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Tim Burton's noirish take on the comic book legend stars an unlikely but effective Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne, aka the Caped Crusader, aka the Dark Knight (though perhaps not the darkest... ). Out go the camp gimmicks of the celebrated TV series and in comes Anton Furst's sublime Oscar-winning Gotham City set design and Jack Nicholson as a splendidly unhinged Joker. Kim Basinger provides smouldering love interest as reporter Vicki Vale and it all goes down to a funksome soundtrack by Prince.