Batman: The Movie. 1966 20th Century Fox.
Starring: Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton
Narration: William Dozier (uncredited)
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
A special edition DVD is available from Amazon.
The 1966 feature film spin-off of the popular, yet campy TV series, and the origin of a little something called "shark repellent bat-spray".
Commodore Schmidlapp (Reginald Denny, his final role) is in danger aboard his yacht, and it's up to Batman and Robin (West & Ward) to keep him safe from the plans and schemes of the alliance of the Joker (Romero), Penguin (Meredith), Riddler (Gorshin) and Catwoman (Meriwether), who are also intending to conquer the world by capturing the "United World Security Council" with a dehydrator that is capable of turning humans into dust.
Well...it is what it is, and as long as whatever issue is keeping the television series from being released to DVD, this is, for the most part, the only way anyone can experience the true campiness and unintended hilarity the original Batman series had. I heard a rumor that the settlement between Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox over who had the theatrical rights to Watchmen included clearances to finally get the show released to home video, but that seems to be an uncomfirmed one (at this time).
Recommended. It's not a great movie, but it's still great fun.
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