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Batman Year One Screenplay
Batman Year One Screenplay
Screenplay
BY FRANK MILLER
FADE IN.
THUNDER CRASHES.
REVEAL:
FLINCHES
FLINCHES
FLINCHES. Then —
in his face.
BRUCE (V.O.)
DO?
His hands tremble. Distant THUNDER sounds.
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL
Morning sunshine.
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
The two head up a wooden staircase over the garage and enter—
(opens a ledger)
(BRUCE nods)
BRUCE
I'm fine.
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
BRUCE
They're fine.
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
girlfriend.
BRUCE
I'm fine.
LITTLE AL
(frustrated) )
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
LITTLE AL leaves.
looks of it, the sleazy sex venue was once a GRAND THEATRE.
CHI-CHI, a young PIMP with long, greasy hair and felt bell
leather.
SELINA notices BRUCE and gives him a playful wave. He closes
BRUCE (V.O.)
SERVICE REVOLVER.
ANN (O.S.)
GORDON gets off the elevator and walks through the busy
GORDON puts his lunch in his desk and flips through papers.
He lights a MARLBORO.
GORDON
FLASS
GORDON
FLASS
FLASS (CONT'D)
GORDON
FLASS
GORDON
No, it's nothing like that.
FLASS
are you?
GORDON
FLASS
us
CAMPBELL
CUT TO
FRENCH MAID
levels.
CHEERLEADER
SELINA
better to do?
Get to work.
FLASS
CAMPBELL
(laughing, to CHI-CHI)
FLASS
Greaseball?
CHI-CHI
FLASS
light to me
CHI-CHI
FLASS
CAMPBELL
CHI-CHI
CHI-CHI (CONT'D)
the house.
CAMPBELL
does it.
SELINA
FLASS (LAUGHS)
screwed by a whore.
FLASS pulls away.
FLASS (CONT'D)
ladies.
CHI-CHI
around.
SELINA
Free.
CHI-CHI
Well maybe it's time we RE-EVALUATE
the rules.
CHI-CHI
SELINA
(to CHI-CHI)
CHI-CHI
That's what I thought. WIMP!
BRUCE (V.O.)
LITTLE AL
OK?
BRUCE
I'm fine.
BRUCE tries to push past LITTLE AL and out of the garage. But
LITTLE AL
Bruce.
BRUCE
LITTLE AL
BRUCE
LITTLE AL
you.
LITTLE AL pushes aside a work bench, digs out a key and opens
BRUCE
LITTLE AL
(without looking)
BRUCE
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
about Bruce.
BRUCE nods.
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
remember that?
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
(laughs)
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
demons.
LITTLE AL open the shoe box and removes a smaller WOODEN BOX
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
figure it out.
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
Not ready yet, huh' I understand
LITTLE AL
BRUCE (V.O.)
Bruce.
BRUCE gets ready for bed and turns in. He doesn't sleep, just
SELINA
this.
HOLLY
This what?
SELINA
HOLLY
SELINA
anymore.
HOLLY
Marry a John?
SELINA
(rising)
that?
HOLLY leaves.
SELINA
(to self)
out.
CUT TO:
En guard! En guard!
MOTHER
imitation.)
FATHER
FATHER grabs his BOY and throws him in the air. The BOY
The BOY is caught under his arms and again tossed upwards,
and into a —
NIGHTMARE
- falls -
- falls -
FATHER (CONT'D)
MOTHER
(slaps at MUGGER)
have it.
choking.
MUGGER
Crazy bastards.
BANG!
BOY FLINCHES.
Blood sprays on his face.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BRUCE WAYNE'S FISTS lay in his lap. The fists QUAKE. UNHOLY
RAGE.
hands. His thumb is about to open the heavy brass latch BRUCE
his parents—
CAMPBELL
hair!
SELINA
me, CAMPBELL!
CAMPBELL
to treat a customer?
SELINA
inside the—
CAMPBELL (O.S.)
SELINA (O.S.)
SELINA
(backs away)
CAMPBELL
BITCH!
GEAR. MASKS.
CATS scamper in all directions.
CAMPBELL JERKS her back into the room and SLAMS her against
the wall.
CAMPBELL'S head snaps back and SELINA makes a break for the
CAMPBELL (CONT'D)
place. SMACK — a lamp flies into the wall. BASH — a music box
CAMPBELL (CONT'D)
hands.
CAMPBELL (CONT'D)
all.
SELINA is TERRIFIED!
and—
She is CHOKING.
CAMPBELL (CONT'D)
He cocks the CRICKET BAT back, about to smash her brains out
when—
CRACK!
Things -
SELINA
Sorry about that.
- go —
SELINA (CONT'D)
- DARK.
MUCH LATER:
SELINA is gone.
DEAD.
Voices.
COPS(O.S.)
You go in yet?
BRUCE holds his head, spins circles and looks for a way out.
COP (O.S.)
the scene.
GORDON
tape)
COP
PIMP.
FLASS
GORDON
It's my collar.
FLASS
FLASS (O.S.)
now.
GORDON
FLASS
FLASS (CONT'D)
Oh Christ!
Outside the window BRUCE is slipping. He tries to get his
bodies.
COP
(shrugs)
BRUCE can't reach the sill with his feet. GORDON squats down
BEAT COP
(to GORDON)
yet.
GORDON
(TO FLASS)
FLASS, angry, throws them back and SLAMS the CLOSET DOOR —
rubbish below.
FLASS
way, Jimmy-boy.
GORDON
GORDON
FLASS
Yup.
In the air-shaft, BRUCE climbs out from under the filth and
GORDON
FLASS
FLASS (CONT'D)
Listen Boy Scout, you need to
pockets, head down. FLASS burst out of the building and slams
FLASS
GORDON sits on the bed with his arm around his wife.
She's crying.
GORDON
different.
TV NEWS—
DENT
with him.
DENT slams the door and stomps off. The SECRETARY pushes a
SECRETARY
Commissioner Loeb, there's a
LOEB (O.S.)
GORDON enters—
GORDON
LOEB
done.
GORDON
that.
LOEB
(rubs temples)
cop in Gotham.
GORDON
and—
LOEB
(interrupts)
LOEB (CONT'D)
He opens it — EMPTY!
We hear the front door open and the sounds of ANN looking
ANN (O.S.)
It's like he has just heard her voice for the first time. He
GORDON
boy.
He pulls the lever. Solid steel POPS and CRACKS like eggs.
LITTLE AL
BRUCE
What?
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
on vacation. Go.
of MARLBORO butts.
DAVE
DAVE
RADIO
site.
GORDON
beat?
GORDON
bloodbath.
SIRENS BLARING.
GORDON arrives the same time as the TV NEWS VAN from Channel
Inside a half dozen men strap on BODY ARMOR and check their
MACHINE GUNS.
LOEB
GORDON
The SWAT guys are climbing out of the van, ready for action.
LOEB
GORDON
cameras.
LIGHTNING.
shots.
LOEB
SNIPER
(on radio)
tough shot.
LOEB
Just do your job. SHOOT HIM!
GORDON
(to himself)
LOEB
NOW!
GORDON ignores him and holds up his REVOLVER with two fingers
on its barrel.
GORDON (SHOUTS)
THUD
CRASH.
BOOM
THUNDER rolls.
He can't sit still.
BRUCE (V.O.)
monster.
Back at the —
GUNMAN
gangrene lunch.
GORDON
GUNMAN
GUNMAN (CONT'D)
GORDON
BRUCE (V.O.)
I'm afraid.
SMACK
POP
POP
POP
BRUCE
(screaming)
ON THE TV
GUNMAN
system.
GUNMAN
Nice toilet.
GORDON
GUNMAN.
GUNMAN
The GUNMAN jams the 9mm further into the child's mouth, he's
CRUNCH!
BANG!
SMASH CUT:
(weakly)
son.
SMASH CUT:
face — POW, POW, POW — until the GUNMAN stops struggling for
GORDON, with the LITTLE BOY on his hip, emerges from the
LIGHTNING
- THE GOTHAM SKIES LET LOOSE A TORRENT OF RAIN ON THE DIRTY
CITY.
The TV news media ignores the storm and mobs GORDON. Jam in
REPORTERS
GORDON
CRIME!
been lost!
He tears himself away from the TV and digs wildly through the
BRUCE
NOW I understand.
BRUCE runs out the door with the WOODEN BOX and up onto the —
LIGHTNING.
BRUCE
CUT TO:
We hear THUNDER.
turn on LOEB.
REPORTERS
LOEB
(uncomfortable)
of...
MARLBORO.
PATROLMAN
Sir, sir. Your gun
PATROLMAN (CONT'D)
the barrel.
GORDON
gun, huh?
CHI-CHI
be there.
BRUCE (V.O.)
October 4. Father, The trail begins
her.
CHI-CHI (STARTLED)
BRUCE
Where's Selina
CHI-CHI
BRUCE
I don't want her for that.
CHI-CHI
games, huh?
BRUCE
away?
CHI-CHI
cop.
BRUCE
(grabs CHI-CHI)
CRUNCH
— bending it in a way knees were never meant to bend. The
CHI-CHI
BRUCE (V.O.)
ON THE TV —
ANCHOR, BRIAN
CO-ANCHOR JANE
at sports —
ANN
suit.
GORDON
(laughing)
Let's go celebrate!
ANN
already eaten.
GORDON
ANN(LAUGHS)
GORDON
sound?
ANN
BRUCE(V.O.)
them pay.
BRUCE (CONT'D)
MUGGER #I
lost?
MUGGER #1
MUGGER #2
elements.
MUGGER #2 (CONT'D)
NOW! MONEY!
CRUNCH.
MUGGER #2 steps into the fray. BRUCE neatly SNAPS HIS ARM -
CRUNCH
POP
BRUCE
CHANGED MAN.
SKINHEAD #1
time.
SKINHEAD #2
night, boys.
BRUCE
Yes. It does.
BRUCE tears into the SKINHEADS with all the joy of a child on
Christmas.
BRUCE punches the SKINHEADS in the face, his father's SIGNET
GREASY JUNKY
DEALER
DEALER (CONT'D)
BRUCE
BRUCE (CONT'D)
Welcome to my war.
BRUCE walks off. His FAKE SCAR hangs half off his cheek. The
BRUCE sleeps.
ANN
To my Super Cop.
GORDON
Gotham.
Clink.
GORDON (CONT'D)
(notices something)
SHIT!
ANN
(worried)
What it is honey?
GORDON
surgery.
ANN
ANN (CONT'D)
GORDON is livid.
GORDON
ANN
GORDON
for scaring his wife. He lashes out and KICKS a nearby trash
can.
GORDON (CONT'D)
Dammit!
ANN
GORDON
(sighs)
ANN
GORDON
the Mayor.
ANN
Is that safe?
GORDON
(shakes head)
No.
GORDON puts his coat over ANN'S shoulders, they walk off.
BRUCB (V.O.)
October 12. Dear Father, it's
chain of command.
BRUCE takes a table away from the sodden trio on the stage,
waiters. They sit on his lap, rub up against him, play with
his hair.
TRANSVESTITE #L
TRANSVESTITE #2
Ooh, big.
WAITER
TRANSVESTITE #L
WAITRESS
Beer.
TRANSVESTITE #1
BRUCE
No thanks.
WAITER
BRUCE
either.
attracts attention.
TRANSVESTITE #2
BRUCE
I doubt it.
The waitress returns with a beer.
WAITRESS
BRUCE pulls out a HUGE ROLL OF BILLS and peels off a FIFTY.
BRUCE
Keep it.
She barely has her money before more than a dozen THUGS set
upon BRUCE from all angles with KNIVES, CLUBS, BOTTLES and
POOL QUEUES.
CRUNCH
BRUCE staggers back. The men descend and beat him to the
ground.
EXPLODES
sprawling.
He breaks across the room and through a door marked 'EXIT'.
beat
The small, dirty room has no windows. The only other doors
BRUCE (V.O.)
loved.
BRUCE grabs a PLASTIC JUG and dumps hand fulls of BORAX and
ATTACKER #1
ATTACKER #2
Meanwhile, inside —
BRUCE stabs the PLASTIC JUG with a SCREW DRIVER while outside
the door in –
The men, now done with their taunting, approach the door
BRUCE holds the PLASTIC JOG in one hand and the BEER BOTTLE
BRUCE
(beat)
It isn't safe.
The THUG whips out a LONG SCALLOPED KNIFE and comes at BRUCE.
Under the pool table the PLASTIC JUG BUBBLES AND STEAMS. The
BRUCE
WHOOSH!
BRUCE casually steps from his pool table onto the bar —
BRUCE
— walks down the bar and hops out the front door.
BRUCE (V.O.)
panelled office.
NOONE
GORDON
NOONE
GORDON
control.
NOONE
internal affairs?
GORDON
them.
NOONE
I see.
GORDON
press conference...
NOONE
(interrupting)
GORDON
I was here.
NOONE
GORDON
do?
NOONE
For now, I'll see what I can do on
GORDON
I see.
NOONE
GORDON
(nods)
OK.
NOONE
guys.
NOONE sees GORDON to the door.
LIBRARIAN
Understanding Ballistics,
(laughs)
She looks up for the first time, sees his bruised face
LIBRARIAN (CONT'D)
BRUCE (V.O.)
BRUCE dumps the books into the Al and Son Garage truck.
BRUCE (V.O.)
edge.
BRUCE (V.O.)
alone.
BRUCE (V.O.)
TRANSFORMING.
CLERK
BRUCE
Cash. Keep the change.
THEY SCATTER.
GORDON
O'NEIL
GORDON
GORDON (CONT'D)
Things going OK down here these
days?
O'NEIL
(suspicious)
Yeah.
GORDON
you?
O'NEIL.
What is this?
GORDON
O'NEIL
at the LAB.
GORDON
O'NEIL
King.
GORDON
That so?
O'NEIL (COCKY)
GORDON
this situation.
GORDON grabs O'NEIL and SMASHES his face into the dashboard.
GORDON (CONT'D)
observer.
Jail cells line the walls of the large room. The prisoners,
cocky and defiant, taunt the police and laugh. They call the
GORDON (V.O.)
drug dealers.
his uniform.
BRUCE (V.O.)
as devious as my enemy.
looking SYRINGE.
BRUCE carries a frying pan caked in GRAY GOO out into the
BOOM!
BRUCE (V.O.)
direction.
FLASS
helpless GORDON.
FLASS (CONT'D)
Jimmy.
GORDON drags his battered body slowly down the hall to his
door. He enters.
ANN (O.S.)
Oh my God, JIM!
BRUCE (V.O.)
All eyes fall on the tall stranger as he flings open his long
OVERCOAT.
He's wearing the brightly colored SPORTS GEAR under his coat
BRUCE (CONT'D)
CUTTERS, HAMMERS.
BRUCE (CONT'D)
BRUCE (V.O.)
down.
AND THREAD.
an advantage —
ON THE TV -
MUGGER
the BAT!
BRUCE (V.O.)
BRUCE looks over at the pile of supplies left over from his
shopping spree.
MAYOR NOONE
looks?
LOEB
Mayor, sit down.
(Mayor sits)
MAYOR NOONE
press...
LOEB
(interrupts)
Gordon.
MAYOR NOONE
might do.
LOEB
LOEB smiles.
along with the AMMO BELT, the GROIN PROTECTOR and KNIFE.
BRUCE (V.O.)
BRUCE fills the ammo belt with: ROPE, DUCT TAPE, LOCK PICK
place.
'fear toxin' —
Everything is changed. I am
reborn.
Bruce puts on the LEATHER GLOVES and - click - the AMMO BELT
GORDON
LOEB
(sarcastic)
GORDON
LOEB
LOEB (CONT'D)
LOEB (CONT'D)
ANN
GORDON
GORDON (V O.)
commissioner, I believe it is
MERKEL
GORDON
Mercy.
MERKEL
night.
GORDON
GORDON
DR, WALLACE
GORDON
DR WALLACE
DR, WALLACE
GORDON
Yeah?
DR. WALLACE
GORDON
(to MERKEL)
men?
MERKEL
You mean the mark of the bat?
GORDON
even crying.
DR. WALLACE
DENT
GORDON
DENT
racket.
GORDON
his brothels.
DENT
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
DENT
HOLLY
we are.
HOLLY
I'm sorry.
SELINA
this time.
HOLLY
SELINA
HOLLY
camera...
HOLLY
(interrupting)
SELINA
some scaring.
SELINA finishes her tuna and throws the can to a black cat.
on his desk. MERKEL stands behind him with his coat on.
The security tape, CHOPPY and GRAINY, shows the inside of a
jewelry store.
GORDON
of them.
A dark SHADOWY FIGURE enters the frame. It's THE BAT-MAN but
The men back away, SCARED. THE SHADOWY FIGURE LEAPS ON THEM.
MERKEL
GORDON
GORDON
to do.
MERKEL
GORDON sits in his parked car between Al and Son's Garage and
the CATHOUSE.
GORDON stubs out his cigarette and pulls out after him.
both.
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
DENT
my place, Jim.
cape.
GORDON
BAT-MAN material.
DENT
that.
(gets serious)
DENT
GORDON
request it myself.
DENT
GORDON
by the vigilante.
DENT
to THE BAT-MAN?
GORDON
matter.
DENT
GORDON
OK?
DENT
huh?
GORDON
SMASH CUT:
filled night-sky.
CONFUSED PERSON
HAROLD (O.S.)
THEIR NIGHTMARE!
The cops drive off moments before CHI-CHI arrives in his car
SANCHEZ
papers.
SANCHEZ (CONT'D)
good as these.
SANCHEZ (CONT'D)
CHI-CHI
get this...
SANCHEZ
(interrupting)
the week?
CHI-CHI
We did OK.
SANCHEZ
CHI-CHI
CRASH!
few questions.
sofas.
Guns fire.
Bones CRACK.
People SCREAM.
Guns - CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. - empty.
leaving THE BAT-MAN and SANCHEZ the lone people on two feet.
The women break for the door and scatter into the night.
Instant tracheotomy.
THE BAT-MAN
SANCHEZ
shipment
SMASH CUT:
CLANG!
The door FLIES OFF IT'S HINGES and skids, sparking across the
the staircase.
THE BAT-MAN
he can fire.
THE BAT-MAN kicks him in the chest, grabs his bat from mid
CRUNCH
CRACK
THE BAT-MAN throws one OVER THE RAIL. Another goes THROUGH A
WINDOW.
lost his cape but the action only makes him stronger. A GLOW
He's run out of men to fight for him and stands surrounded by
THE BAT-MAN
This is Hydro-strychnine-sulfate,
like aspirin.
carotid artery.
listen—
ESTRADA
ESTRADA (CONT'D)
a nice car.
CORRUPT COP
him.
GORDON
DESK SERGEANT
GORDON
Dammit!
DENT
GORDON
ESTRADA (V.O.)
(on tape)
Click.
THE BAT-MAN turns off the machine and looks out his tinted
window.
out loud —
THE BAT-MAN
after YOU.
LITTLE AL
Bruce?
command center.
involvement.
Pictures of LOEB and ESTRADA hang from the wall with duct
BRUCE comes around in his bed. His eyes flutter and then snap
BRUCE
LITTLE AL
Nope.
BRUCE looks at his bandages. Not a bad job at all. He tries
LITTLE AL
else.
(beat)
Asylum.
Victorian building.
ORDERLY #1
(laughs)
You're joking.
GORDON
your time.
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
that's possible.
GORDON
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
GORDON
Danger and violence. Sounds about
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
cope.
GORDON
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
GORDON
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
belief or faith.
GORDON
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
GORDON
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
GORDON
someone?
DOCTOR HOLCOMB
GORDON
JANET SELLING.
JANET SELLING
with you?
GORDON
JANET SELLING
GORDON
I really AM in a hurry.
JANET SELLING
MAYOR NOONE
LOEB
MAYOR NOONE
LOEB
control.
MAYOR NOONE
(smiles)
LOEB
MAYOR NOONE
LOEB (CONT'D)
have this.
justice building.
THE BAT-MAN
(to self)
party.
these two.
DENT
GORDON
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
to the back.
DENT
can do.
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
crime.
DENT
town of crime.
leather pants, a leather halter top. She wears her wig and
carries a whip.
LOEB
That one.
silk bedroom.
LOEB
you.
SELINA dumps her purse on the bed — cuffs, whips, rubber ball
She finds a hiding place for the CAMERA and strings the CORD
Then she casually begins to case the place — turns over the
CERAMICS to read the brand, checks out the SILVER HAIR BRUSH.
LOEB
MAYOR NOONE
LOEB
(interrupting)
NOONE looks around for a chair, finds none and wanders over
attendance. He's —
LOEB
tosses the odd GOLD CIGAR CLIPPER into her PILLOW CASE.
LOEB continues —
LOEB
ointment.
GANGSTER #1
hospitalized?
GANGSTER #2
It is absolutely preposterous that
She finds CASH, a SILVER PLATED GUN, a SAFE DEPOSIT BOX KEY.
She reads a little bit, finally she just dumps the whole
LOEB
is getting safer.
He's about to crash the party with the HAND GRENADE he holds
in his fist — two inches from his mouth dangles its circular
pin.
LOEB
Three armed security guards burst into the room and catch
tripped an alarm.
SELINA
knocking.
Once she is close enough to the guards, she whips off her
CRACKS
— the first one across the face with the buckle, knocking his
gun free.
Then —
RIPS
SELINA
SELINA dives behind the desk. Bullets rips into the antique
mahogany.
The dust settles. The guards LAUGH and move in for the kill.
When suddenly —
CRASH!
A security guard levels his UZI at the pair but before he can
THANG
— he's hit in the chest with two BRASS PARTS attached to THIN
COPPER WIRES.
The guard FLINCHES and FOAMS AT THE MOUTH from the effects of
THE BAT-MAN
(to SELINA)
Get in!
She does.
TIRES SQUEAL.
THE BAT-MAN tosses a GRENADE past her into the STUDY GRENADE
SIGNAL.
THE BAT-MAN
KA-BLAM!
pat down his burning HAIR, and Mayor NOONE, just plain
stunned.
pays it no heed.
The LINCOLN bounces through a wrought iron fence and onto the
tree-lined road.
phone. With her thumb and pinky she puts the imaginary
SELINA
I'm in love.
THE BAT-MAN
SECURITY GUARD #1
you copy.
SHERIFF
way.
Meanwhile —
THE BAT-MAN
Hold on.
Out on the road, both pursuing limos rip past doing lO0 mph.
SECURITY GUARD #1
Is he there yet?
SHERIFF
shown up.
SECURITY" GUARD #1
OH SHIT!
As the limo rounds the a corner it's greeted by two cop cars
forming a ROADBLOCK.
The driver desperately CUTS THE WHEEL but it's too late. The
Slowly the doors open and dazed security guards get out of
SECURITY GUARD #1
Suddenly — BAM!
Lincoln.
Some of the cops and security guards regain their wits and
Both sides and the rear of the car erupt — BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
— road spikes -
SPLASH! — oil -
cannonade.
SELINA
He reaches for her but she's already slipped out the door.
Give it up SELINA.
She runs all out through the woods, leaps a stream, scrambles
when —
SMASH
grass.
She struggles. Takes a swipe with her claws but he's ready
SELINA
the situation)
I didn't kill that bastard,
She takes his gloved hand off her shoulder and admires the
SELINA (CONT'D)
(pouts, smiles)
I'm innocent.
THE BAT-MAN
SELINA
(pissed)
THE BAT-MAN
(deflates)
SELINA
him)
No. CHI-CHI came in as I was
to kill me too.
(sighs)
fought.
(beat)
GARAGE-BOY.
THE BAT-MAN
(surprised)
SELINA
finger.
THE BAT-MAN
SELINA
crime.
THE BAT-MAN
SELINA
(gets out)
THE BAT-MAN
SELINA
desk.
LITTLE AL
it to a little pile.
BRUCE
(distracted, reading
another)
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL
(smiling)
Come on.
From the high, arched ceiling hang bare bulbs, tangled pipes,
LITTLE AL
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
LOEB
SELINA
What do you think?
HOLLY is horrified.
The hunt for THE BAT-MAN has been kicked into high gear.
GORDON has,a dozen cops working with him now. His cramped
MERKEL
sir?
GORDON
Not yet.
WOMAN
The mugger wrenches the purse free and takes off running down
Watching from —
headquarters in 30 minutes.
The couple and child head for a car. GORDON stops to thank
GORDON
The pair take off. GORDON, alone now, walks back to his car.
GORDON puts his hands out like he's trying to calm a lost
kitten.
GORDON
the station?
THE BAT-MAN
Believe me.
THE BAT-MAN
be like this.
GORDON, facing THE BAT-MAN now, close, has his gun leveled at
GORDON goes for his cuffs. THE BAT-MAN slaps the gun out of
his hands.
see?
GORDON
NOW!
UNIFORM COP #1
encircle him.
UNIFORM COP #2
(into a radio)
LOCATION ALPHA.
THE BAT-MAN makes a break for it. Cops open fire — BAM! BAM!
BAM!
GORDON
ABANDONED tenement.
The cops come to GORDON'S side.
UNIFORM COP #1
GORDON
I had to be sure.
bleeding badly.
FLASS pulls up and gets out of his car waving at the SWAT to
GORDON (CONT'D)
help.
SWAT COMMANDER
From this distance you can just make out the fire bombs
THE BAT-MAN
Lucky.
LOEB
CHOPPER PILOT
be people in there.
LOEB
Release".
LOEB (CONT'D)
(sits back)
bomb.
THE BAT-MAN
Too late.
THE BAT-MAN throws himself back inside and leaps the railing.
hits the floor, HARD, and rolls under the staircase as half
a lie.
GORDON
people DYING!
LOEB
business.
MERKEL
GORDON
Later.
MERKEL
(holds him)
NOW!
(beat)
Sir.
MERKEL (CONT'D)
night sky.
(together)
Oooh. Aaaah.
SWAT COMMANDER
No prisoners, Commissioner's
orders.
The SWAT TEAM enters the lobby. The top floors have collapsed
down the staircase filling the area with rubble. The elevator
The SWAT TEAM finds the STEEL DOOR. They toss in CONCUSSION
Sections of the LOBBY floor jump, then sag and splinter from
SWAT GUY #1
SWAT COMMANDER
apartment and blown a hole through the ceiling over his SMALL
BATHROOM.
The puzzled men look around. Then SWAT GUY #1 points to the
collapsed chimney.
SWAT GUY #1
chimney.
SWAT COMMANDER
All around the lobby lies SQUAD ONE, unconscious. THE BATMAN
kicks the steel door shut and RE-CLASPS THE LOCK, then climbs
face.
SWAT COMMANDER kicks the steel door open, rips off his mask.
SWAT COMMANDER
floor, bleeding.
(Listens to radio)
shaft.
(points)
SWAT GUY #2
your ass.
GORDON
SWAT GUY #2
MEDIC
keep it dry.
GORDON
I'll be a son of a...
A second SWAT GUY turns to fire but THE BAT-MAN throws his
The whole SWAT TEAM, now aware of THE BAT-MAN, turns and
THE BAT-MAN throws himself through the hole where the floor
mirror.
He digs into his belt and pulls out several ROUND OBJECTS
strung together with green cord. Then, holding one end of the
Upstairs, the SWAT TEAM, guns poised, peeks over the lip of
- exploding plumbing.
Outside the BATHROOM door, THE BAT-MAN covers his ears until
Then he's back into the BATHROOM peering into the giant hole
where the TOILET used to be. He gets on his hands and knees
A half second later SWAT COMMANDER and three SWAT GUYS show
Man, it stinks.
GORDON watches as the sooty and defeated SWAT team exits the
building.
his car.
LITTLE AL
Bruce!
on
LITTLE AL
nice?
BRUCE
LITTLE AL
heal.
BRUCE tries again but can't even get off the bench. He
GORDON
files.
DENT
GORDON
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
DENT
court.
GORDON
right...
DENT
(interrupting)
those files.
GORDON
DENT
GORDON
ESTRADA
motorcycle
In the background on TV -
comment.
Justice Building.
investigations. Jane.
scene.
NEWS ANCHOR, JANE (CONT'D)
LITTLE AL
It's you.
BRUCE
dead.
LITTLE AL
BRUCE
(interrupts)
and equipment.
BRUCE (CONT'D)
scurry.
He gets off the bike carrying a crow bar. He picks his target
and SMACKS a grimy junction box with it. The lid clanks to
He pulls back his mask. He's still bleeding from his wounds.
stream.
GORDON.
Loeb is up to something.
GORDON
I think I know a way to find out.
puddle of blood.
ANN
GORDON
HUNTING
dirty cops.
FLASS
DAMAGE.
IN THE ALLEY
GORDON (O.S.)
damage, Flass.
FLASS WHIRLS, reaching for his PISTOL, BUT GORDON has the
GORDON (CONT'D)
hospital.
FLASS
What, you gonna SHOOT me, Jiminy?
SHOOT me?
GORDON slides his GUN back into its HOLSTER. In his other
BAT.
GORDON.
ONE ON ONE.
GORDON playfully slaps the BASEBALL BAT into his open hand.
FLASS
GORDON
GORDON WHIPS the BASEBALL BAT from hand to hand. Showing off.
GORDON (CONT'D)
Otherwise, it's ONE ON ONE. YOU and
ME, Flass.
FLASS
Jiminy.
GORDON
FLASS
That's right.
GORDON
FLASS
GORDON
Sure I am.
FLASS
GORDON
Sure I am.
FLASS
GORDON
Sure it is.
WHAM!
WHAM! WHAM!
BASEBALL BAT FLIES through the AIR, end over end. THEN, a
GORDON
what it is?
FLASS
(laughing)
ALREADY OVER.
GORDON
the favor.
GORDON (CONT'D)
GORDON (CONT'D)
town.
FLASS
GORDON
Oh god!
He breaks into a run for his car, seconds later he's on the -
GORDON
cops as they try to force her into an SUV. She's kicking and
screaming. CRYING.
LOEB
ANN
Jim!
The cops go for their guns. GORDON can't shoot, ANN is too
close.
GORDON
BLAM! BLAM!
BLAM! BLAM!
GORDON ducks for cover — TOO LATE — HE'S HIT! The 9mm slug
SLAMS into his stomach and BLOWS HIM OFF HIS FEET.
ANN
BLAM! BLAM!
BLAM! BLAM!
shocked —
BLAM!
ONE IN THE HIP — third cop spins, but manages to keep his
The last COP punches the gas and shoots for the door but THE
motorcycle.
The SUV careens WILDLY, CRASHES into a parked car and ROLLS
BRUCE falls from the SUV's door onto the sidewalk amid a
He tries to get his feet but STUMBLES AND FALLS, tries again
will.
He bleeds all over the place from his gut wound. His gun, now
hand.
BLAM! BLAM!
BLAM! BLAM!
From their positions behind parked cars, GORDON and THE BAT
GORDON
What are you doing here?
THE BAT-MAN
GORDON
THE BAT-MAN
GORDON
revolver)
I'm out.
Both men stand at the same time to face LOEB who holds his
THE BAT-MAN
LOEB
GORDON
LOEB
GORDON
TAKE him!
THE BAT-MAN
(to GORDON)
LOEB
(to THE BAT-MAN)
code.
GORDON
Do it!
SWOOSH!
THE BAT-MAN
(to LOEB)
remember me by.
Oh JIM!
They embrace.
ANN (CONT'D)
(pulls away)
GORDON
right.
GORDON staggers a little. He's weak from his wounds. THE BAT
ANN
THE BAT-MAN
I'm fine.
ANN
THE BAT-MAN
(beat)
friends.
GORDON
THE BAT-MAN
GORDON
THE BAT-MAN
GORDON
THE BAT-MAN
It's a gift for a kid I used to
GORDON
(nodding)
GORDON (CONT'D)
THE BAT-MAN
GORDON
Thanks,
BATMAN.
TV.
ON THE TV—
the wall as we —
CUT TO.
BRUCE (V.O.)
(beat)
BATMAN.
LITTLE AL (O.S.)
Hey, Bruce!
BRUCE turns to see LITTLE AL burst out the back patio door of
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
to Gotham City.
We pull up, out and over the front gate of Bruce's home.
CUT TO:
schools in Europe.
is.
and —
SELINA
button —
BOOM!
SELINA
Oops.
She smiles. Then runs full speed for the STONE ROOF-DECK and
leaps over the railing. For just a moment she hangs in the
FADE OUT.
CREDITS.
END.