Useless Movie Trivia
Batman Begins
Memorable Quotes
The Scarecrow: "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself!"
Ra's Al Ghul: "You cannot lead these men unless you are prepared to do what is necessry to defeat evil."
Bruce Wayne: "I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you."
Henri Ducard: "You have to become more than a man to the mind of your opponent."
Bruce Wayne: "Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies share my dread."
Bruce Wayne: "People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne, as a man I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting."
Bruce Wayne: "I will go back to Gotham and fight men like this, but I will not become an executioner."
Batman: "It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."
Henry Ducard: "To manipulate fears of others, you must first master your own."
Alfred Pennyworth: "I give a damn because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world."
Rachel Dawes: "This is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe one day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
Bruce Wayne: "Gotham isn't beyond saving."
Alfred Pennyworth: "The Wayne legacy is more than bricks and mortar, sir."
Alfred Pennyworth: "What was the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log?"
Carmine Falcone: "Yeah you got spirite kid, I'll give you that. More than your old man anyways. In the joint Chill told me about the night he killed your parents. he said your father begged for mercy. begged. Like a Dog."
Trivia
The device, in the heel of his boot, that the Batman uses to summon a swarm of bats is taken directly from Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One".
The wide shot of the house of the League of Shadows is actually a miniature.
Marilyn Manson was considered for the role of Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow.
The Batmobile, 9 ft wide and 16 ft long, has a top speed of 106 miles per hour and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6 seconds. The engine is a 5.7 liter V8 Chevy. It runs on unleaded gas and gets about 7 miles per gallon. It has four 44-inch tires at the rear, made by Interco Tire Corp, while the front is covered in jagged plates of armor. It is designed and built by Chris Courbould and Andrew Smith at Shepperton Studios in England. This Batmobile was built from the ground up and is estimated to be worth half a million pounds.
This is the first movie to use the new DC logo.
Much of Batman's gear and apparel, including his cape and suit, is based on actual military technology.
When the prisoners are all released from Arkham, briefly visible is Mr. Zsasz, a serial killer from the comics with tally marks scarred into his skin, representing each of his victims. Mr. Zsasz also appears in the courtroom in the beginning of the film where he is being transferred to Arkham Asylum by Dr. Crane.
Contrary to the previous Batman films, in which the Batcave was realized as a combination of a live set and matte paitings (done either by hand or computer), no visual effects were used in this film to show the Batcave. The entire Batcave is instead a massive full-scale set.
In the movie, Bruce Wayne is shown arriving at a fancy hotel in a Lamborghini Murcielago. the word murcielago is spanish for bat.
The license plates for the Gotham related cars were designed in the same style as the Illinois state license plates. This was done to stay consistent with other vehicle license plates while filming the car chases in Chicago.
Ra's Al Ghul is Arabic for "The Demon's Head". This refers to his position at the height of the Brotherhood of the Demon, also called the League of Shadows.
Christian Bale's trailer didn't have his name on the door but said Bruce Wayne instead.
While shooting on the streets of Chicago, a person accidentlly crashed into the Batmobile. The driver was apparently drunk, and said he hit the car in a state of panic, believeing the Dark Knight's vehicle to be an invading alien spacecraft.
At the time of this film's release, Forbes Magazine did a breakdown of how much is would actually cost to become Batman. The magazine estimated that total expenses in US dollars would be around $3.5 million.
The calling card the Joker leaves is a replica of the Joker Card from the 1989 graphic novel "Arkham Asylum."
A pair of Batman pajama bottoms can be seen hanging from the line in the scene where Batman talks to the little boy in the Narrows.
Goofs
When Bruce is thrown off the truck after being released from prison, his bag is several feet away from him. In the next shot it is at his feet.
Box Office Info In the USA
Budget: $135,000,000
Opening Weekend: $48,745,440
Gross: $205,343,774
Filming Dates: March 3, 2004 to September 17, 2004
Filming Locations
Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London England
Chicago Board of Trade - 141 W. Jackson Blvd., The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Skaftafell, Iceland
LaSalle Street, The Loop, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois
Lower Wacker Drive, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois
Mentmore Towers, buckinghamshrie, England
Senate House, University College London, bloomsbury, London, England
Shepperton, Surrey, England
St. Pancras chambers, St. pancras Station, St. pancras, London, England
Tilbury, Essex, England
Vatnajokull, Iceland
Waukegan, Illinois