scared me as a kid.
That sent chills down my spine, this is where fans started to lose their minds and I can see why.
I felt the same way.
Beautiful edit
Yep. Perfect shot and mood to challenge the publics disconcerted feelings towards Keaton.
Was most likely some kind of testing thing, but it looks so cool I must agree
I so fondly remember this trailer back in 88 while waiting for another movie to start. I was with my buddy and when we saw the flames coming out of the Batmobile up close I yelled out to my friend "Batman" and we both freaked out and couldn't wait to tell others what we saw. I don't think anyone past Get X will ever know the feeling of seeing something so new like this ever before.
As a millennial I had no memory of seeing the teaser ina. Cinema but saw it on tv
Odds are the movie you were waiting for was one of these three: The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons or Tequila Sunrise. My money is on Tequila Sunrise. That one had Jack Burton aka Kurt Russell and Mad Max aka Mel Gibson.
@@PJVids83It was definitely Tequila Sunrise. That's where I saw it. I couldn't even concentrate on that movie after seeing this..
@Ghostviking69 I'm a Xennial, and I saw Batman 1989 in theaters. After the film, I ended up getting a Batman logo T-shirt afterward and over the next couple months, my friends and I accumulated tons and tons of the film's trading cards and even got the movie comic book. We were in 2nd grade negotiating trading cards like Mafia bosses. Before this film, I had no clue who Batman was, Christopher Reeve's Superman was the only hero I knew at the time as a 7 year old.
Even though I never got to see it in '88, seeing this on the big screen at Tarantino's theater in 2018 before a 35mm screening of "Batman Returns" was honestly the highlight of that day. We all reacted to it as if we were seeing it for the first time.
I saw it once on the channel that would become E! in January '89, and didn't see it again until someone uploaded it on YT on 6/23/09. It was one of those pieces of pop culture ephemera that became lodged in my brain as a kid.
@@JBarg25 It also appeared in the VHS release of Everybody's All-American (1988).
The highlight at my screening at the Alamo Drafthouse was seeing the Diet Coke and Warners catalog commercials before the trailers, which included Batman Forever and Dick Tracy.
1988?
Que tal suerte tiene Usted. Cuanto daria por conocer ese teatro, viendo tanto peliculon de la directa mano de uno de mis directores favoritos!!!!
Debe ser como comer en un restaurant 5 tenedores, escuchando musica clasica!!!!
I seen batman in 89 ,my dad was the cinema projectionist in our town I sat in the projection booth with him while he showed it,I had my own little window looking out at the big screen ,great times.
this is the best comment. thank you
Wow
the teaser trailer debuted. On Original June 29 1988, VS On Remastered On June 7, 2008,
The music-less trailer actually works. This was Batman like never before at the time. Fans were hoping and praying for a Batman that's more faithful to the darker comics than the campy shows and they got exactly that. This trailer was basically, "Here you go. All of your hopes and concerns have finally been answered." Like a preview of what was to come.
Jon Peters quickly made this to stop all the hate Michael Keaton was getting after it was announced that he was Batman
& it worked.
& Peters didn't even care about music, he wanted it out as fast as possible.
IIRC, producer Jon Peters cut this teaser himself, or at the very least, dictated the assembly to the editor. It's still brilliant in its simplicity - no music, no post-effects, no title. And for months, people chose what movie to go see simply out of whether or not this teaser was playing in front. Legend.
The lack of music is what stuck with me as a kid.
While imagining Batman fighting a giant spider.
And connecting with Batman because 'we both grew up on the streets.' (real quote!)
@@AngelofMusic04 I know the reference you’re making, yeah Jon Peters was sooo obsessed with that spider gimmick for that unmade Superman movie “Superman Lives”, I always had the kookiest ideas and they never made sense in the grand scheme of things. Eventually he got his dumb wish and put it in “Wild Wild West” (guilty pleasure of mine), and honestly I thought the steampunk spider looked kinda cool and the visuals effects oddly still looks good two decades later.
Because of that bizarre thing he wanted he was ridiculed in the public eye and when he was interviewed for that documentary about the unmade film I can tell that he was lying about wanting a giant spider and a polar bear fight in “Superman Lives”, he was simply saving his own a$$. I’m also glad that he was banned from the set of “Man of Steel” because Nolan and everyone else knew how bad of a reputation he’s gotten.
@@tonymata8070 The writers on Wild Wild West say the spider wasn't his idea.
June 23th 1989
Batman was release in US theaters all over america tomorrow is going to be the 35th anniversary to this legendary film.
I'm Batman
Great memories. When I first saw this trailer, I lost my sh**. I became obsessed, and devoured every newspaper article, magazine story, and tv report. Having no internet made the buildup for movies more suspenseful.
This preview still makes me want to watch this movie. Still the best Batman!
I worked at my first job at a theater in 1988 and always went in to watch this!
I remember seeing this very trailer when I went with my dad to go see The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen in downtown DC.
People went into movie theaters just to see this trailer.
Still annoyed that WB put together a documentary for the 2005 box set that discusses the reaction to this teaser extensively (really kids, you should've been there) without including the trailer as an extra.
Thanks for the upload.
I have the 2005 2-Disc Special Edition DVD copy of Batman (1989).
The clips they showed from this trailer were in 4X3. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone would upload it in this manner and I’m glad to say that that day has finally arrived!
This batman was the greatest! Batman of all time!
BRILLIANT! This is what the new 4K version should have looked like!
At first I didn’t know what you meant, but after seeing how the 4K release of Batman (1989) looks like…. yeah it’s absolute garbage.
I can’t believe WB butchered their own release and it has a very distracting blue tint throughout the movie, reminded me of the awful Blu-ray of Night of the Living Dead (1990) that a different company did before we got the much superior Sony Entertainment release.
I disagree, i think the UHD 4K of Batman 1989 looks great and close to the theatrical release
@@Johnlindsey289 It’s way too steal blue looking than the natural look it gives here.
Well i cant tell how this scan was graded and it does look too dark with crushed blacks and all, still better then the official 4k tough.
@@Johnlindsey289 No way, too much teal and they changed the sound effects for gunshots, probably nbd if you're a new viewer or have only seen the film once or twice but if you've it a bunch, you can tell the difference
This was one of the first movies that I remember people camping out for a week in front of the Century 21 in San Jose, California to be the first in line to see it.
The only thing that comes close to the prerelease hype is Episode I ten years later.
This was the first time I'd ever heard of people paying to see a trailer and leaving afterwards.
1:28 Toughest-looking cinematic Batman. Ever.
Fun Fact: In "88 people was paying for any movie ticket just to see this trailer.
Nope...in 1988 they were lol. This trailer was attached to Tequila Sunrise, a 1988 release..
@@davidsavage5630 comment edited. Thx!
I was born 3 years before this, but I wished I was born way earlier so I could witness everyone's reaction to this in theaters.
People were cheering! I believe people were actually selling the trailer on VHS tape at comic book conventions. There was a huge amount of controversy over Michael Keaton's casting but the trailer put all that to rest. People who are not alive back then might not realize the absolute phenomenon that this movie became before it was released. The Batman logo was everywhere and when it opened it had by far the biggest box-office opening in movie history. It's a very strange movie though, I'm not sure how well it's held up. But it totally reignited interest and superhero movies.
Superman came out in 1978,
Batman was going to be the next big movie.
and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made.
Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started
10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge.
Jack Nicholson took a pay cut, in echange for a percent of the Joker merchandise & box office money
he got $6 million in salary
& has made $90 million from this one movie since 1989
1:28 … Yep. Perfect shot and mood to challenge the publics disconcerted feelings towards Keaton.
Prior to Warner Brothers' green light and release of the film, it was originally pitched to Universal Pictures, but the studio had turned it down. Source: Wikipedia
What a beautiful trailer and a perfect teaser the look of grainy film is just amazing and unmatched by the clean digital look of todays movies. I love this editing love how it doesnt even tell you the title of the movie. Not that it needs to.
I remember watching the original video that’s still up on UA-cam, I was surprised about the background of this movie and the fan backlash it was receiving at the time.
Fans were angered by the idea of Michael Keaton being cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman because they thought it be comedic like the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward and of course the costume not being spandex but instead foam latex and all black minus the Bat Emblem they left its original colors alone, the studio was worried so they quickly made a teaser with the footage they had available to show the fans the look and tone of the film and they were hyped AF.
Without this trailer existing then Batman (1989) wouldn’t have been a massive success and that no comic book films would ever get made like TMNT (1990), The Mask, The Crow, Spawn, Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man and many more.
This repeated with Heath Ledger being widely mocked as the Joker until the trailer dropped
@@Merknilash Exactly, sometimes I don't listen to fan outcry.
I mean Robert Pattinson was fantastic in The Batman.
@@Merknilash It gets to the point where EVERY batman goes through it.
almost.
Jon Peters quickly made this to stop all the hate Michael Keaton was getting after it was announced that he was Batman
& it worked.
Back then i was 12 saw the trailer on vhs my nephew record it , i went to see it in the theatre late summer ….the best time of my memoirs
This teaser trailer for Batman (1989) is on the VHS release of Everybody's All-American (1988).
It would make more sense if this was shown before FEDS (1988).
Happy 35th Anniversary!!!!
I want to write that my name is Josh Tate and i'm writing that the year 2024 will not only be the 35th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman film but it will also be Batman's 85th anniversary year too.
Happy 35th Anniversary!
This was the first movie in history to gross over $40 million in one weekend.
The summer of '89 saw the opening weekend record broken three times in a month: Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II and this.
@@JBarg25 Don't forget James Bond 007: License to Kill (1989) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).
Neither film has anything to do with my comment besides also opening that summer, since Batman held the weekend record for four years until Jurassic Park.
@@JBarg25 Actually, Batman held the record for three years, until Batman Returns beat it. Then Jurassic Park came out the year later and beat Batman Returns.
@@arbuckle6103 Oh, right. I'd forgotten that. Appreciate the correction.
This looks better than 4K Blu-Ray that decided to throw teal into the mix
FT DEPOT DOES IT AGAIN 🥰
I only know the crappy VHS quality version. This is lightyears better.
Thanks for this 💎 😁
You notice there is no music. This trailer changed minds in the 1980s.
yes; Jon Peters made this to stop the hate Michael Keaton was getting
& rushed it out, so yup, no music.
I remember going to see this in the theater, it was a game changer
Those who weren't around in 89. Think about how crazy it would've been having only knowledge of Batman from either the comics or the silly 60s tv series. Your idea of him was the blue and grey outfit with the underpants, and sporting a cheeky grin, and then, THIS comes out.
Yes, that is EXACTLY it. The trailers for this movie scared many a child. It was awesome!
As someone who absolutely loves the classic gray and blue costume in both the comics and in animation...I fully understand why the Adam West show was the last time it's ever been used in live-action. It looks gorgeous, but it would be a special FX nightmare. Sure, you could film Batman himself on a green screen, but characters who wear green (Robin, Poison Ivy, the Riddler) or ARE green in some way (the Joker's hair, Killer Croc's skin) would have to be filmed on a blue screen. The only way to have Batman occupy the same FX shots with them would be to sacrifice the blue in his suit in favor of black. And going with an all-black suit as Burton and later Schumacher did vastly simplifies the costume color issue because that suit can be filmed on any backdrop. Ultimately, the more monochromatic colors of live-action Batman were inevitable just for the needs of the FX work.
@@davidsavage5630 I was 7 when I went to the theaters to see Batman 1989. I had no clue who Batman was at the time. I only knew Superman. My mom asked if I wanted to see the film and I agreed after she assured me it wasn't scary. I started to get nervous during the Joker reveal then I saw he looked like a "clown" and I relaxed. From then on, I embraced the film with open arms. It was because of this movie that I eventually watched the old Adam West Batman film and the difference in tone was amazing to witness. My mom took me to see Batman Returns opening weekend in 1992. I pretty much kept the opening weekend tradition throughout the years for Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
What a great time to be alive and get to see this in theaters! Now I walk on eggshells & get paid too little.
Stallone said that this movie ended the need for buff leads.
I think he was right.
And FWIW, I would take that as a complement.
Batman descending through the glass @0:58 was revelatory at the time.
Having said that, the underlying script of this film is unsettling: a maniac takes control of the industrial capacity and then reporters start stroking out live on air.
Make of it what you will.
That's amazing!!!!!
So this is the trailer that had folks lose their minds lol
yup!
Superman came out in 1978,
Batman was going to be the next big movie.
and... it took 10 years for Batman to get made.
Imagine that now, taking 10 years to get 1 superhero movie even started
10 years of waiting, so yeah this was huge.
Jack Nicholson took a pay cut, in echange for a percent of the Joker merchandise & box office money
he got $6 million in salary
& has made $90 million from this one movie since 1989
if I’m not mistaken, it doesn’t even include the title of the film or the logo. But of course everybody knew what it was.
Just like animated show opening.
This trailer is so eerie and haunting.
I LOVE IT!!!
It fits the character of Batman!
Smh..I probably sound dramatic but this film is perfect, anytime I watch it I adjust my tele in black and white..👍🏻 really awesome way to watch it. Gives it a 1950s noir feel. I do the same with Brandon Lee's the Crow. Burton's Batman is the still my favourite and the best Batman. Keaton was frightening, he was the fear. The ending scared me a little when i was young😅 joker laughing and and Batman just standing there like trying to understand the sick mind of joker...👍🏻 I saw this was 13 when this came out.
I miss when they made movies like this
This is the moment when so many skeptics went from, "Aw, shit," to "Oh, SHIT!"
finally a widescreen version
I can't believe Jack Nicholson was paid $60,000,000 in 1989.
that's because he was paid $6 million he did receive $90 million from a percentage of the box office. Which is ironic because WB said the film lost money.
@@purefoldnz3070 this was the most expensive movie made then,
& Jack made his money from Joker merchandise, mainly
he got a lower salary of $6 million, in exchange for a percent of the box office, & a percent of the Joker merchandise
& has made yes, $90 million from this one role since 1989
Legends of the Dark Knight.
Road To The Batman Started Here
Batman 89 ✅
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Batman
And DCEU's side films with BvS, Suicide Squad and Justice League.
Keaton is back!
I remember when i was 6 seeing the teaser to this in Twins
Didn’t see this before land before time
The original colour grade is so much better-looking than the awful one on the 4k that looks like Mister Freeze got his hands on the film.
I think there was another teaser before this one that was just the batmobile with no dialog.
I don’t remember 100% but Batman 89 was the first of the summer blockbusters. Theaters would sell out and people would line up with lines outside the theater. Then came Last Crusade , T2, Independents Day. To name a few. The internet killed the blockbuster
Last Crusade came out first on 5/24/89. Then this movie came out wide release on 6/23/89.
the first summer blockbuster is usually given to "Jaws", released on June 20, 1975, with a fairly wide release (at the time) of 450 screens, extensive marketing, and becoming all-time the highest grossing film for two years (until 1977's Star Wars).
I disagree that the Internet killed the summer blockbuster. The shorter window to home release and studios front-loading a release (4000+ screens, making the most money on the opening weekend and declining by 50%) have damaged it far more.
@@hbdragon88
It’s a shame because those long lines and selling out tickets was part of the fun. I think the last one was SW The Phantom Menace. I don’t remember it being crazy after that trilogy.
@@jonhenning
Closest I can recall after was The Avengers 2012
well, Jaws was the first summer blockbuster in 1975
@@PennyLaneUA-cam
Was not born in 76 but I never heard of crazy lines for Jaws or even Star Wars(77).
From the Producers of The Color Purple, Rain Man and Who's that Girl and from the Director of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice and from the studio that brought you Dirty Harry, Lean on Me and Superman: The Movie
Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) and Kim Basinger (Never Say Never Again)
Batman
Classic Batman.
Batman: I'm Batman!
Yooooo where devil in the pale moonlight did you find this?!
1:29 my favorite part
Did you remaster this yourself?
I wish I could download the whole movie right away and be happy :)
A preview with no narration?
Some trailers are like that
@@stefanmovieflixtomasiand no music
yes, Jon Peters made this as fast as he could to stop the hate Michael Keaton was getting after being cast as Batman
he didn't care about anything, he wanted to get this out as fast as he could
When I first saw the trailer I was young and I wanted to see the movie so bad that when it came out I was begging my father to give me enough for a ticket 🎟 at the theater and he didn't want to give me the money to see it he thought I was to old at the time to see it I wanted to see it so bad that I was in tears 😢 begging him to let me see it. We were at my grandmother's at the time and she told my father oh let him see it I'll give him the money back then I didn't know I was trans til I got older but thank you to my grandma.
Of course you had to throw in that pointless remark about trans. You were a dude, and most likely still are.
What trailer was in front of the other movies?
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Tequila sunrise 🌄
Where is the soundtrack?
This trailer never had a soundtrack.
@@reidmason2551 lol so strange like that(-:
cripes...the trailer looks like its from 1981.
Why didn't they put music under this trailer? Never understood it. I know everyone lost their minds when it came out...but wouldn't they have lost their minds even more if this had some exciting music? Instead it just feels like a rough cut from the editor.
It was. When the project was first announced, people were furious because of Burton and Keaton; they assumed it would be another "Beetlejuice" instead of being the Batman they were hoping for due to the return of a darker Batman thanks to "The Killing Joke" and "The Dark Knight Returns". So the producers quickly edited a trailer together based on the footage they had available to calm people down. The plan worked as people paid to see "Tequila Sunrise" several times to see the trailer and then left before the movie started.
Think of this as a blessing in disguise. If it hadn't been for this teaser, the movie would possibly been bombed at the box office.
@@benwatson6729 hey they had to release a trailer for the movie sometime of later. You can’t just have a movie be released without a trailer. Either way if they didn’t rush out a trailer and had a trailer that wasn’t rush, fans protest against Michael Keaton as Batman still would have been stopped when the fans see his performance.
@@AngelofMusic04 Exactly Will, it was cobbled together by using the available footage they had since they were still in production in London at the time.
Fans were livid at the casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman, so the studio was panicking so they ordered a trailer to be made ASAP. If it weren’t for this teaser then Batman wouldn’t have been successful and we wouldn’t see the rise of superhero films in the 90’s and 2000’s.
@@AngelofMusic04 was it true?
I liked this trailer but…
This timing is very, very, bad.
When Batman (1989) was released on VHS and LaserDisc, it has Batman Diet Coke® commercial.
what do you mean?
@@chadman7548 The DCEU timing news…
I’ve given up on DC films after Nolan since they can’t make up their mind whether to continue or create a new continuity. I love Batman but enough with the constant reinventing.
@@Naminski1a This is not related at all
1:28
🙏💜🙌
LOVE this movie, but what a terrible trailer... seems so primitive with the choppy sound cuts... awesome film though 👌🏼
It was made just to please the Batman fans to show them the tone of the movie. They were furious because of the casting, so Jon Peters released this teaser with all the footage he had available at the time. That was why the sound is kinda weirdly mixed here, the scenes were unfinished.
@@phantomzone2725 it was rushed
Is the original trailer really edited this bad? Looks amateurish.
It actually was. They actually rushed this teaser because the media was making such a fuss about casting Keaton as Batman, so they had to change their minds somehow. They used whatever footage they had on hand, and, well, here we are.
Lol 6’ft Batman ….Keaton 😂
6', in Batboots
This is a weird teaser
Keep in mind, it was put together on the fly because of the growing negative reaction to Keaton's casting.
And people lost their minds.
@@JBarg25 "And people lost their minds."
They had every right to be concerned. They knew Keaton from his comedic roles and worried that Hollywood is gonna go for the campy Batman again. They didn't just wake up one day and went "You know what... I'm gonna be a haaater".
Oh, I know. The documentary I've mentioned goes into detail about that, even the Wall Street Journal article. Once this hit theatres, the tone from people flipped.
@@JBarg25 ah true, I wasnt old enough to see this when it came out, i was 3. But I have read about people being outraged about Keaton
@@Grim2No one knew at the time that for a second or two they were considering Ivan Reitman to direct with Bill Murray as Batman............no joke.
terrible trailer. godawful.
I guess you missed the point of it entirely.
@@armysniperman80 and what was the point of it?
@@timothy790110 It was rushed out with raw footage to counteract the negative buzz surrounding Michael Keaton's casting. When this trailer hit, people finally started getting excited for the movie because it wasn't going to be a repeat of *Beetlejuice* or an attempt to imitate the Adam West show. Just from the footage shown, this was clearly going to be a modern take on Batman and Keaton was going to be playing it straight. Without this trailer, the movie would likely have been crippled by angry fans with an axe to grind (as every live-action Superman not named Tom Welling has found out the hard way).
@@reidmason2551 Its still a godawful trailer. The reason was it was rushed, as you say. Its better than no trailer at all of course, but the way this is edited feels like something one would do as a lazy first project in elective editing class in high school. Its basically all the coolest scenes stacked next to each other. Its also the lack of music.
that's 'cause you don't know the story behind it.