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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

August 28, 2023

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (also known as Batman: The Animated Movie - Mask of the Phantasm) is a 1993 American animated romantic superhero film featuring the DC Comics character Batman. It was directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm, and written by Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Martin Pasko, and Michael Reaves. The film is based on Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) and is the first original theatrical film produced by Warner Bros. Animation before eventually establishing the additional Warner Bros. Feature Animation division for theatrical productions afterwards. Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings and Robert Costanzo reprise their voice roles from Batman: The Animated Series, joined by Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach Jr., Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller and John P. Ryan.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story byAlan Burnett
Based on
Produced by
Starring
Edited byAl Breitenbach
Music byShirley Walker
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.[1]
Release date
  • December 25, 1993 (1993-12-25)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$5.6 million[2]

Produced between the first and second seasons of the series, the film follows Batman as he reconciles with a former lover, Andrea Beaumont, and faces a mysterious vigilante who is murdering Gotham City's crime bosses. The plot was inspired by Mike W. Barr's Batman: Year Two comic book story arc, but features an original antagonist, the Phantasm, in place of the Reaper, while also borrowing elements from the Batman: Year One graphic novel, recounting how Bruce Wayne became Batman and his first attempts to fight crime.

Originally planned for a direct-to-video release, Warner Bros. gave Mask of the Phantasm a theatrical release, condensing its production into a strenuous eight-month schedule. The film was the first theatrical feature film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and was released through the studio's Family Entertainment[1] division on December 25, 1993, to generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the stylized animation, voice performances, story, and music.

Due to the decision to release it in theaters on short notice, Mask of the Phantasm failed at the box office. After its release on home media, it became financially successful, and has developed a cult following. Until the limited release of Batman: The Killing Joke in 2016, Mask of the Phantasm was the only animated Batman film to be given a theatrical release, as well as the only one to receive a full theatrical release until The Lego Batman Movie in 2017.

Plot Edit

A young Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont begin a relationship after meeting while visiting their respective parents' graves. During this time, Bruce makes his first attempts at crime-fighting. While he succeeds in foiling robberies, he is discouraged that the criminals do not fear him. Bruce becomes conflicted about how to honor his parents; whether to defend Gotham City to avenge their deaths, as opposed to their likely desire to see him as a married man. Bruce proposes marriage to Andrea who accepts. However, she abruptly leaves Gotham with her father, businessman Carl Beaumont, ending the engagement in a Dear John letter. Heartbroken, Bruce assumes the mantle of Batman.

Ten years later, Batman breaks up a meeting of Gotham crime bosses led by Chuckie Sol. When Sol tries to escape in his car, the Phantasm, a masked vigilante resembling the Grim Reaper, causes Sol to speed out of control and fatally crash into a building. Witnesses see Batman at the scene and believe him to have killed Sol. City councilman Arthur Reeves, who is corrupt and on the mob's payroll, vows to have Batman arrested.

The Phantasm murders another gangster, Buzz Bronski, in the Gotham Cemetery. Bronski's bodyguards mistakenly believe the Phantasm to be Batman. Batman investigates the scene of Bronski's death and encounters Andrea, inadvertently revealing his identity to her. Batman finds evidence linking Carl Beaumont with Sol, Bronski, and a third gangster, Salvatore Valestra, later finding a photograph of the four together in Valestra's home. Paranoid that Batman will come for him next, the now-elderly Valestra asks Reeves for help but is refused. In desperation, he turns to the Joker.

The Phantasm goes to kill Valestra at his penthouse, only to find Valestra dead from exposure to Joker's venom. The Joker has laid a trap to kill Batman by detonating the penthouse, but sees the Phantasm through a camera. The Phantasm escapes the blast and is pursued by Batman but disappears. The police attempt to ambush Batman, but he is saved by Andrea. Andrea later explains to Bruce that her father embezzled money from Valestra and was forced to repay it; Valestra then demanded he pay more and put a hit on Carl, prompting him to go into hiding with Andrea. While Bruce considers resuming his relationship with Andrea, he concludes that Carl Beaumont is the Phantasm. However, Bruce takes another look at the photo. He recognizes Valestra's unnamed enforcer as the Joker prior to his transformation.

The Joker confronts Reeves, who reveals Batman did not commit the murders and accuses Reeves of targeting him to erase his mob connections. The Joker attacks Reeves with venom, albeit slow-inducing. Reeves is taken to the hospital, where he struggles with fits of uncontrolled laughing. Batman interrogates Reeves, and he confesses that while previously working as Carl's lawyer, he helped the Beaumonts escape. When he ran out of money during his first run for office, he sold out their location to Valestra. However, Reeves did not realize how much Valestra wanted to find Beaumont. A flashback is shown where Andrea is horrified to find her father's body; Carl had been murdered by the Joker. Both Batman and the Joker deduce that the Phantasm is Andrea, who intends to wipe out the Valestra mob for killing her father.

Andrea tracks down the Joker to his hideout in Gotham's abandoned World's Fair. They fight but are interrupted by Batman. He begs her to stop but it is to no avail. The Joker prepares to destroy the fair but is seized by Andrea, who bids Batman goodbye as the explosives detonate. Batman survives the blast but finds no trace of either Andrea or the Joker.

Alfred later consoles Bruce in the Batcave, assuring him that Andrea could not have been helped, before finding Andrea's locket containing a picture of them together. A sorrowful Andrea departs Gotham and a saddened Batman, cleared of accusations against him, resumes crimefighting.

Voice cast Edit

Production Edit

Impressed by the success of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series on Fox, Warner Bros. assigned Alan Burnett to write a story for a full-length animated film. The original idea for the film was to have Batman being captured by his enemies at Arkham Asylum and face a kangaroo court in which the villains try him for making them what they are. The idea's concept, however, was considered "too brainy", as it required Batman to be immobile for a long time, so the idea was later used in the series' episode "Trial", which was aired after the film's release.[3] Although the Joker does play a pivotal role in the film, it was Burnett's intention to tell a story far removed from the television series' regular rogues gallery. Burnett also cited he "wanted to do a love story with Bruce because no one had really done it on the TV show. I wanted a story that got into his head."[4] Members of the creative team have claimed that they did not intend for the Joker to appear in the film; Paul Dini has contradicted this, stating that the Joker's role was always part of the story from the beginning of the film's production.[5] The writers were highly cautious of placing the Joker in the film, as they did not want any connection to Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, but writer Michael Reaves said, "We then realized that we could make his appearance serve the story in a way that we never could in live-action."[6] In order to keep the Joker as a solo threat, Bruce Timm and Burnett convinced frequent Animated Series writer Dini to not use Harley Quinn in the film for that reason. The same technique was previously used in the episodes "Joker's Wild" and "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne".[7]

Aiding Burnett in writing the script were Martin Pasko, who handled most of the flashback segments; Reaves, who wrote the climax; and Dini, who claims he "filled in holes here and there".[4] The film's plot was heavily influenced by the 1987 miniseries Batman: Year Two, written by Mike W. Barr and illustrated by Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Alfredo Alcala, Mark Farmer and Todd McFarlane.[8] Orson Welles' 1941 classic Citizen Kane served as an influence for the flashbacks, a story about loss and the passage of time.[9] According to Kevin Conroy, Andrea Beaumont was named after voice director Andrea Romano.[10] The character of Hazel, the cook robot of the World of the Future Fair, was named by Burnett after Hazel the Maid (portrayed by Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Booth), The Saturday Evening Post protagonist of cartoonist Ted Key's TV series Hazel.[11] On the other hand, the design of the Phantasm went into 20 different versions until one was found which convinced the film's crew. According to Burnett, the Phantasm was like the Grim Reaper with a cape, although the idea was to make him resemble the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol,[12] something that even the Joker mentions in the finished version of the film.

"It was basically an expanded episode. We boarded the script and did all of our designs and shipped it overseas. We were treating it with more quality, but we originally didn't intend it for the big screen."

—Eric Radomski on Warner Bros.' decision to release the film theatrically[13]

Early in production, Warner Bros. decided to release Phantasm theatrically, rather than straight to video. That left less than a year for production time (most animated features take well over two years from finished story to final release). Due to this decision, the animators went over the scenes in order to accommodate the widescreen theatrical aspect ratio.[14] The studio cooperated well, granting the filmmakers a large amount of creative control.[15]

Warner Bros. also increased the production budget to $6 million,[13] which gave the filmmakers opportunities for more elaborate set pieces. The opening title sequence featured a flight through an entirely computer-generated Gotham City.[4] As a visual joke, sequence director Kevin Altieri set the climax of the film inside a miniature automated model of Gotham City, where Batman and the Joker are giants. This was an homage to a mainstay of Batman comic books of the Dick Sprang era, often featuring the hero fighting against a backdrop of gigantic props (they would later do another homage to Sprang's works in The New Batman Adventures episode "Legends of the Dark Knight").[14] From start to finish, the film was completed within eight months.[13]

Themes Edit

Paul Dini intended each of the flashbacks into Batman's love life to "have a tendency to get worse, when you hope things will get better." Bruce's relationship with Andrea, which at first shows promise, eventually turns into turmoil.[16] At first, Bruce and Andrea are set for marriage, but then Bruce is given a farewell note from Andrea cutting off their relationship. This eventually leads into Bruce's decision to become Batman.[16] Richard Corliss of Time felt this scene paralleled Andrea's decision to avenge her own parents and reject love when she finds her own father murdered. Both events transform the two people (Bruce becomes Batman, Andrea becomes the Phantasm).[17] One scene depicts Bruce Wayne at his parents' tombstone saying, "I didn't count on being happy." According to Reaves, this scene was to be a pivotal moment in Bruce's tragic life, as he denies himself the opportunity to live a normal life.[6] Reaves also stated: "When Bruce puts on the mask for the first time, [after Andrea breaks their engagement], and Alfred says 'My God!' he's reacting in horror, because he's watching this man he's helped raise from childhood, this man who has let the desire for vengeance and retribution consume his life, at last embrace the unspeakable."[6]

Music Edit

Main article: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was composed by Shirley Walker, the main composer for The Animated Series. Walker cited the score as a favorite among her own compositions.[18] In an interview with Cinemusic.com, Walker explained that the "latin" lyrics used in the Main Title were actually names of key Warner Bros. staff read backwards.[19] The song "I Never Even Told You" was written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard. It was performed by Tia Carrere. Hans Zimmer, who would later compose the score for The Dark Knight Trilogy, played the synthesizer on the score.

The score was originally released on December 14, 1993, by Reprise Records.[20] On March 24, 2009, La-La Land Records released a limited expanded edition.[21] The release includes all tracks found on the original release with some tracks expanded. It also features almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased material.

Marketing Edit

In December 1993, two novelizations were released. One was a young readers book written by Andrew Helfer,[22] with the other being an adult-oriented novelisation authored by Geary Gravel.[23]

DC Comics released a comic book adaptation written by Kelley Puckett and drawn by Mike Parobeck.[24] The comic book adaptation was later included with the VHS release. Kenner, who had already released toys for the cartoon series, produced several tie-in figures for the film, including Joker and the Phantasm (packaged unmasked, spoiling a pivotal plot point in the film). Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1: Shadow of the Phantasm is a comic book sequel to the film. It was written by Dini and released in 1996. In 2015, a DC Collectibles action figure 2-pack featuring Batman and Phantasm was released.[25]

Home media Edit

Mask of the Phantasm was released on LaserDisc in April 1994[26] and on VHS in May of the same year.[27] The VHS was reissued in April 2003 as part of a three-tape pack with Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.[28] Mask of the Phantasm was first released on DVD in December 1999 as a snap case[29] and in October 2005 as a keep case with the insert.[30] The film was re-released in April 2004 as a three disc DVD box set that included SubZero and Return of the Joker. That version is currently out of print.[31] Warner Home Video re-released the film again in February 2008 as a double feature DVD with SubZero.[32]

The film was released as part of the Warner Archive Collection on Blu-ray on July 25, 2017, featuring new high definition transfers in 16:9 and open matte 4:3 presentations.[33] The film was also included in the Blu-ray release of the Batman: The Complete Animated Series box-set in late 2018.[34]

The film will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray in 2023.

Reception Edit

Box office Edit

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm opened on Christmas Day, 1993 in the United States in 1,506 theaters, accumulating $1.2 million over its first 2 days. The film went on to gross $5.8 million in the domestic total box office intake.[2] The filmmakers blamed Warner Bros. for the unsuccessful marketing campaign, which is commonly attributed to the rushed production schedule due to studio's last-minute decision to release the film theatrically. Despite this, Mask of the Phantasm eventually turned a profit with its various home media releases.[14]

Critical response Edit

Mask of the Phantasm is possibly the best Batman movie ever made; it certainly has the best story... That movie will always stand up against time and it's a testament to the quality of the show that Bruce (Timm) launched in 1992.

—producer Michael Uslan[35]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 52 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Stylish and admirably respectful of the source material, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm succeeds where many of the live-action Batman adaptations have failed."[36] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[37]

Empire cited it as the best animated film of 1993, and felt it contained better storylines than Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns.[38] TV Guide Magazine was impressed with the Art Deco noir design that was presented. In addition the film's climax and Batman's escape from the Gotham City Police Department were considered to be elaborate action sequences.[39] Richard Harrington of The Washington Post agreed with overall aspects that included the animation, design, dialogue and storyline, as well as Shirley Walker's film score.[40] Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert regretted not having viewed the film during its theatrical release and gave it a positive review on their television series, At the Movies, when the film was released on home media, with Siskel feeling that Phantasm was better than Batman Returns and Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever, and only slightly below Batman.[41]

However, Chris Hicks of the Deseret News felt "the picture didn't come alive until the third act" feeling that the animators sacrificed the visuals for the storyline.[42] Leonard Klady of Variety had mixed reactions towards the film, but his review was negative overall. He felt the overall themes and morals were clichéd and cited the animation to be to the "point of self-parody".[43]

Wired's Scott Thill called Kevin Conroy "the finest Batman on record" in 2009.[44] In a 2010 list, IGN ranked Mask of the Phantasm as the 25th best animated film of all time.[45] That same year, IGN also stated it was "the Dark Knight's best big screen story" until Batman Begins.[46] In 2011, Total Film also named Mask of the Phantasm as one of the greatest animated films of all time, coming in at 47th out of 50.[47] Time ranked Phantasm as one of the 10 best superhero films ever in 2011.[48] In 2017, Screen Rant named the film the best Batman film of all time.[49] In 2018, Paste magazine called the film "the greatest Batman movie".[50] In 2022, Empire magazine named Mask of the Phantasm the best Batman film.[51] Also in 2022, nearly 30 years after its release, Rolling Stone placed Mask of the Phantasm at number 19 on its list of the 50 Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time, being the only traditionally-animated film included, the third-best animated superhero film and the second-best Batman film of all time, behind only The Dark Knight (number 8).[52]

Mask of the Phantasm was cited as an example of a film that effectively personified the character's "inner bubble" and psyche by actor Robert Pattinson, who portrayed Batman in the Matt Reeves film The Batman (2022).[53][54]

To commemorate the film's 20th anniversary, a screening of the film was held in Santa Monica with cast members Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany and Mark Hamill in attendance.[35] To commemorate the film's 25th anniversary, Fathom Events rereleased the film for one day on November 12, 2018.[55]

Accolades Edit

Alongside The Lion King and The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mask of the Phantasm was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Best Animated Feature, but lost to the former.[56]

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Uncredited

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Batman Mask of the Phantasm also known as Batman The Animated Movie Mask of the Phantasm is a 1993 American animated romantic superhero film featuring the DC Comics character Batman It was directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm and written by Alan Burnett Paul Dini Martin Pasko and Michael Reaves The film is based on Batman The Animated Series 1992 1995 and is the first original theatrical film produced by Warner Bros Animation before eventually establishing the additional Warner Bros Feature Animation division for theatrical productions afterwards Kevin Conroy Mark Hamill Efrem Zimbalist Jr Bob Hastings and Robert Costanzo reprise their voice roles from Batman The Animated Series joined by Dana Delany Hart Bochner Stacy Keach Jr Abe Vigoda Dick Miller and John P Ryan Batman Mask of the PhantasmTheatrical release posterDirected byEric Radomski Bruce TimmScreenplay byAlan Burnett Paul Dini Martin Pasko Michael ReavesStory byAlan BurnettBased onBatmanby Bob KaneBill Finger a Produced byBenjamin Melniker Michael UslanStarringKevin Conroy Dana Delany Hart Bochner Stacy Keach Abe Vigoda Dick Miller John P Ryan Efrem Zimbalist Jr Bob Hastings Robert Costanzo Mark HamillEdited byAl BreitenbachMusic byShirley WalkerProductioncompaniesWarner Bros Animation Animation services Dong Yang Animation Spectrum AnimationDistributed byWarner Bros 1 Release dateDecember 25 1993 1993 12 25 Running time78 minutesCountryUnited States 1 LanguageEnglishBudget 6 millionBox office 5 6 million 2 Produced between the first and second seasons of the series the film follows Batman as he reconciles with a former lover Andrea Beaumont and faces a mysterious vigilante who is murdering Gotham City s crime bosses The plot was inspired by Mike W Barr s Batman Year Two comic book story arc but features an original antagonist the Phantasm in place of the Reaper while also borrowing elements from the Batman Year One graphic novel recounting how Bruce Wayne became Batman and his first attempts to fight crime Originally planned for a direct to video release Warner Bros gave Mask of the Phantasm a theatrical release condensing its production into a strenuous eight month schedule The film was the first theatrical feature film produced by Warner Bros Animation and was released through the studio s Family Entertainment 1 division on December 25 1993 to generally positive reviews from critics who praised the stylized animation voice performances story and music Due to the decision to release it in theaters on short notice Mask of the Phantasm failed at the box office After its release on home media it became financially successful and has developed a cult following Until the limited release of Batman The Killing Joke in 2016 Mask of the Phantasm was the only animated Batman film to be given a theatrical release as well as the only one to receive a full theatrical release until The Lego Batman Movie in 2017 Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 4 Themes 5 Music 6 Marketing 7 Home media 8 Reception 8 1 Box office 8 2 Critical response 8 3 Accolades 9 Notes 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External linksPlot EditA young Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont begin a relationship after meeting while visiting their respective parents graves During this time Bruce makes his first attempts at crime fighting While he succeeds in foiling robberies he is discouraged that the criminals do not fear him Bruce becomes conflicted about how to honor his parents whether to defend Gotham City to avenge their deaths as opposed to their likely desire to see him as a married man Bruce proposes marriage to Andrea who accepts However she abruptly leaves Gotham with her father businessman Carl Beaumont ending the engagement in a Dear John letter Heartbroken Bruce assumes the mantle of Batman Ten years later Batman breaks up a meeting of Gotham crime bosses led by Chuckie Sol When Sol tries to escape in his car the Phantasm a masked vigilante resembling the Grim Reaper causes Sol to speed out of control and fatally crash into a building Witnesses see Batman at the scene and believe him to have killed Sol City councilman Arthur Reeves who is corrupt and on the mob s payroll vows to have Batman arrested The Phantasm murders another gangster Buzz Bronski in the Gotham Cemetery Bronski s bodyguards mistakenly believe the Phantasm to be Batman Batman investigates the scene of Bronski s death and encounters Andrea inadvertently revealing his identity to her Batman finds evidence linking Carl Beaumont with Sol Bronski and a third gangster Salvatore Valestra later finding a photograph of the four together in Valestra s home Paranoid that Batman will come for him next the now elderly Valestra asks Reeves for help but is refused In desperation he turns to the Joker The Phantasm goes to kill Valestra at his penthouse only to find Valestra dead from exposure to Joker s venom The Joker has laid a trap to kill Batman by detonating the penthouse but sees the Phantasm through a camera The Phantasm escapes the blast and is pursued by Batman but disappears The police attempt to ambush Batman but he is saved by Andrea Andrea later explains to Bruce that her father embezzled money from Valestra and was forced to repay it Valestra then demanded he pay more and put a hit on Carl prompting him to go into hiding with Andrea While Bruce considers resuming his relationship with Andrea he concludes that Carl Beaumont is the Phantasm However Bruce takes another look at the photo He recognizes Valestra s unnamed enforcer as the Joker prior to his transformation The Joker confronts Reeves who reveals Batman did not commit the murders and accuses Reeves of targeting him to erase his mob connections The Joker attacks Reeves with venom albeit slow inducing Reeves is taken to the hospital where he struggles with fits of uncontrolled laughing Batman interrogates Reeves and he confesses that while previously working as Carl s lawyer he helped the Beaumonts escape When he ran out of money during his first run for office he sold out their location to Valestra However Reeves did not realize how much Valestra wanted to find Beaumont A flashback is shown where Andrea is horrified to find her father s body Carl had been murdered by the Joker Both Batman and the Joker deduce that the Phantasm is Andrea who intends to wipe out the Valestra mob for killing her father Andrea tracks down the Joker to his hideout in Gotham s abandoned World s Fair They fight but are interrupted by Batman He begs her to stop but it is to no avail The Joker prepares to destroy the fair but is seized by Andrea who bids Batman goodbye as the explosives detonate Batman survives the blast but finds no trace of either Andrea or the Joker Alfred later consoles Bruce in the Batcave assuring him that Andrea could not have been helped before finding Andrea s locket containing a picture of them together A sorrowful Andrea departs Gotham and a saddened Batman cleared of accusations against him resumes crimefighting Voice cast EditKevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne Batman Mark Hamill as Jack Napier The Joker Dana Delany as Andrea Beaumont Chimera Hart Bochner as City Councilman Arthur Reeves Stacy Keach as Carl Beaumont and voice of Phantasm Abe Vigoda as Salvatore The Wheezer Valestra Dick Miller as Charles Chuckie Sol John P Ryan as Buzz Bronski Efrem Zimbalist Jr as Alfred Pennyworth Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock Arleen Sorkin as Mrs Bambi uncredited Jane Downs Pat Musick Vernee Watson Johnson Ed Gilbert Peter Renaday Jeff Bennett Charles Howerton Thom Pinto Marilu Henner Neil Ross as Additional VoicesProduction EditImpressed by the success of the first season of Batman The Animated Series on Fox Warner Bros assigned Alan Burnett to write a story for a full length animated film The original idea for the film was to have Batman being captured by his enemies at Arkham Asylum and face a kangaroo court in which the villains try him for making them what they are The idea s concept however was considered too brainy as it required Batman to be immobile for a long time so the idea was later used in the series episode Trial which was aired after the film s release 3 Although the Joker does play a pivotal role in the film it was Burnett s intention to tell a story far removed from the television series regular rogues gallery Burnett also cited he wanted to do a love story with Bruce because no one had really done it on the TV show I wanted a story that got into his head 4 Members of the creative team have claimed that they did not intend for the Joker to appear in the film Paul Dini has contradicted this stating that the Joker s role was always part of the story from the beginning of the film s production 5 The writers were highly cautious of placing the Joker in the film as they did not want any connection to Tim Burton s 1989 film Batman but writer Michael Reaves said We then realized that we could make his appearance serve the story in a way that we never could in live action 6 In order to keep the Joker as a solo threat Bruce Timm and Burnett convinced frequent Animated Series writer Dini to not use Harley Quinn in the film for that reason The same technique was previously used in the episodes Joker s Wild and The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne 7 Aiding Burnett in writing the script were Martin Pasko who handled most of the flashback segments Reaves who wrote the climax and Dini who claims he filled in holes here and there 4 The film s plot was heavily influenced by the 1987 miniseries Batman Year Two written by Mike W Barr and illustrated by Alan Davis Paul Neary Alfredo Alcala Mark Farmer and Todd McFarlane 8 Orson Welles 1941 classic Citizen Kane served as an influence for the flashbacks a story about loss and the passage of time 9 According to Kevin Conroy Andrea Beaumont was named after voice director Andrea Romano 10 The character of Hazel the cook robot of the World of the Future Fair was named by Burnett after Hazel the Maid portrayed by Academy Award winning actress Shirley Booth The Saturday Evening Post protagonist of cartoonist Ted Key s TV series Hazel 11 On the other hand the design of the Phantasm went into 20 different versions until one was found which convinced the film s crew According to Burnett the Phantasm was like the Grim Reaper with a cape although the idea was to make him resemble the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come of Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol 12 something that even the Joker mentions in the finished version of the film It was basically an expanded episode We boarded the script and did all of our designs and shipped it overseas We were treating it with more quality but we originally didn t intend it for the big screen Eric Radomski on Warner Bros decision to release the film theatrically 13 Early in production Warner Bros decided to release Phantasm theatrically rather than straight to video That left less than a year for production time most animated features take well over two years from finished story to final release Due to this decision the animators went over the scenes in order to accommodate the widescreen theatrical aspect ratio 14 The studio cooperated well granting the filmmakers a large amount of creative control 15 Warner Bros also increased the production budget to 6 million 13 which gave the filmmakers opportunities for more elaborate set pieces The opening title sequence featured a flight through an entirely computer generated Gotham City 4 As a visual joke sequence director Kevin Altieri set the climax of the film inside a miniature automated model of Gotham City where Batman and the Joker are giants This was an homage to a mainstay of Batman comic books of the Dick Sprang era often featuring the hero fighting against a backdrop of gigantic props they would later do another homage to Sprang s works in The New Batman Adventures episode Legends of the Dark Knight 14 From start to finish the film was completed within eight months 13 Themes EditPaul Dini intended each of the flashbacks into Batman s love life to have a tendency to get worse when you hope things will get better Bruce s relationship with Andrea which at first shows promise eventually turns into turmoil 16 At first Bruce and Andrea are set for marriage but then Bruce is given a farewell note from Andrea cutting off their relationship This eventually leads into Bruce s decision to become Batman 16 Richard Corliss of Time felt this scene paralleled Andrea s decision to avenge her own parents and reject love when she finds her own father murdered Both events transform the two people Bruce becomes Batman Andrea becomes the Phantasm 17 One scene depicts Bruce Wayne at his parents tombstone saying I didn t count on being happy According to Reaves this scene was to be a pivotal moment in Bruce s tragic life as he denies himself the opportunity to live a normal life 6 Reaves also stated When Bruce puts on the mask for the first time after Andrea breaks their engagement and Alfred says My God he s reacting in horror because he s watching this man he s helped raise from childhood this man who has let the desire for vengeance and retribution consume his life at last embrace the unspeakable 6 Music EditMain article Batman Mask of the Phantasm soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Shirley Walker the main composer for The Animated Series Walker cited the score as a favorite among her own compositions 18 In an interview with Cinemusic com Walker explained that the latin lyrics used in the Main Title were actually names of key Warner Bros staff read backwards 19 The song I Never Even Told You was written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard It was performed by Tia Carrere Hans Zimmer who would later compose the score for The Dark Knight Trilogy played the synthesizer on the score The score was originally released on December 14 1993 by Reprise Records 20 On March 24 2009 La La Land Records released a limited expanded edition 21 The release includes all tracks found on the original release with some tracks expanded It also features almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased material Marketing EditIn December 1993 two novelizations were released One was a young readers book written by Andrew Helfer 22 with the other being an adult oriented novelisation authored by Geary Gravel 23 DC Comics released a comic book adaptation written by Kelley Puckett and drawn by Mike Parobeck 24 The comic book adaptation was later included with the VHS release Kenner who had already released toys for the cartoon series produced several tie in figures for the film including Joker and the Phantasm packaged unmasked spoiling a pivotal plot point in the film Batman amp Robin Adventures Annual 1 Shadow of the Phantasm is a comic book sequel to the film It was written by Dini and released in 1996 In 2015 a DC Collectibles action figure 2 pack featuring Batman and Phantasm was released 25 Home media EditMask of the Phantasm was released on LaserDisc in April 1994 26 and on VHS in May of the same year 27 The VHS was reissued in April 2003 as part of a three tape pack with Batman amp Mr Freeze SubZero and Batman Beyond Return of the Joker 28 Mask of the Phantasm was first released on DVD in December 1999 as a snap case 29 and in October 2005 as a keep case with the insert 30 The film was re released in April 2004 as a three disc DVD box set that included SubZero and Return of the Joker That version is currently out of print 31 Warner Home Video re released the film again in February 2008 as a double feature DVD with SubZero 32 The film was released as part of the Warner Archive Collection on Blu ray on July 25 2017 featuring new high definition transfers in 16 9 and open matte 4 3 presentations 33 The film was also included in the Blu ray release of the Batman The Complete Animated Series box set in late 2018 34 The film will be released on Ultra HD Blu ray in 2023 Reception EditBox office Edit Batman Mask of the Phantasm opened on Christmas Day 1993 in the United States in 1 506 theaters accumulating 1 2 million over its first 2 days The film went on to gross 5 8 million in the domestic total box office intake 2 The filmmakers blamed Warner Bros for the unsuccessful marketing campaign which is commonly attributed to the rushed production schedule due to studio s last minute decision to release the film theatrically Despite this Mask of the Phantasm eventually turned a profit with its various home media releases 14 Critical response Edit Mask of the Phantasm is possibly the best Batman movie ever made it certainly has the best story That movie will always stand up against time and it s a testament to the quality of the show that Bruce Timm launched in 1992 producer Michael Uslan 35 On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes 81 of 52 critics reviews are positive with an average rating of 6 9 10 The website s consensus reads Stylish and admirably respectful of the source material Batman Mask of the Phantasm succeeds where many of the live action Batman adaptations have failed 36 Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100 based on 18 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 37 Empire cited it as the best animated film of 1993 and felt it contained better storylines than Tim Burton s Batman and Batman Returns 38 TV Guide Magazine was impressed with the Art Deco noir design that was presented In addition the film s climax and Batman s escape from the Gotham City Police Department were considered to be elaborate action sequences 39 Richard Harrington of The Washington Post agreed with overall aspects that included the animation design dialogue and storyline as well as Shirley Walker s film score 40 Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert regretted not having viewed the film during its theatrical release and gave it a positive review on their television series At the Movies when the film was released on home media with Siskel feeling that Phantasm was better than Batman Returns and Joel Schumacher s Batman Forever and only slightly below Batman 41 However Chris Hicks of the Deseret News felt the picture didn t come alive until the third act feeling that the animators sacrificed the visuals for the storyline 42 Leonard Klady of Variety had mixed reactions towards the film but his review was negative overall He felt the overall themes and morals were cliched and cited the animation to be to the point of self parody 43 Wired s Scott Thill called Kevin Conroy the finest Batman on record in 2009 44 In a 2010 list IGN ranked Mask of the Phantasm as the 25th best animated film of all time 45 That same year IGN also stated it was the Dark Knight s best big screen story until Batman Begins 46 In 2011 Total Film also named Mask of the Phantasm as one of the greatest animated films of all time coming in at 47th out of 50 47 Time ranked Phantasm as one of the 10 best superhero films ever in 2011 48 In 2017 Screen Rant named the film the best Batman film of all time 49 In 2018 Paste magazine called the film the greatest Batman movie 50 In 2022 Empire magazine named Mask of the Phantasm the best Batman film 51 Also in 2022 nearly 30 years after its release Rolling Stone placed Mask of the Phantasm at number 19 on its list of the 50 Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time being the only traditionally animated film included the third best animated superhero film and the second best Batman film of all time behind only The Dark Knight number 8 52 Mask of the Phantasm was cited as an example of a film that effectively personified the character s inner bubble and psyche by actor Robert Pattinson who portrayed Batman in the Matt Reeves film The Batman 2022 53 54 To commemorate the film s 20th anniversary a screening of the film was held in Santa Monica with cast members Kevin Conroy Dana Delany and Mark Hamill in attendance 35 To commemorate the film s 25th anniversary Fathom Events rereleased the film for one day on November 12 2018 55 Accolades Edit Alongside The Lion King and The Nightmare Before Christmas Mask of the Phantasm was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Best Animated Feature but lost to the former 56 Notes Edit UncreditedReferences Edit a b c Batman Mask of the Phantasm American Film Institute Retrieved June 4 2018 a b Batman Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Box Office Mojo Retrieved November 22 2021 15 Things You Didn t Know About Batman Mask Of The Phantasm Screen Rant February 1 2017 Retrieved June 4 2018 a b c Dini Paul Kidd Chip 1998 Batman Animated Titan Books p 114 ISBN 978 1 84023 016 1 Dini Paul Paul Dini August 23 2017 Joker was always part of the story Secondary to Phantasm but still there in all the outlines and drafts Tweet Retrieved June 4 2018 via Twitter a b c Tracy Joe Interview with Michael Reaves Animation Artist Archived from the original on February 11 2008 Retrieved January 22 2008 Back Issue 99 Issuu com Retrieved June 4 2018 Sims 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2008 Klady Leonard December 27 1993 Batman Mask of the Phantasm Variety Retrieved January 22 2008 Thill Scott December 22 2009 Who s the Best Batman of All Time Wired Pirrello Phil Goldman Eric Fowler Matt Collura Scott White Cindy Schedeen Jesse June 14 2012 Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time IGN Retrieved October 10 2012 Pirrello Phil Goldman Eric Fowler Matt Collura Scott White Cindy Schedeen Jesse June 26 2010 Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time IGN 50 Greatest Animated Movies Total Film Archived from the original on November 9 2011 Retrieved October 10 2012 Top 10 Superhero Movies Time June 3 2011 Retrieved October 14 2012 Walter Joseph July 12 2017 15 Reasons Mask Of The Phantasm Is The Best Batman Movie Ever Screen Rant Retrieved June 29 2022 Verel Jim October 4 2018 The Greatest Batman Movie Mask of the Phantasm Will Return to Theaters in November Paste Retrieved June 29 2022 Warmann Amon March 3 2022 Why Mask Of The Phantasm Is The Best Batman Movie Empire Retrieved June 29 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