Batman
From silvesti
Batman (1989)
- Based on the Character created by Bob Kane.
Script
- by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren.
- First draft, October 20, 1986.
- Fifth draft, October 6, 1988.
- . . .
- Nick keeps SHOOTING. Eyes closed. The hammer falls on an empty chamber, but Nick still pulls the trigger. He MOANS.
- THE BAT grabs Nick by the shirt, and HOISTS HIM into the air.
- NICK
- Don’t kill me… don’t kill me…
- When Nick opens his eyes, he realizes THE BAT is standing on the ledge of the roof—HOLDING HIM OUT, at arm’s length, over six stories of nothingness.
- A rasping VOICE:
- BATMAN
I won’t kill you. I want you to do me a favor.- You’re trespassing, Ratbreath.
- Nick looks down. Far, far below, CARS wink silently past.
- He looks up. And sees, in the mirrored lenses where Batman’s eyes should be, the twin reflections of his own stricken face.
- NICK
- Trespassing? You don’t own the night.
- BATMAN
- Tell your friends. Tell all your friends. I AM the night.
- Nick HOWLS. Batman heaves him roughly back onto the roof. And then—casually, without a moment’s hesitation—steps off the ledge, into midair.
- Trembling, Nick crawls to the ledge and looks over… finding ABSOLUTELY NO TRACE of the Batman.
- Nick is still SCREAMING as we PAN UP to Gotham’s moon.
- MAIN CREDITS ROLL:
