蝙蝠侠：元年 Batman: Year One Movie Script

She's right. He looks as if he's had a burning building dropped on him. He's scarred, cut, bleeding and bruised.

THE BAT-MAN I'll be all right — (beat) - with a little help from my friends.

GORDON:

And WHO ARE your friends?

THE BAT-MAN I don't know, who are YOU?

GORDON:

I'm a COP. Who are you?

THE BAT-MAN I'm THE BAT-MAN.

GORDON points to LOEB, his cheek carved with a letter "Z".

GORDON:

That doesn't look like the mark of the bat. What does that mean?

THE BAT-MAN It's a gift for a kid I used to know, a long time ago.

GORDON:

(nodding) Sirens coming, you better go.

THE BAT-MAN turns to go.

GORDON (CONT'D) Just so you know, I'm practically blind without my glasses.

THE BAT-MAN, tosses the glasses from across the street — THE BAT-MAN I'll see you around, DETECTIVE.

— just as a truck drives in between them. It looks like the AL and Son's Garage TRUCK.

GORDON:

Thanks, (realizing he's gone) BATMAN.

As the cop cars, ambulances and TV crews show up we —

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EXT. GOTHAM SKYSCRAPER - DUSK Gotham's skyline fills our vision as we zoom in on the top floor of a super-ritzy high-rise. Its floor-to-ceiling windows open onto a wrap-around, STONE ROOF-DECK.

We continue through into a splendid modern LIVING ROOM. Plush leather sofas are sunk into the floor to create a GLAMOROUS ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. Built into the wall is a GIANT-SCREEN TV.

ON THE TV— NEWS ANCHOR, BRIAN In a bizarre shooting incident early this morning Gotham's Hero Cop James Gordon thwarted an attempted kidnapping of his pregnant wife by a band of ROGUE POLICE OFFICERS. Following the melee, three police officers are dead and two others hospitalized, including Police Commissioner Gillian Loeb who was BLINDED and DISFIGURED during the confrontation. GORDON was admitted to MERCY GENERAL for gunshot wounds. He is expected to make a complete recovery, as is his wife, ANN, and the baby.

The sounds of breaking glass fill the luxurious penthouse as the report continues — NEWS ANCHOR, BRIAN (CONT'D) This evening, Police Commissioner Loeb faces numerous criminal charges including kidnapping and allegations of collusion with organized crime. Further reports indicated that Detective Jonathan Flass, also hospitalized at this hour in an unrelated incident, will turn state's witness against Loeb.

Someone has entered the LIVING ROOM. Their silhouette tiptoes past the TV, while — NEWS ANCHOR, BRIAN (CONT'D) MAYOR NOONE has been unavailable for comment and seems unlikely to face charges at this time.

The mysterious intruder lifts an EXQUISITE OIL PAINTING off the wall as we — CUT TO.

EXT OVERGROWN GARDEN - DUSK BRUCE WAYNE stands in a vast, classical garden amid weeds and tall grass. Flickering firelight illuminates his face in the gathering gloom of night.

BRUCE (V.O.) DECEMBER 18. Dear Father, you have taught me well, showed me who I am and what it takes to be a man in this world. For that I am grateful.

BRUCE looks down at his CARDBOARD SHIPPING BOX full of letters burning in a brick fire pit.