Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) (V)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Curt Geda

Writers:

Bob Kane (creator: Batman)
Paul Dini (story) ...
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Release Date:

12 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The joke's on you!

Plot:

In this action-packed adventure, the sleeker, more dangerous and seemingly immortal Clown Prince of Crime is back to terrorize Gotham, Batman and the aging Bruce Wayne.

Plot Keywords:

Mentor | Clown | Twin | Secret | Young Turk

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Will Friedle	...	Terence 'Terry' McGinnis / Batman (voice)
Kevin Conroy	...	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	Jack Napier / The Joker / Jordan Price (voice)
Angie Harmon	...	Commissioner Barbara Gordon (voice)
Dean Stockwell	...	Tim Drake (voice)
Teri Garr	...	Mary McGinnis (voice)
Arleen Sorkin	...	Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn / 'Nana' Harley (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (voice)
Mathew Valencia	...	Tim Drake / Robin (voice)
Melissa Joan Hart	...	Delia & Deidre Dennis / Dee Dee (voice)
Don Harvey	...	Charles Buntz / Chucko (voice)
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Stewart Carter Winthrop III / Ghoul (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Woof the Hyena-Man / Ace the Bathound (voice)
Henry Rollins	...	Benjamin 'Ben' Knox / Bonk (voice)
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Chelsea Cunninham (voice) (as Rachel Leigh Cook)
Ryan O'Donohue	...	Matt McGinnis (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Dana Tan (voice)
Vernee Watson-Johnson	...	Joyce Carr (voice)
Mark Jonathan Davis	...	V.R. Newsman (voice)
Mary Scheer	...	Mrs. Drake (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	Joker Jr. Vocal FX (voice)
Bruce W. Timm	...	Saluting Guard (voice) (as Bruce Timm)

Directed by
Curt Geda

Writing credits
Bob Kane		(creator: Batman)
Paul Dini		(story) &
Glen Murakami		(story) &
Bruce W. Timm		(story) (as Bruce Timm)
Paul Dini		(screenplay)
Jerry Robinson		character: The Joker (uncredited)

Produced by
Alan Burnett	....	producer
Paul Dini	....	producer
Jean MacCurdy	....	executive producer (as Jean Maccurdy)
Shaun McLaughlin	....	associate producer
Benjamin Melniker	....	executive producer
Glen Murakami	....	producer
Bruce W. Timm	....	producer (as Bruce Timm)
Michael E. Uslan	....	executive producer (as Michael Uslan)

Original Music by
Kristopher Carter

Film Editing by
Joe Gall

Casting by
Leslie Lamers

Art Direction by
Makoto Shiraishi

Production Management
Bonnie Buckner	....	post-production supervisor
Akira Shimizu	....	production manager
Osamu Taniguchi	....	production manager

Art Department
Hiroyuki Aoyama	....	storyboard artist
Ted Blackman	....	background key designer
Ted Blackman	....	property designer
Ronaldo Del Carmen	....	storyboard artist
Curt Geda	....	storyboard artist
Toshihiko Masuda	....	storyboard artist
Shayne Poindexter	....	property designer
Bob Smith	....	storyboard artist
Bruce W. Timm	....	storyboard artist
Keith Weesner	....	background key designer

Sound Department
Gregory Beaumont	....	sound effects editor (as Greg Beaumont)
George Brooks	....	sound effects editor
Linda Di Franco	....	adr editor
Linda Di Franco	....	dialogue editor
Kelly Ann Foley	....	adr supervisor
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound designer
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound re-recording engineer
Robert Hargreaves	....	supervising sound effects editor
John Hegedes	....	adr dialogue engineer
Mark Keatts	....	adr editor
Gary Marullo	....	foley artist
Tom Maydeck	....	adr dialogue engineer (as Thomas J. Maydeck)
Tom Maydeck	....	sound re-recording engineer (as Thomas J. Maydeck)
Pat Rodman	....	assistant sound engineer (as Patrick Rodman)
Pat Rodman	....	foley mixer (as Patrick Rodman)
Mako Sujishi	....	synth recordist

Animation Department
Vincent Bassols	....	animation timing director
Jan Browning	....	animation checker
Brenda Brummet	....	animation checker
Eleanor Dahlen	....	animation checker
Geno DuBois	....	ink and paint supervisor
Shane Glines	....	character designer
Gregory Hinde	....	animation checker
Karl Jacobs	....	animation checker
Toshihiko Masuda	....	animation director
Glen Murakami	....	character designer
Bruce W. Timm	....	character designer (as Bruce Timm)

Editorial Department
Artin Aghamalian	....	color key
Bradford Keatts	....	colorist (as Bradford H. Keatts)
Bradford Keatts	....	supervising on-line editor (as Bradford H. Keatts)

Music Department
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor
Diane Griffen	....	music editor
Nathaniel Levisay	....	music copyist
Michael McCuistion	....	music arranger
Michael McCuistion	....	orchestrator
Larry Rench	....	orchestrator
Patti Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Ana Arce	....	copier/shipper
Martin Crossley	....	copier/shipper
Christopher Keenan	....	development and creative supervisor
Keiko Oyamada	....	associate director
Andrea Romano	....	voice director
Bill Ryan	....	copier/shipper
Dane Taylor	....	production technology
A.J. Vargas	....	production coordinator
Star Wirth	....	copier/shipper
Ryan Jeremy Woodward	....	title designer: main titles

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation (presents)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Warner Home Video
• YTV

Other Companies

• DC Comics  characters based on
• Eric Stonerook Music  music preparation
• Modern VideoFilm  video post-production facility
• Monterey Post Sound  sound recording and post-production facilities
• Rhino Records  soundtrack
• The Music Team  music contractor

Also Known As:

Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker (Europe: English title) (cut version)
Batman of the Future: Return on the Joker (UK) (TV title)
Return of the Joker (USA) (informal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence. (director's cut)

Runtime:

74 min (original release) | 77 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Germany:6 | UK:12 | USA:Not Rated (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (director's cut) (2001) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG (VHS version)

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

The voice of Ghoul was provided by 'Michael Rosenbaum', who did several voices for the television series "Batman Beyond". While in the recording studio, he would often do a Christopher Walken impression that the producers found hilarious. When they were commissioned to create this film, they wrote the part of Ghoul for Rosenbaum's Walken impression. He would later reprise the role in an episode of "Justice League" (2001), a series on which he also voiced series regular The Flash.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Batman calls Ace on the Joker, the satellite system is damaged. It shows the Jolly Jack warehouse and the beam on the same map. The beam is heading at a very steady rate and would have arrived long before the end of the fight.

Quotes:

[while working on a communications array]
Timothy Drake: [not looking up] You might as well show yourself, I heard you coming a mile away.
[Batman de-cloaks]
Timothy Drake: I'm no Boy Wonder anymore, but that old training never goes away, even at my age.

Movie Connections:

Features Hare Ribbin' (1944)

Soundtrack:

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker End Title

one word: cool.

when i heard that there's a "new" batman in town, my initial reaction was to roll my eyes. so whenever i see it on tv, i change the channel.

but this is some surprise! we watched in school during a free time and amazingly, i was hanging on every bit of the video. the animation was wonderful, and even the story line and the freaky voice of little joker. if you love batman and love great animation, i absolutely insist you watch this. cool.