Batman gotham knight
Batman: Gotham Knight is a 2008 psychological horror animated direct-to-DVD anthology film of six animated short films set in-between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It depicts Batman battling against the mob of Gotham City,as well as other villains. The producers have acknowledged that it is not necessarily meant to be canon to the "Nolanverse," and indeed any of the six segments could easily fall into almost any Batman continuity. The shorts, or segments, are written by Josh Olson, David S. Goyer, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg and Alan Burnett. Although all based on Japanese anime art style, each segment has its own writing and artistic style, just as the works from the DC Universe, and with the same style of The Animatrix although some segments are connected.[3][4] All six films of the feature star Kevin Conroy, reprising his voice role as Batman from the DC Animated Universe
It is similar to another tie-in,
The Animatrix, as both are collections of short animated films relating to their respective series. It is the third in the line of
DC Universe Animated Original Movies released by
Warner remiere and
Warner Bros. Animation; with the first two releases being
Superman: Doomsday,
Justice League: The New Frontier, (followed by
Wonder Woman and
Green Lantern: First Flight). It is rated
PG-13 for stylized violence, including some bloody images.
[5] Gotham Knight is the second animated Batman film to be rated PG-13 (the first being the uncut version of
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker). This film is notable for being the first DC Original Animated movie to have a connection with another Batman medium. While
Superman: Doomsday and
Justice League: The New Frontier have been released in the United Kingdom with a 12 rating,
Batman: Gotham Knight is being accompanied with a
15 certificate for "images of bloody violence and injury". The film aired on
Cartoon network october08 at 9:00 pm with a
TV-14-V rating and an exclusive parental warning after each commercial break, with a few of the more graphic scenes cut.
The soundtrack for
Batman: Gotham Knight was released on July 29, 2008 by La La Land Records.
[7 The music for
Gotham Knight, while being an original score, contains samples of earlier and notable Batman themes from past media. For example, in "Crossfire", when Batman saves Crispus Allen from an explosion by launching him onto a rooftop, his appearance (for the first time in the short) is marked by the distinctive choral Batman theme introduced in Danny Elfman's 1989 score to the film
Batman. The tracklist is as follows.
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