Batman Begins (2005)
2005 film by Christopher Nolan
- Released
- 15 June 2005
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ninja film
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay
- David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan
- Producer
- Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Larry J. Franco
- Music
- James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer
- Cinematography
- Wally Pfister
- Editing
- Lee Smith
- Starring
- Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Morgan Freeman
- Running time
- 140 minutes
- Production company
- DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Distributor
- InterCom, Netflix
- Box office
- $373.7 million
- Budget
- $150 million
- Based on
- Batman
- Set in
- Bhutan, Gotham City
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with David S. Goyer, the film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne (Bale) from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul (Neeson) and the Scarecrow (Murphy) from plunging Gotham City into chaos.
Cast
- Christian Bale
- Michael Caine
- Liam Neeson
- Katie Holmes
- Gary Oldman
- Cillian Murphy
- Tom Wilkinson
- Morgan Freeman
- Ken Watanabe
- Rutger Hauer
- Mark Boone Junior
- Rade Šerbedžija
- Richard Brake
- Larry Holden
- Gerard Murphy
- Colin McFarlane
- Gus Lewis
- Linus Roache
- Sara Stewart
- Christine Adams
- Jon Foo
- Tamer Hassan
- Jeremy Theobald
- Karen David
- Jack Gleeson
- Dave Legeno
- Lucy Russell
- Joey Ansah
- Stephen Walters
- Shane Rimmer
- TJ Ramini
- John Nolan
- Tom Nolan
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Series
- Followed by: The Dark Knight
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q166262 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.